Tom Sutton

I do not fully understand your question.

Insufficient information you would need to provide a full details of the type, layout and preferable the premises need a professional fire safety survey to give you a full answer to your question.

That is a reasonable interpretation of the regulations but it could be argued that is fine when you are acquiring it (buying it) not when you are selling it. The problem is that it is badly written and composed, that is why they are revising it but taking their time to implement it, why?

Have you checked your user manual, it appears the red light flashing every 10 secs indicates reduced sensitivity and should clear after about 10 mins, if it doesn't try pressing the silence button, then wait ten mins. Silence Feature All the Smoke Alarms have a combined Test/Silence Button to help you control nuisance/false alarms. 1. To silence a nuisance/false alarm, press the Test/ Silence Button located on the cover. The Alarm will automatically switch to a reduced sensitivity condition for a 10 minute period (very large levels of smoke from a nearby fire will override the silence period). The unit will flash the red light every 10 seconds (instead of the normal 40 seconds) to indicate the sensitivity is reduced. On interconnected Alarms, pressing the Test/Silence Button on the one sensing smoke (i.e. the one with the red light flashing every second) will silence all alarms. Pressing the Silence Button on any other Alarm will not silence the alarm. 2. The unit will reset to normal sensitivity at the end of the silenced period. Nuisance

There are maximum distances to exiting a building they are travel distances which can be found in the guidance designed for you premises. To my knowledge there is no required distance to a fire assembly point from the final exit door other than applying common sense it needs to be located far enough away from the building not to interfere with firefighting operations and be safe but near enough to keep in contact with the Fire and Rescue Service.

I doubt that there is anybody on this forum who can give definitive advice on planning permission withdrawal I think you should look for advice from those that fully understand the system. Check out https://www.gov.uk/planning-permission-england-wales/appeals which may help and you could search the web for those that can help.

I am not sure what your question is and the question dated 25/1/2019 I believe was answered clearly to a satisfactory level.

It is a mute point whether a private seller is subject to Fire safety of furniture and furnishings in the home A Guide to the UK Regulations but I believe he/she does therefore the sale is illegal, try reporting it to the https://www.gov.uk/find-local-trading-standards-office see what they have to say.

A push bar fire exit door is simple a final exit door fitted with a panic bar which should be only required in certain situations. Using it as an entrance/exit door is not practical because most panic bars can only be opened from the inside. So consequently is usually used as an exit door but if it can be opened from the outside there is no reasons, that I am aware of it could be used as an exit/entrance door.

I am afraid there is no answer, intermittent faults are notoriously difficult to solve. It could be electronic, dust, minute flying insects, a small CO gas cloud from a domestic appliance or car exhausts entered through an open window, I believe it is anybody's guess. One way of solving the problem is to have two detectors located some distance from each other and if both operated it is more likely to be a dangerous genuine leak of CO, but even that could not be guaranteed. Have you contacted the manufacturer they may be able to help.

It is a legal requirement The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, article 17 Maintenance and you need evidence to prove you are complying in case you end up in court.

The employers are the RP of their workplace as defined by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 article 3 and not the owners or managing agents. You design the MoE for able bodied persons and then make special arrangements for the disabled and only a manual fire alarm systems is required unless there is special risks or the owners require it for property protection.

It appears you do not understand The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 RR(FS)0 and it is the Responsible Person (RP) who has to implement the order. Article 3 defines who the RP is and in the case of flats it is the owner/owners who is/are the RP or they can employ a managing agents to take on the RP job. The RP has to implement the RR(FS)O which includes conducting a FRA also ensuring the significant findings are rectified. This means you need to establish who the RP is and deal with them, if you cannot get satisfaction contact the local Fire and Rescue Service who are the enforcing authority who can conduct an audit. The costs will be included in your tenants agreement and most probably include all the community work thats needs to be carried out. Any insurance matters, take it up with your insurance company.

