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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Tom W on June 20, 2011, 09:25:06 AM

Title: Out of interest
Post by: Tom W on June 20, 2011, 09:25:06 AM
If money was no option and you'd just purchased yourself a nice semi detatched in suburbia what sort of fire safety would you install?

Lounge, 3 Bed, Kitchen, Dining room, bathroom, w/c and loft conversion.

What would you do?

Radio Linked? Watermist (kitchen), Smoke/heat/Carbon?


Indulge me
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Eli on June 20, 2011, 09:38:21 AM
Piglet if money was no 'option' I would have a wooden spoon and a frying pan and use it as a manual alarm system. "If you hear a clang clang clang, get out there is a fire"

If money was no 'object' I wouldn't have bought a semi in the first place.

Is the attic room sleeping accomodation?

if not then just domestic off the shelf smoke detection.

PS if you give the fire service a call they will come and install some for you for free. 
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Tom W on June 20, 2011, 11:38:15 AM
You're right if money was no object it would probably be round Colin Todd's neighbourhood too ;)

I was thinking about the ideal homeshow or some of these flat pack grand designs. What can fire safety offer houses these days?

I was thinking a nice mix of radio linked heat and smoke, some detectors with E/L in the landing. You can get s/d now that texts you when triggered I would also have a water mist in the kitchen

Maybe a velux roof window smoke extraction system
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: kurnal on June 20, 2011, 12:11:02 PM
If it were my home I would just ensure I had a decent Grade D LD2 setup, look after my electrical and heating installations and spend the rest on a decent holiday.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Eli on June 20, 2011, 01:27:56 PM
You're right if money was no object it would probably be round Colin Todd's neighbourhood too ;)

I was thinking about the ideal homeshow or some of these flat pack grand designs. What can fire safety offer houses these days?

I was thinking a nice mix of radio linked heat and smoke, some detectors with E/L in the landing. You can get s/d now that texts you when triggered I would also have a water mist in the kitchen

Maybe a velux roof window smoke extraction system

A show home for fire safety, I see where you are coming from now. Full mist throughout plus the stuff you said above. The reason being electrical gadgets fill our houses and are in every room; often kids rooms with stuff thrown over transformers etc

Would you really buy a place in Mr Todds neighborhood if money was no object?
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: wee brian on June 20, 2011, 01:50:55 PM
Why mist? Probably better to pick something that works when the window is open........
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: CivvyFSO on June 20, 2011, 03:34:48 PM
I would have a full engineered solution with sprinklers, control and a voice alarm.

Or wot Kurnal said.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: nearlythere on June 20, 2011, 03:42:58 PM
I would give the fire bits a miss and go for a butler and cook, the latter preferably  must be Swedish, blond, ex Miss World finalist and 23 the former being blind and dumb.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Midland Retty on June 20, 2011, 04:05:07 PM
I already have a butler and a cook, so with my cash I might upgrade the Bentley, have a third swimming pool built, or failing that I think I'd have a nice little LD3 system installed.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Eli on June 20, 2011, 04:50:04 PM
Why mist? Probably better to pick something that works when the window is open........

I don't sleep with my windows open, because my 'show' home has full air conditioning.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Tom W on June 21, 2011, 09:15:53 AM
Thanks gang

It would be interesting (maybe just for me) to have a fire safety house at the ideal home exhibition.

All the latest innovations under one roof.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Davo on June 21, 2011, 09:18:20 AM
A blind butler ??? ???

That could be tricky ::)

davo
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: nearlythere on June 21, 2011, 02:20:06 PM
A blind butler ??? ???

That could be tricky ::)

davo
Tolerable.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: kurnal on June 21, 2011, 11:25:33 PM
I would rather have a goblin teasmaid.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Mar62 on June 22, 2011, 08:50:42 AM
Or just marry the cook?  ;)
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: nearlythere on June 22, 2011, 09:00:35 AM
Or just marry the cook?  ;)
Why marry her? If she is already a good cook there is no need.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: nearlythere on June 22, 2011, 09:01:16 AM
I would rather have a goblin teasmaid.
I can read an awful lot into that statement.
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: AnthonyB on June 23, 2011, 08:34:06 PM
I would give the fire bits a miss and go for a butler and cook, the latter preferably  must be Swedish, blond, ex Miss World finalist and 23 the former being blind and dumb.

If I did that there would be no money at all as the divorce lawyers would have taken it all................

Money no object? I've already got an L1 system, CO & natural gas alarms, E/L* and millions of extinguishers, so would probably shell out on an ARC link for property protection and possibly residential sprinklers just for the hell of it!

(I have a Pt 1 system instead of a Pt 6 as it was cheaper due to having the right trade contacts  ;))

* E/L is quite handy as a bulb lowing always trips the fuse board & having the cupboard with the fuses beautifully lit by an 8W bulkhead is far less hassle than fiddling around with a torch which even if you never use it always seems to have nearly dead batteries when you really need it to work....
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: kurnal on June 23, 2011, 09:18:22 PM
I wonder if you wear an anorak when you go out Anthony? ;)
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: AnthonyB on June 24, 2011, 03:41:55 PM
Oh of course and with the requisite reflective banding to ensure I don't get run over at night...... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: lingmoor on July 01, 2011, 10:31:20 AM
money no object...sod the house...permanent residence on a cruise ship....hoping that they had ok fire safety standards

thought i was there on wednesday

05 06 13 21 31 47 (lottery winning numbers)
05 07 13 21 32 47 (my numbers)

still... glass half full...it's 45 quid

Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: Davo on July 01, 2011, 10:39:46 AM
lingmoor

"still... glass half full...it's 45 quid"


You've never visited the Banter Bar then ???


davo
Title: Re: Out of interest
Post by: nearlythere on July 01, 2011, 11:07:24 AM
money no object...sod the house...permanent residence on a cruise ship....hoping that they had ok fire safety standards
thought i was there on wednesday
05 06 13 21 31 47 (lottery winning numbers)
05 07 13 21 32 47 (my numbers)
still... glass half full...it's 45 quid
Knew nobody else had the winning numbers cos I got the full jackpot.
Going to tell the boss on Monday to shove his job up his jacksey. Oops, just remembered - thats me.

How am I going to deal with the avalanche of begging letters you might ask!
Easy. I can now afford to employ a team to send them for me. :P