5839 Part 6

[wee brian]

What views do people have on the recomendation in the new part 6 for a heat alarm in the living room in addition to the smoke alarms in the circulation spaces.

Do we think it will make any difference to safety?

[colin todd]

Not a huge amount but an unquantifiable (at the moment) amount that, for a new house costs a negligible amount. If the lounge door is open the smoke alarm in the hall will operate quite quickly but there will be little time thereafter to escape. If the lounge door is closed and is of good fit, given the low ceiling height of a domestic lounge, there is a chance that the heat alarm will operate before the smoke alarm in the hallway, so buying extra time. You should have the data from the sprinkler research to confirm this by looking at themperature in the lounge when the smoke alarm in the hall operated.

[wee brian]

Thanks Colin. Does anybody else have a view?