Amendments Booklet AMD 9 2025 (Booklets E R)·Page 11·2.24
Fire detection and alarm system for large dwellinghouses
Where any storey in a dwellinghouse exceeds 200 m² in area, an automatic fire detection and fire alarm system to at least Grade A Category LD2 standard must be installed with smoke detectors in every habitable room and heat detectors in every kitchen.
Where any storey in a dwellinghouse is more than 200 m2 in area the dwellinghouse should be provided with an automatic fire detection and fire alarm system complying with BS 5839-6 of at least Grade A Category LD2 standard including a smoke detector or detectors in every habitable room and a heat detector or detectors in every kitchen.
Basement storeys should be counted in this provision.
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