New laws relating to ‘Smoke and Carbon Monoxide’ (CO) alarm provision come into effect from 10th October 2015 and you need to ensure that all your landlords in England are aware and compliant.
Landlords will be required to install smoke alarms on every floor of their property and test them at the start of every tenancy. High-risk rooms-such as those where a solid fuel heating system is installed-will also need carbon monoxide alarms installed.
Licenced HMOs, Social Housing and other residential buildings already covered by existing regulations are excluded. Properties where accommodation is shared with the landlord may also be excluded.
There are several companies including British Gas (britishgas.co.uk/lettings or telephone 08001077797) who offer a service to install these alarms. Some local fire brigade departments are offering to install smoke alarms for free in some areas, so please contact them to find out. There are other companies such ‘gas-elec’ group (www.gas-elec.co.uk/6pack telephone 0800587999) but you may want to use your own local companies as long as they are registered with ‘Gas Safe Register’ etc.
For more information on this please call our office on 01295 701773.
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