Really need to chat with one of the Scottish members who know their Parts B & F for Scotland Discussion ThreadReally need to chat with one of the Scottish members who know their Parts B & F for Scotland Electrical Advice
And here's why....
My long suffering Aussie owns a place in Scotland that's been rented out ever since she foolishly decided to move down with me years ago. It's a beautiful place which is mostly why she/we've kept it on, part of a conversion of dwellings from an originally much larger complex probably all done around the mid 80's (that's a guess), much of it is listed to some extent and her/our place is an 'upper' dwelling - what in the South we'd refer to as a Maisonette - so it's a two story dwelling that starts a floor up. It straddles a building on street level which is an old cafe, currently being totally gutted back to bare everything and refurbed. This has been brought to our attention because in the process of exposing everything it's been found that we've got a lead CW riser that needs replacing and the tenant was informed. That's not my question for here....
Given that they've completely ripped down the ceiling underneath our floor joists and will be installing a basically commercial kitchen, what are the requirements for fire barrier time, linked alarms, extraction and ventilation? Because the new owners have all the hallmarks of being..... cheapskate twits..... (replace with non mod-friendly term of readers choice 😉 ) and my threshold for patience has already been exceeded. I've yet to drive up (8+ hrs...) to have a look for myself but I'm not expecting it to be pretty.
I also will be taking a very dim view on any proposals by them for stuffing the joist cavity with insulation that might cause derate to happen and/or fire-rate downlights, etc etc etc.
Really need to chat with one of the Scottish members who know their Parts B & F for Scotland for the original thread on Electricians Forums
And here's why....
My long suffering Aussie owns a place in Scotland that's been rented out ever since she foolishly decided to move down with me years ago. It's a beautiful place which is mostly why she/we've kept it on, part of a conversion of dwellings from an originally much larger complex probably all done around the mid 80's (that's a guess), much of it is listed to some extent and her/our place is an 'upper' dwelling - what in the South we'd refer to as a Maisonette - so it's a two story dwelling that starts a floor up. It straddles a building on street level which is an old cafe, currently being totally gutted back to bare everything and refurbed. This has been brought to our attention because in the process of exposing everything it's been found that we've got a lead CW riser that needs replacing and the tenant was informed. That's not my question for here....
Given that they've completely ripped down the ceiling underneath our floor joists and will be installing a basically commercial kitchen, what are the requirements for fire barrier time, linked alarms, extraction and ventilation? Because the new owners have all the hallmarks of being..... cheapskate twits..... (replace with non mod-friendly term of readers choice 😉 ) and my threshold for patience has already been exceeded. I've yet to drive up (8+ hrs...) to have a look for myself but I'm not expecting it to be pretty.
I also will be taking a very dim view on any proposals by them for stuffing the joist cavity with insulation that might cause derate to happen and/or fire-rate downlights, etc etc etc.
Really need to chat with one of the Scottish members who know their Parts B & F for Scotland for the original thread on Electricians Forums
