References

Heating, Plumbing & Electrics

367 sources in the library on heating, plumbing & electrics, 40 on this page cited in a published note. Each one says what the document covers and what it is good for. Name a source to see which document it is and where to read it. One at a time. Page 1 of 10.

  1. very strong RN-TPT915 cited

    Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Defra guidance, last revised 28 September 2011, and the authoritative plain-English account of the private sewers transfer that most drainage guides get vague about. Paragraph 2: on 1 OCTOBER 2011 all privately owned sewers and lateral drains which communicate with (drain to) an existing public sewer as at 1 JULY 2011 became the responsibility of the sewerage undertaker. Paragraph 3: private pumping stations on transferred pipework transfer between 1 October 2011 and 1 OCTOBER 2016, with any not transferred earlier transferring on that date; pipework upstream of a pumping station transferred on 1 October 2011. Definitions (from s.219 Water Industry Act 1991): a SEWER is a drain shared or used by more than one property; a LATERAL DRAIN serves a single property but lies outside its curtilage, under another property or the street. Both definitions include manholes, ventilating shafts, access chambers, pumps and valves. Paragraph 48: an occupier can only commission work within the private drain and has no authority to commission work in a public sewer or lateral drain without first contacting the water and sewerage company. Paragraph 49: interfering with a public sewer or public lateral drain without consent may lead to prosecution.

    Cited in Blocked Drains: Causes & Clearing Costs.

  2. very strong RN-UZLY3B cited

    Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    Government call for evidence on radio jammers; it says jammers are increasingly used in crimes including burglary and that using equipment which deliberately interferes with wireless communications is illegal in most cases.

    Cited in Home CCTV: A Buyer's Guide.

  3. very strong RN-XLPPG4 cited

    Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    Government policy paper on the PSTI product security regime, in force from 29 April 2024, covering password rules and security-issue reporting for consumer connectable products.

    Cited in Home CCTV: A Buyer's Guide, Smart Home Hubs & Automation.

  4. very strong RN-2PCYXZ cited

    Drinking Water Inspectorate

    The regulator's account of lead pipework, useful for any period-property or plumbing note. States that before 1970 lead pipework was commonly used to connect properties to the mains, that its use has since been banned, and that a home built before 1970 may have lead pipes while one built after 1970 is unlikely to. Gives a homeowner identification test at the internal stop tap: unpainted lead appears dull grey, often with a swollen joint next to the tap, and is soft enough that a gentle scrape with a coin shows shiny silver metal beneath, with disposable gloves worn and dust not inhaled; contrasts copper as bright, hard and dull brown, iron as dark, very hard and possibly rusty, and plastic as typically blue, or grey or black if older. Explains that lead dissolves while water stands in the pipe, with concentration depending on standing time, pipe condition, temperature (more dissolves in summer and autumn) and water hardness, since harder water forms a protective scale. Notes that water companies dose with orthophosphate where a risk exists, and that a less common cause is the illegal use of lead-based solder on copper pipe, lead solder remaining permitted only in closed central heating systems. Warns lead accumulates in the body, with infants including unborn babies and children most at risk of effects on mental development, and adults at risk of kidney, heart and circulatory harm.

    Cited in Renovating a 1930s House.

  5. very strong RN-YXB7JY cited

    GOV.UK

    GOV.UK summary of UK data protection law: the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, and individuals' rights including access to, correction and erasure of their data.

    Cited in Smart Home Hubs & Automation.

  6. very strong RN-SA820P cited

    GOV.UK

    Countryside Stewardship capital item FG3. Payment rate £5.66 per metre. Specification: erect wire fencing at least 1.05 m high using a minimum of 4 mild steel or high tensile plain wires, with a mains-operated energiser installed to the manufacturer's recommendations. Wooden straining posts at least 150 mm top diameter by 2.1 m long, intermediates 1.65 m long by 65 mm top diameter, struts 2.1 m by 75 mm; metal straining posts at least 2.4 m and intermediates at least 1.65 m. One of very few official per-metre rates for fencing, useful as a sanity check on market prices in a cost note.

