On 2012-09-04, tim..... wrote:

Domestic property, even that rented out does not need to be fire risk
assessed unless it is an HMO (and then you wouldn't describe it as SC).

It used to be a BR that all internal room doors (except a bathroom) had to
have self closers on them. But they dropped this reg recently, presumably
because they discovered that 99.9999999% of occupiers found them to be a
pain in the arse and routinely wedged the doors open thus meaning that
having self closers on a door meant that it was more likely to be left open
24/7 than if it didn't. (In my last three rented flats not a single self
closers has been left allowed to work, for instance)

The law of unintended (in this case un-though-out) consequences in operation

In this case, both the kitchen and the living-dining room had
self-closing doors --- you can imagine what a hassle that was for
trying to serve meals. (None of us had previously come across
self-closing doors in a house, as opposed to a hotel, B&B, office,
&c.)

At the risk of getting on Grimly's hit-list, I'll admit that we bought
some cheap doorstops to use during the day (especially around
mealtimes).