If the kitchen is an enclosed habitable room in most cases the answer would be, it is not acceptable but to give a definitive rely you would need to give more information including a layout, preferably have it surveyed by a fire risk assessor.

I am assuming this door is locked using a magnetic lock therefore it is subject to BS 7273-4 and requires a manual release which looks like a manual call point box but coloured green. Check out the above BS for more information.

Riser ducts have fire risk from both sides and fire doors are fitted to prevent a fire passing from a riser duct to the escape route and visa versa consequent I my opinion rim locks would not be suitable. For more information check out http://www.firecode.org.uk/Code_of_Practice_hardware_for_fire_and_escape_doors.pdf page 60.

It has been reported that steam from a bathroom has actuated a smoke detector in a hotel bedroom so I suppose steam from your dryer could be responsible but it is anybody's guess. What you could try to resite your CO detector away from the dryer and see if that works but if it does operate then treat it as a genuine alarm.

Have you considered a mortise lock? Where mortise locks are provided, the cut-out in the door should be the minimum necessary to prevent any voids which fire can penetrate. After the edges, the mortise lock and latch areas represent the next zone of weakness. Filling the voids in the cut-out with intumescent paste will markedly lessen the weakness in this area. As the latch is the only holding device on the closing edge it is important that it should be strong and that the nib of the latch should engage into the latch plate at least 12mm to ensure that the closing edge will not spring open when the door deforms. Extended flap latch plates are advisable for 60 minute fire doors. Plastics and aluminium handles and knobs will be destroyed on the fire side but this may not have a serious effect on the integrity of the door if steel spindles are provided. The lock or latch should be CE marked to BS EN 12209:2016 or preferably should be provided with additional product certification by an approved third party certification body. I did a quick search and found https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-locke-3-lever-nickel-plated-mortice-sashlock-65mm-case-44mm-backset/7620g which is approved by a third party certification body, but I would suggest you search the web and I am sure you will find a suitable lock at a reasonable price.

What do you mean by key access points ( break glass type)? Each self contained flat is exempt from The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RR(FS)O) but subject to the Housing Act only the common areas are subject to the RR(FS)O. So the tenant of the flat is responsible for the flat the common ares the management company. The smoke alarm in the flat is for the protection of the residents of the flat and should sound the alarm if the route to the front door is threatened. This usually means the best location is in the hallway of the flat meaning that all the rooms off the hallway is protected. I do not know the layout of your flat so I am unable to advise you. As far as I am aware the grade F is not recommended because of battery failure/missing but that is between the owner/tenant and the council who administers the House Act.

For self contained flats in a converted premises, the guidance used for your premises is HOUSING – FIRE SAFETY Guidance on fire safety provisions for certain types of existing housing which recommends Grade A LD2 in the common areas and a grade D LD3 in the flats, check out the guidance. The latest British Standard 5839-6: 2019 splits grade D in to two D1 and D2 but I would think either is acceptable.

I would agree with you "deck of material of limited combustibility" would be the flat roof membrane supported on horizontal joists and would not apply and statement 4 is more applicable to to your situation. The roof trusses do not pass through the wall so I would think statement 3 does not apply.

Is this fire door being kept open by a magnetic device or similar because the general advice for hold open devices is it should be released during the night time because if it is held in the open position 24/7 the hinges could set and not work properly. You need to speak to the Responsible Person (RP) as defined by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 they should be able to rectify the situation.

I have built many party walls and they were all 9 inch thick brickwork which went to the roof. If a fire resisting timber partition is acceptable I am not sure, but what I am sure of is it would need to be fire resisting from both sides. You would need to contact the appropriate contractor and if you are accepting your surveyors advice then it would be a joiner. If you use the internet there are sites that will advise you and recommend suitable contractor or advice from friends/family is a good way to go.

Not that I am aware of, the flat is a domestic property therefore except from The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 except the common areas and above other legislation is the only one that I am aware of.

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