On 2012-09-03, John Rumm wrote:

On 03/09/2012 16:27, Adam Funk wrote:
On 2012-09-03, Andy Burns wrote:

Adam Funk wrote:

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.

(Just to be clear, I'm not complaining about the owners --- just
curious.)

loft conversion, or 3 stories?

3 storeys with no conversion (there was a loft hatch, which I didn't
look through, in one of the ceilings upstairs).

That will be why then... ten years ago self closers on all the doors
from habitable rooms onto the main escape route was the norm. The doors
however on the lower two storeys did not need to be fire doors.

These days IIUC, self closers are not required, but all the doors from
habitable rooms that open onto the primary escape route need to be 30
min fire doors.

OK, so they could *now* replace the doors with 30 min fire doors
*without* self-closers if they wanted to?

Do these requirements apply to houses intended for single-family
owner-occupation, or just rental?