Smoke alarms - Complete rewire - Cannot find any regulations/law

[Octopus]

Interestingly I'm working on a refurb at the moment of a bungalow. BC are involved due the material changes to the structure.

BC man insisted on fan in cloakroom (no window) but didn't specify smokes were necessary! I persuaded the client to include them!

Woking BC are normally shxt hot on smokes being fitted - so maybe a bungalow has different rules??

 

[tazz]

Its still a dwelling, if any area has been opened up from the circulation area, extension etc, bc will go down the smoke route, if no new rooms, then they leave it down to owner....to be honest I think bc play a fair game

 

[uxb443]

Thanks for the posts. I appreciate the varying points of view.

Whatever the law is or isn't the general opinion looks like just do as LABC requires.

I was going to anyway but it doesn't hurt to air stuff here.

Thanks again. Your help is appreciated.

 

[Octopus]

Thanks for the posts. I appreciate the varying points of view.

Whatever the law is or isn't the general opinion looks like just do as LABC requires.

I was going to anyway but it doesn't hurt to air stuff here.

Thanks again. Your help is appreciated.

So who was the inspector?

 

[uxb443]

Local registered tradesman who checks my work out as I am just starting out and haven't got myself registered yet. That's the next hoop to jump through.

Qualified. Increasing my experience all the time. All the work gets checked and signed off.

 

[Octopus]

Local registered tradesman who checks my work out as I am just starting out and haven't got myself registered yet. That's the next hoop to jump through.

Qualified. Increasing my experience all the time. All the work gets checked and signed off.

So a nobody then who doesn't know the rules. Get yourself a decent mentor

 

[tazz]

I knew that was coming....ohhh I`m getting old...lol

 

[Fin170]

If I have sufficent floor boards up I offer to put them in just for the cost of the materials, never done a rewire without them!

 

[uksparks]

Hang fire, why have building control been notified of the rewire and coming out to check it? Am I missing something here... Presumably there's other building work going on?

 

[uksparks]

I always fit smokes, I build it into the price and tell them you either have it or find someone else.

Funnily enough I've got 4 optical and one heat to install next week for someone, all wireless aico.

 

[Simlec]

I'm only 2miles down the road, grew up in Cheslyn Hay.
whos your mentor?

 

[tazz]

Hang fire, why have building control been notified of the rewire and coming out to check it? Am I missing something here... Presumably there's other building work going on?

Its not building control, it was a scam inspector.....as Murdoch has pointed out, its always a good safety point to recommend detection on a rewire. But there is no given rule to do so

 

[uksparks]

Sorry I missed that bit. I think it's a good idea to have them, my dad did 35 years in the fire service so it's been beaten in to me quite hard. Anyone who doesn't want them on a rewire is a fool IMHO.

 

[davesparks]

Its not building control, it was a scam inspector.....as Murdoch has pointed out, its always a good safety point to recommend detection on a rewire. But there is no given rule to do so

It reads to me as though it's not even a scam inspector, just another sparks who is registered who has been paid to sign off the work if the OP who isn't registered. Completely not allowed under part P of course.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

My posts assumed it was a BC inspector