    Cited in Install Electric Fence Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  7. very strong RN-KJLMZ3 cited

    GOV.UK

    Defra's land manager half of the Countryside Code, and the national statement on electric fencing near public access. You can use barbed wire and electric fencing to keep livestock or horses separated from visitors on rights of way, but you must leave enough space for the visitor to use the path safely, not impinge on the legal width of a right of way, and use signs to warn visitors that the fence is electric. It also advises plain wire where the public is likely to come into contact with a fence, gate or stile. Cite this rather than the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, which contain no electric fence signage duty.

    Cited in Install Electric Fence Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  8. very strong RN-X4BUA0 cited

    Health and Safety Executive

    HSE guidance on safe electrical working. It says circuits should be proved dead with suitable test lamps or voltage indicators, and that multimeters and non-contact volt sticks are not recommended for proving dead.

    Cited in USB & Smart Sockets.

  9. very strong RN-F9ZZS0 cited

    Health and Safety Executive

    HSE's information sheet on hot water and surfaces in care settings. It sets 43 °C as the burn-risk threshold and lists low surface temperature heat emitters as a control.

    Cited in Radiators Explained: Types, BTU Sizing & Cost.

  10. very strong RN-UNXLHX cited

    HM Revenue & Customs (GOV.UK)

    HMRC guidance on reclaiming VAT; a VAT-registered business can reclaim VAT on items bought for business use through its VAT return.

    Cited in Install Electric Fence Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  11. very strong RN-HPL40W cited

    Home Office

    Home Office guidance on firearms security. It states the certificate condition that firearms and shotguns be stored securely to prevent unauthorised access, and that a purpose-built cabinet usually achieves this in a dwelling.

    Cited in Home Safes: Types & Ratings.

  12. very strong RN-NHEW0D cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    The 2026 edition of ADF Volume 1 states it takes effect on 24 March 2027 in England for work not connected with higher-risk buildings, and 24 September 2027 otherwise.

    Cited in MVHR & Home Ventilation Systems Explained.

  13. very strong RN-QD1SFF cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Table 1.1 sets minimum intermittent extract rates: kitchen with a cooker hood extracting outside 30 l/s, kitchen without one 60 l/s, utility room 30 l/s, bathroom 15 l/s, sanitary accommodation 6 l/s. Extract terminals and fans other than cooker hoods should be as high as practicable and no more than 400mm below the ceiling; a cooker hood should sit between 650mm and 750mm above the hob if the manufacturer gives no figure. Table 1.7 requires background ventilators of at least 8000mm2 equivalent area in habitable rooms and kitchens for a dwelling, 10,000mm2 for a single-storey dwelling. Background ventilators should be at least 1700mm above floor level and at least 500mm from a fan in the same room. On replacement windows, paragraph 3.14 says new windows must carry background ventilators no smaller than the originals, and paragraph 3.15 gives the fallback minimums where the old size is unknown: 8000mm2 habitable rooms, 8000mm2 kitchen, 4000mm2 bathroom. Paragraph 3.32 confirms that replacing an extractor fan or cooker hood on existing cabling is not notifiable.

    Cited in Adding an Ensuite: Cost, Layout & Plumbing, All You Need To Know About Double Glazing Repairs, Annexe & Granny Flat: Cost, Planning & Rules, Basement & Cellar Conversions: Cost and 57 more.

  14. very strong RN-SM6TRW cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    The statutory source for soakaway design and the discharge hierarchy every garden drainage note should state. Requirement H3(3) lists the order of priority for rainwater discharge: (a) an adequate soakaway or other adequate infiltration system, or where not reasonably practicable (b) a watercourse, or where not reasonably practicable (c) a sewer. Paragraph 3.25 bars infiltration devices within 5 metres of a building or road, in ground where the water table reaches the bottom of the device at any time of year, too close to other drainage fields or soakaways, or where contamination could pollute groundwater. Paragraph 3.26: soakaways serving less than 100 square metres are generally square or circular pits filled with rubble or lined with dry-jointed masonry or perforated ring units. Paragraph 3.27: design to a return period of once in ten years, and for small soakaways serving 25 square metres or less a design rainfall of 10mm in 5 minutes may be assumed as the worst case. Paragraph 3.28 requires percolation tests to derive the infiltration rate, and paragraph 3.30 sends larger soakaways to BS EN 752-4 or BRE Digest 365 Soakaway design. Paragraphs 2.10 to 2.12 cover pervious paving over a granular storage reservoir and warn against its use where sediment or oil spillage would block the pores. For foul drainage, paragraph 2.33 sets a minimum 75mm internal diameter, or 100mm for a WC, and Table 6 gives minimum gradients of 1 in 40 for 75mm and 100mm at peak flows under 1 litre per second.

