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Building Regs changes afoot amid Future Homes Standard launch

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  1. On the face of it this is a great idea but has it been really thought through. Who will pay for all this, the developers? No it will be the home buyer. The cost of homes will increase as it will be only be installed by accredited companies who will have to get their work inspected and commissioned just as boilers have to be fitted by gas safe engineers. There government and developers need to sit down together to discuss and agree how this will be implemented and paid for. If house prices rise due to this then fewer people will become homeowners. It will also need to made clear to the owners of these homes that these systems need maintaining by competent to companies and possibly 12 months after purchasing a house the developer gets their installer to check the systems they’ve installed to ensure they are working correctly. As I say great idea.

  2. I well understand the need to make the regulations more appropriate to modern living especially in high rise buildings. I have seen very little about the need for a higher level of security against fire and the regulation covering the choice of electrical wiring. For all Fire Protection Systems like fire alarms, emergency lighting, sprinklers, and escape lighting, a two-hour fire rating is required. The selected cable would have to continue to operate in the presence of fire, water, and mechanical shock. This would need a fireproof metal sheath of the MICC type. The existing wiring regulations leave the choice of cable open to the devices of the electrical contractor where price becomes the arbiter and not the capability of the choice of cable to survive in a fire.

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