March 4, 20215 yr comment_19489 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. Report
March 8, 20215 yr comment_19524 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. Report
July 8, 20223 yr comment_27623 Hello @AnthonyB, please could you reference where this is in building regulation/guidance? Many thanks! Report
July 9, 20223 yr comment_27675 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! Report
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