    Cited in Adding an Ensuite: Cost, Layout & Plumbing, Annexe & Granny Flat: Cost, Planning & Rules, Basins & Vanity Units: A Buyer's Guide, Baths Compared: Freestanding, Inset & Shower Baths and 33 more.

  15. very strong RN-VGR6O6 cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    The security standard for doors and windows, ISBN 978 1 85946 601 8, in force from 5 March 2015 and last updated 22 November 2024. Requirement Q1 applies only to new dwellings, and to easily accessible doors and windows giving access into a dwelling from outside, into a building containing flats from outside, or into a flat from the common parts. Paragraph 1.2 requires secure doorsets tested to PAS 24:2012 or designed to Appendix B, with STS 201 Issue 5:2013, LPS 1175 Issue 7:2010 security rating 2, STS 202 Issue 3:2011 burglary rating 2 and LPS 2081 Issue 1:2015 security rating B accepted as equivalents. Paragraph 1.3 caps a letter plate aperture at 260mm x 40mm and points to DHF technical specification TS 008:2012. Paragraph 1.4 requires a door viewer on the main entrance door unless clear glass or an adjacent window serves the purpose, plus a door chain or limiter. Paragraph 2.2 requires ground floor, basement and other easily accessible windows and rooflights to be tested to PAS 24:2012, with STS 204 Issue 3:2012, LPS 1175 rating 1 and LPS 2081 rating A as equivalents, and paragraph 2.3 requires frames to be mechanically fixed to the structure. Appendix B specifies a doorset in solid or laminated timber to a minimum density.

    Cited in Industrial Style Windows: Cheaper Alternatives, 2026 Costs, Composite vs uPVC vs Timber Front Doors, Extension Building Regulations: Homeowner Guide, Front Door Styles & Security and 5 more.

  16. very strong RN-2OL81U cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    The authoritative list of authorised competent person scheme operators and the work each may self-certify. For 'In dwellings - installation of fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations' the authorised operators are BESCA, Blue Flame Certification, Certsure, NAPIT and OFTEC. Certsure LLP trades as NICEIC. ELECSA does not appear: it is no longer an authorised scheme operator, so any note naming ELECSA as a current Part P scheme is stale. Members of an electrical scheme are listed on the electrical competent person register.

    Cited in Ceiling Fan Installation Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  17. very strong RN-IUHGG0 cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    The definitive figures for an EICR note. The electrical installation must be inspected and tested at least every 5 years by a qualified person competent to undertake the inspection and testing, against the 18th Edition of the Wiring Regulations published as British Standard 7671. The report must go to existing tenants within 28 days of the inspection and test, to new tenants before they occupy the premises, and to the local council within 7 days of a request. Remedial work must be completed within 28 days, or any shorter period specified as necessary in the report. The observation codes are C1 danger present with risk of injury, C2 potentially dangerous, C3 improvement recommended and not mandatory, and FI further investigation required without delay. A local housing authority can impose a financial penalty of up to £40,000.

    Cited in Building Surveys: Level 1, 2 & 3 Explained & Cost, Cost to Rewire vs Repair Old Wiring, EICR & Electrical Safety Checks, How Much Does Rewiring a House Cost? (UK) and 1 more.

  18. very strong RN-M6FECM cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Government guidance on the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations in England, which require landlords to have installations inspected and tested at least every five years.

    Cited in Heating, Plumbing & Electrics: Complete Guide.

  19. very strong RN-2WZR3Y cited

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    The landing page for Approved Document F, Ventilation. Volume 1 covers dwellings and Volume 2 buildings other than dwellings; the current edition took effect 15 June 2022 and a 2026 edition is published on the same page. This is the document that sets background ventilation (trickle vent) equivalent areas and intermittent extract rates, and the reason replacement windows must not make existing ventilation worse. Volume 1 is a 859 KB PDF, Volume 2 is 662 KB.

    Cited in Building Regulations Explained for Homeowners.

