Tom Sutton

If Marie is talking about the Landlord Selective Licensing Scheme which Liverpool and Wirral did partake but i do not know the present situation. If so, she needs to contact the local met council and get more details also the certificate could be the gas safety certificate. Check out https://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/landlord-licensing/ may help.

Providing you maintain a 30 minute separation between the garage and the rest of the house and no spills of flammable liquids or fumes in the garage can enter the house it should be satisfactory.

This sounds like a coronavirus 19 restriction and not fire safety which is what this forum is about.As far as fire safety is concerned it would depend on the size, layout and how effective the means of escape was.

The managing agents are the Responsible Person and are in full charge, the freeholders have passed the Responsible Persons duties on to them, check it out..

I would think you need a permanent label attached but the retailer would need to fix display labels, check out Fire safety of furniture and furnishings in the home A Guide to the UK Regulations and contact FIRA for more information.

When doing such calculations you need to take into account all the factors, direction of door opening, occupancy factor, travel distance, occupancy and location when considering a means of escape scheme. The limit of sixty person will depend on the direction of opening of the door and the discounting of the largest door width will apply when you have more then one door, because it could be unavailable, due to a fire. If you only have one door and that is unavailable due to fire then you have serious problems.

When doing such calculations you need to take into account all the factors, direction of door opening, occupancy factor, travel distance, occupancy and location when considering a means of escape scheme. The limit of sixty person will depend on the direction of opening of the door and the discounting of the largest door width will apply when you have more then one door, because it could be unavailable, due to a fire. If you only have one door and that is unavailable due to fire then you have serious problems.

Check out https://gpnmag.com/news/building-a-greenhouse-with-fire-safety-in-mind/ for guidance.

The member of the Fire and Rescue Services will be the enforcing officer and I would suggest you speak to him/her and get their response in writing.

Have you checked your user manual which usually indicates these kinds of problems.

Assuming it is on the public thoroughfare, I am not aware of any legislation thats makes it illegal but any publicly minded person would realise the problems he/she would be causing if the exit was used in a fire situation.

I agree with you I cannot see why the AI is asking for it, I would be more concerned about the bedroom off the kitchen/living/dining room which appears to be an habitable inner room?

There is no specific guidance on the distance objects should be, so they do not cause an obstruction, it would be up to the enforcing officer to decide if it was causing an obstruction.

Very rarely will a guide recommend a specific sign for a situation, they usually provide options and rely on the common sense of the user to decide the best option. With a refuge the first thing would be to let everybody know the purpose of the space, they have just entered. If it has communication point, then its purpose and how to use it. A fire procedure notice to instruct the disabled person what actions they need to take and any other notices that may be useful. Check out the web to see what disabled refuge signs are available.

Check out https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/886446/9446_Means_of_Escape_v2_.pdf it may help.

I would suggest you contact https://www.fira.co.uk/ and see if they can help, they are the experts.

How long is a piece of string I think you will have to investigate to find out. An old domestic smoke alarm could cause the beeping, but for a year i think that would be unlikely and I have no idea about the ringing. Have you checked all cupboards and such for a forgotten smoke detector or co detector.

I would think it depends on how far they damaged if they can be cleaned they why not?

1. No in both situations. 2. If the windows are to fresh air then no, providing the windows do not look out onto an external escape. If the windows are from the flat to a protected escape route then most probably yes.

The internal doors in a domestic dwelling should meet a FD20 standard and a substantial standard door without intumescent strips,self closers, should meet that standard but if a door doesn't close fully then it meets no standard. In a flat any door to the common area should meet a FD30s standard.

I have never heard of such a product but my experiences of a least one dementia care home, is the staff accompany all residents, except when they are in the day room, dining room or own bedroom, so is such devices needed.

Check out https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/NFCC Guidance publications/NFCC_Specialised_Housing_Guidance_-_Copy.pdf you may find some help there.

If the external fire escape serves all floors then it is likely that the kitchen door needs to be an FD30s fire door so you will need to find out if it meets a fire resisting standard.

I would stick to the lacors guidance, front doors to be FD30s fire doors, upgraded or replaced and a grade A in the common areas with a heat detector in the hallway of each flat. Each flat owner should be advised to provide a grade D system in each flat, not interlinked. The alternative fire escape route would be a bonus but not used as a compensatory factor for the principle means of escape.

You need to check the fire risk assessment that will tell you if emergency lighting is required. Assuming the building is not a place of public entertainment which usually requires maintained illuminated exit signs they are not required in non maintained systems providing any fixed exit signs are well illuminated by the emergency lighting.