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Thanks Anthony. In my case there is a break glass point and a bell in the staircase/hall but it appears there is no heat/smoke attached to that system. I also have no way of testing or tracing it back to the control panel. If i only have control over one flat would it be ok to add a smoke to that staircase/hall and link it to the flat? Cheers

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13 minutes ago, Tom Sutton said:

In flats that have a fire alarm, you have two alarms one in the flat to alarm the occupants and not give a false alarm to the the other flats. Another in the common area to warn anybody in the building, with a sounder in the hall close to the front door of each flat. The RP or RP,s of the flats is responsible for the common areas of the flats and must consider the restaurant. Similar situation for the RP of the restaurant, main concerns would be the compartmentation and warning the other, that there is a fire in their premises.

Thanks Tom. Would you advise to link the alarm in the hall to the ones in the flat for early warning? Cheers

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Hi. I wonder if someone can shed any light on this situation please. There are two flats in a building above a resturant. There is in entrance door from the street to a shared staircase where on the first floor is the entrance to flat 1 and another door to flat two which is above. I have been asked to help the owners of flat 1 get it compliant for holiday lets. It is quite easy to put all the required alarms in place in the bedrooms etc but who is responsible for the hallway/staircase? It seems strange to get all the alarms linked in the flat but not have any linked to the hallway when that hallway forms part of the escape route. Any ideas please? Many thanks