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    #31
    Originally posted by Halo Jones View Post
    1 nest on the central area of each floor, heat in the kitchen, gas over supply in and boiler.

    fire blanket next to hob

    a blue (powder) fire extinguisher on each floor

    yes I have done fire marshal training
    And I can imagine you have made leather goth style covers for them.
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      #32
      Originally posted by vetran View Post
      Everyone got a CO2 detector by the boiler?
      I think that would just be CO (carbon monoxide) rather than CO2 (carbon dioxide). You only need a CO2 detector if you're keeping track of ventilation (e.g. in a classroom).

      Nitpicks aside, I agree that it's a good idea for a gas boiler. You should also have one in each room with a non-electric fireplace (i.e. gas or wood burner).

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        #33
        Originally posted by hobnob View Post

        I think that would just be CO (carbon monoxide) rather than CO2 (carbon dioxide). You only need a CO2 detector if you're keeping track of ventilation (e.g. in a classroom).

        Nitpicks aside, I agree that it's a good idea for a gas boiler. You should also have one in each room with a non-electric fireplace (i.e. gas or wood burner).
        ta I stand corrected.
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          #34
          For those with nests, how are you getting around the fact you can't have one in the kitchen, but the regulations (for new builds) are that a kitchen needs a heat detector (not smoke) which still needs to be linked up to the other alarms in the house?
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            #35
            Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
            For those with nests, how are you getting around the fact you can't have one in the kitchen, but the regulations (for new builds) are that a kitchen needs a heat detector (not smoke) which still needs to be linked up to the other alarms in the house?
            Surely a new-build has to have all this fitted as part of the build before you ever buy it?
            Originally posted by MaryPoppins
            I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
            Originally posted by vetran
            Urine is quite nourishing

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              #36
              Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
              For those with nests, how are you getting around the fact you can't have one in the kitchen, but the regulations (for new builds) are that a kitchen needs a heat detector (not smoke) which still needs to be linked up to the other alarms in the house?
              I suspect by not using NEST.
              merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                #37
                Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
                For those with nests, how are you getting around the fact you can't have one in the kitchen, but the regulations (for new builds) are that a kitchen needs a heat detector (not smoke) which still needs to be linked up to the other alarms in the house?
                Because a) That's not the regs and b) They probably wouldn't apply retrospectively to most works, anyway

                Personally, if I felt I needed a heat detector I'd just get a standalone one and accept it as being outside the system

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                  #38
                  With all these smoke detectors we're gonna need some lead underpants due to all the radiation from the Americium 241.

                  Meanwhile there's this:

                  https://app.croneri.co.uk/questions-...moke-detectors

                  Oddly enough, I remember that a shedload of these were crushed when Wolsey Comcare closed.

                  The wail from the crusher was quite disturbing.

                  https://assets.publishing.service.go..._Alt_Text_.pdf
                  Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 8 October 2021, 13:54.
                  When the fun stops, STOP.

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                    #39
                    Why not bypass smoke alarms altogether and just put a full sprinker system in with those little red cartidges that break on heat. That way you don't need to detect anything as the system will deal with the eventuality.

                    If you are worried about it going off for no reason you could always hide behind LM's fat kids to stop getting wet.
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                      #40
                      Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                      If you are worried about it going off for no reason you could always hide behind LM's fat kids to stop getting wet.
                      "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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