I would like to fit a fire/smoke alarm to my relatively dusty workshop. I only need a relatively simple system as it is a relatively small workshop and there are only two of us working at any time.

I would need about 4 detectors and an external sounder.

Does anyone know of a decent system, not too expensive?

Ta

Keith

I'm looking to try to protect the workshop rather than anyone working in it!

It's about 5m from the house and well insulated and I wouldn't be able to hear any internal sounders once I shut the doors. I need something that will give me an external warning, should I get a smouldering in the woodpile.

The 2-zone alarm at SF is £425, and looks far to complicated for what I need, plus I'd like to get something cheaper.

If you are looking to protect property and not life, you need a quick acting firealarm, and in a dusty environment you would struggle price wise with this.

You would be best to just use some AICO Easyfit mains interlinked.

Decide if you would be happy with the slight delay of heats in the workshop, or the annoyance of possible false alarms with smokes (and the need to possibly clean them out all the time!).

I would put some heats in the workshop and a couple smokes in the house.  Use some three core 1.5mm SWA if required between the two buildings.

You can get radio bases for the AICO easyfit, and this would negate alot of the interlink wiring, just having to provide a mains feed to each detector.

SF dont do the Easyfit range I do no tthink.

Can't really see a problem Woodlice with running a cable between the two.

OK so it's Listed (II I assume) and has Cob walls (I assume), very nice may I add. But you would NOT be taking the cross link through the wall. Surely you could run a small catenary to the eves then run under the eves into the house.

Maybe the conservation may object but is he is anything like the conservation chaps and building regs and fire officer sI have met when working on listed (I and II) thatched homes they are thankful for ANYTHING that means they can get to a house like yours ASAP. I was working on a listed II thatched home once and tripped the incoming RCD this caused the alarm to set off, the fire brigade were there literally with 3 minutes - and the house was in the middle of nowhere out in the country.

Ray the house is stone and brick, but the ceilings in the rooms nearest to the workshop are vaulted and so I have nowhere to run cables. Plus a small catenary   oh yes I'd get permission for that  

The fire brigade want new build in the village to have sprinklers because their response time is about an hour; part timers on call out.

Scotspark, wireless doesn't work well here, perhaps the thickness of the walls  is the problem.

I've seen a burglar alarm with two fire zones, perhaps that is the way forward.

Thanks again

I don't think the neighbours would mind, if my workshop goes then so will both our houses.

The kitchen floor is oak, of course. Still not digging it up though

If you think I have it bad, some friends in the village are being forced to take out flues, windows etc because the builder, who did the barn conversion, didn't get permission to fit them. They can't claim against the builder as he is on the verge of bancrupcy so I'm told.

Oh no that's not loud enough to wake me, you might hear it and give me a ring though

No sugar for me, or Judith

That's it then, you take up residence and become a FOOLS (Fire Officer Overseeing Loud Siren)  

I would go for the aico with a couple RF bases.  I reckon you would be suprised who far they can be used - even with thick walls.

You can get relay bases for the aico too.  You could use this base to trigger a 240v siren or something if you wanted.  They also do a wall switch for test/silence.

It would not be to BS5839, but I don't think that is an issue for you....