We manage our own Management Company. It's a block of 12 flats, 6 Flats on the 1st Floor & 6 Flats on the 2nd Floor, above retail premises (which project further back than the rear Boundry line of the Flats). Purpose Built in 1986
We have front & rear entrances to/from communal stairways. Walkway between stairwells on both floors is covered, but open to fresh air for the complete length on both floors with Fire Exit doors both ends.
1. Is it a requirement to have Smoke detectors or fire alarms to the communal areas?
2. The Flats have part glazed front doors as specified when built. Are these okay as they must have been when built?
3. I assume that there is fire resistance between the ground floor retail premises. Is it their responsibility to ensure they have adequate fire resistence/ alarms to protect us?
Regards
AlanB