  20. very strong RN-Y19S87 cited

    Office for Product Safety and Standards and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Names the Office for Product Safety and Standards as the UK regulator for construction products and most consumer goods, a role it took on in April 2021, funded by and acting on behalf of MHCLG. Confirms the enforced legislation is the Construction Products Regulations 2013 as amended by the Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which gave OPSS its enforcement powers. Records that the Grenfell Tower Inquiry final report was published on 4 September 2024, the Government response on 26 February 2025 accepting all 58 recommendations, and a Construction Products Reform White Paper on 25 February 2026 proposing reform of testing, certification, product information and enforcement. OPSS carries out product testing, site inspections and technical documentation reviews, responded to over 100 non-compliance allegations in 2023, and publishes construction product safety alerts, reports and recalls.

    Cited in Builders' Merchants: The Complete UK Guide (2026).

  21. very strong RN-9EETD9 cited

    Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

    Electric vehicle chargepoint grants, government guidance cited for the figures and rules it sets out

    Cited in Build Garage Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide, EV Charger Installation at Home: Cost & Rules.

  22. very strong RN-GFS59K cited

    Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (GOV.UK)

    OZEV's summary of the home and workplace chargepoint grants running from April 2026 to March 2027. The home grants listed are for flats and renters, residential landlords and households with on-street parking only.

    Cited in Wiring a Garage: Power, Lights & Consumer Units.

  23. very strong RN-SJ5I0U cited

    The National Archives

    Regulation 1 as amended records that SI 2025/1043 extended the regulations to the social rented sector, in force from 1 November 2025 for specified purposes and fully from 1 May 2026.

    Cited in Consumer Units (Fuse Boards): Types & When to Upgrade.

  24. very strong RN-21X8F4 cited

    The National Archives

    Regulation 3 requires landlords to have every electrical installation inspected and tested by a qualified person at intervals of no more than five years, and before a new tenancy starts.

    Cited in Consumer Units (Fuse Boards): Types & When to Upgrade.

  25. very strong RN-HCZJP3 cited

    The National Archives

    SI 2011/1566 regulation 3, the legal instrument behind the private sewers transfer. It requires the Secretary of State to make a main scheme for the adoption of private sewers and private lateral drains by every sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England, with the Welsh Ministers doing the same for Wales. The vesting date for private sewers and lateral drains (excluding pumping stations) is 1st October 2011; pumping stations vest no later than 1st October 2016. The main scheme catches pipework situated in the undertaker's area which immediately before 1st July 2011 communicated with a public sewer (or, for a lateral drain, with a public sewer vested in that undertaker), excluding exempt sewers and those already subject to a declaration. This is the citation to use instead of a vague 'since 2011' or a bare 'Water Industry Act 1991 (amended)'.

    Cited in Blocked Drains: Causes & Clearing Costs.

  26. very strong RN-TTNQO7 cited

    The National Archives

    The statutory duty behind 'the water company has to deal with it'. Section 94(1) requires every sewerage undertaker to provide, improve and extend such a system of public sewers, and so to cleanse and maintain those sewers AND ANY LATERAL DRAINS WHICH BELONG TO OR VEST IN THE UNDERTAKER, as to ensure that its area is and continues to be effectually drained, and to make provision for emptying those sewers and dealing with their contents at sewage disposal works. IMPORTANT LIMIT for consumer guidance: section 94(3) makes the duty enforceable by the Secretary of State, or by the Authority (Ofwat) with the Secretary of State's consent or general authorisation - it is not a duty a householder enforces directly, so wording like 'they are legally obliged to attend' overstates it.

    Cited in Blocked Drains: Causes & Clearing Costs.

  27. very strong RN-M920CI cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)

    Article 4(1) of the retained Construction Products Regulation requires a manufacturer to draw up a declaration of performance when a product covered by a designated standard, or conforming to a UK Technical Assessment, is placed on the market. Article 4(2) makes the declaration the only permitted route for stating performance against essential characteristics, so a performance claim outside the declaration is not valid. Article 4(3) provides that by drawing up the declaration the manufacturer assumes responsibility for the product's conformity with the declared performance, and that in the absence of objective indications to the contrary the declaration is presumed accurate and reliable. The words designated standard and UK Technical Assessment were substituted for harmonised standard and European Technical Assessment on 31 December 2020 by the Construction Products (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), Schedule 1 paragraph 6.

