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Wireless Smoke/heat alarms with 10 year sealed battery

Speaking with building control, they want mains wired interlinked smoke alarms to upper and ground floor, which i agree with, but... why cant we now install the 10 year sealed battery RF units?

As a sensor unit has a life span of 10 years and should be replaced at this point, what is the reason for not allowing the battery ones? Do the regs need updating to allow these units?

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  • Cheltenham Council HMO licensing requirements:

    Smoke detection

    Smoke/heat detectors must be interlinked (radio linked is acceptable) and should be hard wired into the property.  For smaller low risk HMOs it may be acceptable to use 10 year battery-sealed smoke detectors as long as they are interlinked.

    www.cheltenham.gov.uk/.../5

  • Don’t assume the same rules apply across the country, Worcester City Council requires fire extinguishers and fire blankets in HMOs, Cheltenham does not.

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  • Don’t assume the same rules apply across the country, Worcester City Council requires fire extinguishers and fire blankets in HMOs, Cheltenham does not.

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