Adam Funk wrote:
Some relatives & I went on holiday in a self-catering townhouse in
Yorkshire earlier this summer. I think the house was about 10 years
old.

All the internal doors except the ones for the bathrooms had
self-closing gadgets built in (installed in the frame between the
hinges, pulling a chain attached to the hinge side of the door). The
visitors' book had several previous comments requesting doorstops
because the self-closing doors were a nuisance, followed by a comment
from the owners to the effect that they weren't allowed to provide
doorstops because of fire regulations.

Comments?

That is correct - and the whole point of a firedoor is to hold-back the
spread of a fire for upto an hour.

The legislation on that has been in for quite some time, and I can recall
having a contract around the late 90s to fit around 150 internal fire doors
and perko springs (excluding the bathrooms and separate toilets) to several
blocks of three storey flats (complete with enhanced doorstops and Georgian
wired glass).

Cash.