    Cited in PIR vs Mineral Wool Insulation Compared.

  28. very strong RN-BP3IWG cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)

    Schedule 3 item 12 lets registered installers (APHC, BESCA, Certsure, HETAS, NAPIT) self-certify sanitary installations in a dwelling that involve no shared or underground drainage.

    Cited in Breathable Membranes for Roofs & Walls, Heating, Plumbing & Electrics: Complete Guide, Hot Water Options for Your Home, How to Fit a Bathroom Suite and 7 more.

  29. very strong RN-HUA3K9 cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)

    Lists the building work that is not notifiable. Paragraph 1(j) is the sanitary one: replacing a sanitary convenience with one that uses no more water than the one it replaces, a washbasin, sink or bidet, a fixed bath, a shower, a rainwater gutter or a rainwater downpipe, in each case where the work does not include any work to underground drainage. Installing a new WC, as opposed to replacing one, therefore stays notifiable, and so does any replacement that touches underground drainage or uses more water. The Schedule also covers replacement of non-structural windows in certain circumstances and various electrical and heating replacements, all subject to the work not prejudicing health or safety.

    Cited in Install A Macerating Toilet Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  30. very strong RN-16LK2T cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)

    Sets the declared characteristics of the UK public supply. Declared frequency is 50 Hz. For a low voltage supply the declared voltage is 230 volts between phase and neutral conductors at the supply terminals. Permitted variations are 1 per cent above or below the declared frequency; for low voltage, a variation not exceeding 10 per cent above or 6 per cent below the declared voltage; for high voltage below 132 kV, 6 per cent either way; at or above 132 kV, 10 per cent either way. This is the authority for correcting '240 V' in appliance and electrical copy: 240 V has not been the declared nominal voltage since harmonisation, though it sits inside the +10% tolerance.

    Cited in Install A Macerating Toilet Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  31. very strong RN-CLHBCB cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)

    GPDO 2015 Part 2 Class F grants permitted development for security CCTV cameras on buildings, subject to limits, and excludes listed buildings and scheduled monuments.

    Cited in Video Doorbells Compared.

  32. very strong RN-DB5N1U cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)

    England's general conditions for keeping farmed animals. Paragraph 2(1): animals kept in husbandry systems in which their welfare depends on frequent human attention must be thoroughly inspected at least once a day. Paragraph 18: all automated or mechanical equipment essential for the health and well-being of the animals must be inspected at least once a day to check there is no defect. Paragraph 11: materials used for accommodation, pens, cages, stalls and equipment the animals may contact must not be harmful. Paragraph 12: accommodation and fittings must have no sharp edges or protrusions likely to cause injury. This is the instrument for daily stock checks, not the welfare in transport rules, which govern moving animals.

    Cited in Install Electric Fence Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  33. very strong RN-1MN06H cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk), Northern Ireland Statutory Rules

    NORTHERN IRELAND, and the part letters mean different things from England, so quoting an England part letter into an NI note is a straight error. The parts are A interpretation and general, B materials and workmanship, C site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture, D structure, E fire safety, F conservation of fuel and power, G resistance to the passage of sound, H stairs, ramps, guarding and protection from impact, J solid waste, K ventilation, L combustion appliances and fuel storage systems, N drainage, P sanitary appliances, unvented hot water storage systems and reducing the risk of scalding, R access to and use of buildings, and V glazing. So NI Part D is England's Part A, NI Part E is England's Part B, NI Part F is England's Part L, NI Part K is England's Part F, NI Part L is England's Part J, NI Part N is England's Part H, NI Part P is England's Part G and emphatically NOT electrical safety, NI Part R is England's Part M, and NI Part V is glazing. There is NO part covering electrical safety anywhere in these regulations, so domestic electrical work in Northern Ireland is not notifiable building work as it is under England's and Wales's Part P. Regulation 41 imposes consequential improvements, regulation 42 change of energy status and regulation 43 renovation of thermal elements.

    Cited in Sockets & Light Switches: Types, Heights & Regs.

