Light Fixture and Fire Alarm question please

[vanessap]

Hi All,

Please may I ask if light fixtures must now always be fitted by an electrician?

also for domestic homes, is it okay for there to be a battery operated fire alarm and carbon monoxide alarm or should there also be a heat alarm and all three hard wired in?

Thank you all so much,
Vanessa

 

[pirate]

Re your first question: no (but competency and ability to fit correctly is important)
Re your second question: It depends, but where I live, in Scotland, you would typically have smoke alarms in designated areas, heat alarms in designated areas and CO alarms in designated areas. They do not require to be hard-wired, but the smoke and heat alarms must then be linked by a radio-module and be powered by a 10 year lithium ion battery. Currently, CO alarms do not require to be linked to the others, but if battery-powered they also need to have 10 year batteries to meet current Scottish regs.
A somewhat truncated answer as there are many things to consider, but actually there are many sources of information on the smoke/heat/CO alarm scenario available online, and reading some of those will certainly assist you.

 

[vanessap]

Re your first question: no (but competency and ability to fit correctly is important)
Re your second question: It depends, but where I live, in Scotland, you would typically have smoke alarms in designated areas, heat alarms in designated areas and CO alarms in designated areas. They do not require to be hard-wired, but the smoke and heat alarms must then be linked by a radio-module and be powered by a 10 year lithium ion battery. Currently, CO alarms do not require to be linked to the others, but if battery-powered they also need to have 10 year batteries to meet current Scottish regs.
A somewhat truncated answer as there are many things to consider, but actually there are many sources of information on the smoke/heat/CO alarm scenario available online, and reading some of those will certainly assist you.

Thank you so much @pirate

 

[Risteard]

Re your first question: no (but competency and ability to fit correctly is important)
Re your second question: It depends, but where I live, in Scotland, you would typically have smoke alarms in designated areas, heat alarms in designated areas and CO alarms in designated areas. They do not require to be hard-wired, but the smoke and heat alarms must then be linked by a radio-module and be powered by a 10 year lithium ion battery. Currently, CO alarms do not require to be linked to the others, but if battery-powered they also need to have 10 year batteries to meet current Scottish regs.
A somewhat truncated answer as there are many things to consider, but actually there are many sources of information on the smoke/heat/CO alarm scenario available online, and reading some of those will certainly assist you.

Still have to be hardwired here (obviously with battery backup).

 

[vanessap]

Really, I have not read up for the UK yet but understand so far that battery operated is okay for your own home.

Many thanks,
Vanessa