Guest Pawel Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Hi All, Can you advise me in my question? According to the British Standards smoke detector should be placed on each full landing or otherwise in a staircase in a residential building using a dedicated loop? The residential building has 34 levels.Thank you for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyB Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 Yes, each floor landing (not half landing) should have a detector. If it's an older building the standards used to have spacing such that only every third floor would be covered, but that's from a long time ago. The detectors may not be part of a fire alarm system but a smoke control system in which case depending on the system design could differ from the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CWE Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 Hello @AnthonyB, please could you reference where this is in building regulation/guidance? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyB Posted July 9, 2022 Report Share Posted July 9, 2022 BS5839 Parts 1 & 6 for spacing, Building Regulations Approved Document B regarding only needing detection for smoke control, NFCC Simultaneous Evacuation guidance for where a purpose built block of flats does need an alarm system as well as LACORS for non building regs compliant conversions & many more sources! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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