  34. very strong RN-XHATOQ cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk), Scottish Statutory Instruments

    SCOTLAND, latest revised version with no outstanding effects, and several of these contradict England. Type 20 makes a door, window or rooflight warrant-exempt EVEN WHERE THE FRAME IS REPLACED, so a Scottish window replacement needs no building warrant and no FENSA or Certass notification, unlike England where replacing a window is notifiable building work; it must still meet the regulations, including the 1.4 W/m2K or WER Band B standard. Type 19 exempts open raised external decking unless it is at a height of more than 1.2 metres. Type 21 exempts a paved area or hardstanding unless it exceeds 200 SQUARE METRES or forms part of a required access, a far more generous threshold than England's 5 square metre front garden rule. Type 22 exempts extra-low voltage electrical installations not exceeding 50 volts AC or 120 volts DC. Type 24 exempts like-for-like replacement of fittings including sanitary facilities, rainwater gutters and downpipes, solid fuel appliances, electrical fixtures, ventilation fans and kitchen fitments, but expressly NOT doors, windows or rooflights, nor oil or gas fired boilers. Type 25 exempts like-for-like replacement of flooring, lining, cladding, covering or rendering internally or externally. All are conditional on the work meeting the relevant requirements of the regulations.

    Cited in Replacing Misted Double Glazing: 2026 UK Cost Guide.

  35. very strong RN-IKLPS9 cited

    The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk), UK Statutory Instrument 1999/1148

    The exact list of plumbing work that must be notified to the water undertaker, with its consent obtained, before it begins. Regulation 5(1) requires notice, consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and compliance with any conditions. The Table item 4 covers installing: (a) a bath over 230 litres measured to the centre line of overflow; (b) a bidet with ascending spray or flexible hose; (c) a single shower unit of a type specified by the regulator connected directly or indirectly to a supply pipe; (d) a pump or booster drawing more than 12 litres per minute connected directly or indirectly to a supply pipe; (e) reverse osmosis; (f) a water treatment unit producing waste water; (g) an RPZ valve or other device for fluid category 4 or 5; (h) a garden watering system not operated by hand; (i) any water system laid outside a building less than 750mm or more than 1350mm below ground. Item 5 covers construction of a pond or swimming pool over 10,000 litres designed to be replenished by automatic means from a water undertaker's supply. Regulation 5(2) exempts approved contractors for items 2, 4(b) and 4(g).

    Cited in Pond Fibreglassing Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide, Rain Shower Price Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.

  36. very strong RN-O823V7 cited

    UK Government (legislation.gov.uk)

    The operative regulation, as amended by the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/707) which came into force on 1 October 2022. It requires a smoke alarm on each storey of the premises on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation, and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used wholly or partly as living accommodation that contains a fixed combustion appliance other than a gas cooker. The landlord must ensure the alarms are checked and found in working order on the day a new tenancy begins, and from 1 October 2022 must repair or replace an alarm once a tenant reports it faulty. The 2022 amendment also extended the regime to social housing and broadened the CO duty from solid fuel only to any fixed combustion appliance other than a gas cooker.

    Cited in Fireplaces & Flues Explained.

  37. very strong RN-IPB27P cited

    UK Parliament

    Written ministerial statement of 24 November 2022 instructing government departments to stop deploying surveillance equipment from companies subject to China's National Intelligence Law on sensitive sites.

    Cited in Home CCTV: A Buyer's Guide.

  38. strong locally RN-S119CJ cited

    Institution of Lighting Professionals (copy published by the Planning Inspectorate)

    The ILP's guidance note on obtrusive light, as lodged with the Planning Inspectorate. It sets out good practice for limiting obtrusive light and lists the ILP's separate note GN 09 on domestic security lighting.

    Cited in Security Lighting & PIR Sensors.

  39. strong locally RN-LNPMU4 cited

    Lewisham Council

    A council environmental health page on alarm noise. It states that house alarms should cut out within 20 minutes and not restart unless faulty.

    Cited in Home Alarm Systems: Types & Cost.

  40. strong locally RN-X6282P cited

    Waverley Borough Council

    Waverley Borough Council's 2026/27 building control charges: testing electrical work by a non-Part P installer costs at least £450 inc. VAT, on top of the regularisation or notice charge.

    Cited in Ceiling Lights: Downlights vs Pendants vs Spots.