EICR , smoke alarms and rented flats

ARW · 2018-11-22T19:14:08+00:00

OK so not DIY but some here do find such info interesting.I am doing an EICR on a block of 38 rented flats all owned by the same company. One and two bed flats with just a single mains powered smoke in the hallway (as per regs when they were built in 1994)Out of the 16 I have tested 8 of them have either had the MCB to the smokes turned off and the battery removed, the mains disconnected at the smoke and the battery removed or the smoke heads have been removed.I accept that the tenants have probably done some of this DIY themselves to save buying a new battery.However the most disturbing one is a flat that a tenant moved into 4 weeks ago. The mains had been disconnected from the smoke, taped up and shoved into the ceiling as well as the battery having been removed. Almost certainly like that when she moved in 4 weeks ago.

Nov 22, 2018 Last reply: 7 years ago 121 Replies

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John Rumm 7 years ago

Sorry, but that horse you were flogging... it just died.

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tabbypurr 7 years ago

You've come up with lots of criticism, but none of it changes one very simple fact, namely that where an ionisation detector is used one can often move it to reduce or eliminate false alarms. Funny how you've come up with everything other than any basis to believe that ain't so. And let's face it, you aren't going to.

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