Do you have a smoke alarm?

lulu_92

DUTR wrote: »

That is frequent, I think we've only heard from our local station twice in 20 odd years.

Yeah we're really impressed, although I live two streets from the Fire Station.

They just come and check the batteries and change if needed. If they run out between visits we just call the number and get a new one

DUTR

peachyprice wrote: »

No it isn't.

Erm, yes it is true, I take it you rent out property?

Check the goverment site here

lostinrates

New or renovated property that requires inspection by building inspectors needs them too. I know because they made us fit them, one in my kitchen and one in my lobby. We are also having two carbon monoxide alarms fitted this month. We wanted a system we'd had in a commercial property before which is also less, er, unattractive, and works slightly differently but turned out to be too expensive.

We had to change the battery in one of the smoke alarms for the first time over Christmas, . They are mains wired but take batteries too.

Further two the mains wired ones we have two battery only ones elsewhere in the house.

peachyprice

DUTR wrote: »

Erm, yes it is true, I take it you rent out property?

Check the goverment site here

No it isn't.

Fire safety
Your landlord must:

provide fire alarms and extinguishers (if the property is a large House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

If it a single occupancy house built before 1991 there is no legal obligation to provide smoke alarms.

mum2one

we have 2 smoke alarms, - one downstairs hall way, - gets tested regulary.... and upstairs landing - we test that every couple mths, - change the batteries every 12 months,

We have a carbon monoxide - thats in dds bedroom as the boiler is in her wardrobe.
x

fivetide

I have two but I should check them more than I do.


Also have to Carbon Monoxide detector.

DUTR

peachyprice wrote: »

No it isn't.



If it a single occupancy house built before 1991 there is no legal obligation to provide smoke alarms.

Dude, I am aware of renting out property, the properties I have involment with were built well before the 1990s, so that is how I come to learn that smoke detectors that are approved have to be fitted. :cool:
Just like gas appliances have to be safe, we have seen news articles where the landlord has been in big trouble after having excess CO from gas appliances with fatal consequences for the tenants.

Callie22

DUTR wrote: »

Dude, I am aware of renting out property, the properties I have involment with were built well before the 1990s, so that is how I come to learn that smoke detectors that are approved have to be fitted. :cool:
Just like gas appliances have to be safe, we have seen news articles where the landlord has been in big trouble after having excess CO from gas appliances with fatal consequences for the tenants.

It isn't the law that a rented property should have smoke alarms fitted, unless it is recently built or it is a house in/of multiple occupation. It's certainly good practice to fit them and some local landlord accreditation schemes would expect them to be there, but there is no way to force a landlord to fit smoke alarms if they don't want to UNLESS they are renting out certain kinds of property, as your link says. Actually, having read your link again it only mentions fire alarms, and not smoke alarms.

In our last-but-one rented house I asked the landlord if I could fit two smoke alarms, as there weren't any. He wouldn't let me as he said that they might 'damage the house' (I suspect a fire might do more damage but it was his property and since he threatened to withhold part of my deposit if I attached them to the ceiling I didn't fight him ...) So, I just had the alarms (and a CO detector) loose on top of furniture. Now that I own my own house I have fitted my own alarms and have a schedule for checking, because it's a sensible precaution.

peachyprice

DUTR wrote: »

Dude, I am aware of renting out property, the properties I have involment with were built well before the 1990s, so that is how I come to learn that smoke detectors that are approved have to be fitted. :cool:
Just like gas appliances have to be safe, we have seen news articles where the landlord has been in big trouble after having excess CO from gas appliances with fatal consequences for the tenants.

Really?

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/former-fire-minister-makes-case-for-compulsory-smoke-alarms/7003614.article

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/content/smoke-alarms

https://www.tenancyagreementservice.co.uk/fire-safety

http://www.belvoir.co.uk/is-it-a-legal-requirement-to-provide-smoke-alarms-in-my-rental-property-p5853

Although there are moves to make it a legal requirement.

http://www.landlordexpert.co.uk/blog/2014/06/04/smoke-alarms-in-private-rental-market-gains-momentum/

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/former-fire-minister-makes-case-for-compulsory-smoke-alarms/7003614.article

Dude.

dogcat_2

I live in a HA property...and I have three smoke alarms that are electrically wired....they are all checked and working.;)