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Do you install fire alarm systems?

Chris Pearson
Bit of thread drift going on elsewhere, so I have started a new one.


"Do you install fire alarm systems?" - a question which is asked on insurance renewal, but what does it mean?


IMHO, there is a world of difference between providing a mains supply with third core for linking for a couple of smoke detectors and a heat detector in the kitchen on the one hand (i.e. the minimum grade D2 LD3); and a full on panel with separate detectors and sounder etc. (grade A LD2) in a large house. I consider myself perfectly capable of providing the former, but have never attempted the latter.


So where does the threshold lie? I'd be interested in views on certification too please.
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    The issue with doing anything other than Part 6 systems is there needs to be a maintenance plan and the contractor needs to be available along with spare parts to do rapid response repairs.


    However landlords and letting agents think Part 6 systems are “fit and forget” and when they have had the slams installed they have discharged their responsibilities, because as far as they are concerned once the alarms are installed they think testing and maintenance is the tenants responsibility.


    Unfortunately well over half of privately rented homes don’t have smoke alarms that are fit for purpose at the start of new tenancies, landlords and letting agents don’t actually examine the alarms and their batteries, as far as most of them are concerned if there’s an alarm on the ceiling it will do and they never actually check they are fit for purpose.


    If there is a fire all the investigator can deter is if there was an alarm by looking for the remains of it, but they cannot tell if it was fit for purpose after it has been burnt.
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    The issue with doing anything other than Part 6 systems is there needs to be a maintenance plan and the contractor needs to be available along with spare parts to do rapid response repairs.


    However landlords and letting agents think Part 6 systems are “fit and forget” and when they have had the slams installed they have discharged their responsibilities, because as far as they are concerned once the alarms are installed they think testing and maintenance is the tenants responsibility.


    Unfortunately well over half of privately rented homes don’t have smoke alarms that are fit for purpose at the start of new tenancies, landlords and letting agents don’t actually examine the alarms and their batteries, as far as most of them are concerned if there’s an alarm on the ceiling it will do and they never actually check they are fit for purpose.


    If there is a fire all the investigator can deter is if there was an alarm by looking for the remains of it, but they cannot tell if it was fit for purpose after it has been burnt.
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