Hello,
I applied for a retrospective completion certificate for kitchen relocation. The work was done about 7 years ago. The building standard surveyor says that I need to install interlinked smoke and heat alarms to comply with the new fire regulations. I got in touch with different electricians and they recommend installing wireless interlinked detectors.
However, the surveyor said that "the smoke detectors are required to be hard wired and interlinked when the works form part of a Building Warrant application. Battery powered alarms are not suitable."
I read the government "Fire and smoke alarms : changes to the law" documents and it says that wireless interlinked alarms are acceptable. I don't understand why the surveyor is insisting on hard wired alarms.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks in advance.
I applied for a retrospective completion certificate for kitchen relocation. The work was done about 7 years ago. The building standard surveyor says that I need to install interlinked smoke and heat alarms to comply with the new fire regulations. I got in touch with different electricians and they recommend installing wireless interlinked detectors.
However, the surveyor said that "the smoke detectors are required to be hard wired and interlinked when the works form part of a Building Warrant application. Battery powered alarms are not suitable."
I read the government "Fire and smoke alarms : changes to the law" documents and it says that wireless interlinked alarms are acceptable. I don't understand why the surveyor is insisting on hard wired alarms.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks in advance.