15/09/2021
🔥MAKE SURE YOUR HOME IS FIRE SAFE 🔥
Fire safety for home owners !
Every home in Scotland must have interlinked fire alarms by February 2022.
Will your home insurance be affected?
This depends on the terms and conditions of your home insurance policy. Contact your insurer to check if the new fire alarms requirements are included in your policy.
Being interlinked means if one alarm goes off, they all go off. You may not always hear the alarm closest to the fire, especially if you’re somewhere else in the house. An interlinked system will alert you immediately.
What you need to do
If you are a homeowner, it's your responsibility to make sure your home meets the new fire alarms standard.
By February 2022 every home will need to have:
* one smoke alarm in the room you spend most of the day, usually your living room
* one smoke alarm in every circulation space on each storey, such as hallways and landings
* one heat alarm in the kitchen
All smoke and heat alarms should be mounted on the ceiling and be interlinked.
If you have a carbon-fuelled appliance, like a boiler, fire, heater or flue you must also have a carbon monoxide detector. This does not need to be linked to the fire alarms.
Example 1
3 x smoke alarms
( living room , upstairs hall , downstairs hall )
1 x heat alarm ( kitchen)
Supply and fit plus certification for insurance purposes
£300
Example 2
2 bedroom flat
2 x smoke alarms ( hallway and living room)
1 x heat alarm ( kitchen )
Supply and fit plus certification for insurance purposes
£250
Whatever the size your home, if you have a carbon fuelled appliance like a boiler, you will also need a carbon monoxide detector.
