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Fire & CO Alarms


New Scottish legislation leads the way in smoke alarm coverage


Aico’s Andy Speake, National Technical Manager, takes a look how legal and contractual obligations of private landlords are laid out under The Repairing Standard, contained in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, to ensure that a property meets a minimum physical standard.


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ncluded within this legislation are set requirements for Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms. These requirements


are more demanding than those placed on Registered Social Landlords and on new build properties. Which begs the question – why? Why should those living in social housing, for example, not benefit from the same level of protection as those in private rental properties? The Scottish government has clearly asked the same question and, following a consultation in 2017 and a report of the findings in March 2018, has updated its legislation to extend the existing high standard of protection from smoke and fire currently required in private rented housing to all tenures.


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Until this point, the specification and installation of smoke alarms have been governed by three separate sources: British Standard BS 5839-6:2013, which is a code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems in domestic premises;


Building (Scotland) Regulations – Technical Handbook (Domestic) – Fire, which covers new builds, materially altered dwellings, loft conversions, certain building extensions and any work that requires a building warrant; Housing (Scotland) Act - The Repairing


Standard, aimed at landlords in the private sector. Unfortunately, none of them proffer the same


advice or have the same requirements, despite being similar. This clearly makes for confusion.


Smoke Alarm System Classification Explained To understand the changes that have been made, it’s important to understand that Smoke Alarm system design and installation is determined by Grades of alarm system to use and Categories of protection. Grades are the type of alarm system to be


fitted. Grade D is the most common for domestic properties and is the minimum requirement under BS 5839-6 and Building (Scotland) Regulations. Grade D requires one or more interlinked mains powered Smoke Alarms (and Heat Alarms if required), each with an integral


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