tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post779945385247570589..comments2024-03-06T18:07:22.993+00:00Comments on Landlord and BTL Blog: Smoke and CO alarms new requirementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-30691580750501104692015-08-19T15:19:13.502+01:002015-08-19T15:19:13.502+01:00Brilliant suggestion to make it an offence if tena...Brilliant suggestion to make it an offence if tenants tamper with safety alarms! I insist my tenants sign a Welcome Letter regarding Health and Safety. They have to sign agreement to not burn candles and to test the fire and carbon monoxide alarms on the first day of every month. Landlords are really given a most difficult time from both the Government and the tenants and it is time we are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-55782236024371726682015-03-13T19:10:27.483+00:002015-03-13T19:10:27.483+00:00Maybe it also needs be an offence to tamper with a...Maybe it also needs be an offence to tamper with an alarm. On my last changeover, all the alarms had batteries removed, even in the bedrooms, by a tenant who professed to care about her children. You can't fix stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-1507034342867477442015-03-13T18:11:12.772+00:002015-03-13T18:11:12.772+00:00almost every smoke alarm ive fitted in all my prop...almost every smoke alarm ive fitted in all my property's has had the battery removed usually the same day to be put in the tenents torch, radio or whatever else they need a battery for, how do we combat that then ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252140318638009738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-68390430547395927812015-03-13T16:48:07.090+00:002015-03-13T16:48:07.090+00:00I'm happy to comply as always regard safety me...I'm happy to comply as always regard safety measures as important but my gas safe engineer says you don't need carbon monoxide detectors with modern combi boilers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-16098984741750826022015-03-13T15:29:45.810+00:002015-03-13T15:29:45.810+00:00Does this apply across just england /Wales or is i...Does this apply across just england /Wales or is it for scotland and Northern Ireland as well?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897050109825594757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-39045613845922872282015-03-13T11:40:21.986+00:002015-03-13T11:40:21.986+00:00This is all fine. Until the tenants constantly unp...This is all fine. Until the tenants constantly unplug the the alarms. I have mains linked with battery back up smoke alarms and only heat detectors in kitchens. Yet I constantly find tenants unplug them and take them off due to false alarms. Great idea in theory...... Carbon monoxide alarms, much easier.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256631834948813989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-58530976295041828052015-03-13T09:58:55.933+00:002015-03-13T09:58:55.933+00:00cheaper to install these than deal with death from...cheaper to install these than deal with death from co poisoning. great idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com