On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:04:02 +0000, Owain wrote:

"Ed Sirett" wrote
| It is certinaly different, in fact I went to do a "landlords'" about
| 15 months ago where they had put a bed into the living room so I
| ticketed the gas fire 'for being the wrong type of appliance for
| the location (bedroom)'.
| Off the top of my head.
| I think there is an absolute limit of 14kW for the appliance.
| Any open flued appliance _must_ incorporate an atmospheric safety
| device when used in the bedroom. The devices are known variously as
| ADS (Atmospheric Sensing Sevices).
| ODS (Oxygen Depletion Sensor).
| Oxy-pilot.
| Vitiation sensor.

Would this also apply to a fire in a lounge where the bedroom is an internal
room opening off the lounge? (The bedroom has an external window.)


I think intenbt of the the regs are about the _usage_ of the room rather
than it's access.


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Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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