[Fire/ Building regulations in a private house.]

Thank you Anthony.  Now I know my obligations and, more to the point, why it should be done.  I will get them fitted.

Sorry I took so long to respond, but the 'Notify me of replies' function doesn't seem to be working.

This is a very important forum and I'm so glad I found it.  Thanks to everyone making it possible.

 

[Fire/ Building regulations in a private house.]

What a wonderful forum!  I hope you can help.

I have recently had a home lift installed for my husband who has Alzheimers and is losing his sight.  After installation, the building inspector from out local council said that we had to have jointly wired smoke alarms upstairs and downstairs.  At the moment we have battery operated ones.  While I do not question his recommendation, I was unaware that private homes had to have smoke alarms fitted.  The inspector said that building regulations required that we change to hard wired.  I cannot find the legislation setting out this requirement.  Could you advise please.