6.9.3.2.Location of Carbon Monoxide Alarms

(1) A carbon monoxide alarm shall be installed in a suite of residential occupancy or care occupancy where (a) a fuel-burning appliance or a flue is installed in the suite, (b) a forced-air fuel-burning appliance provides heated air directly to the suite, (c) a fuel-burning appliance or a flue is located in a room, suite or area that shares a common wall or floor or ceiling assembly with the suite, or (d) a storage garage shares a common wall or floor or ceiling assembly with the suite. (2) Where a carbon monoxide alarm is required by Sentence (1) to be installed in a suite of residential occupancy or care occupancy, other than a suite that consists of a combined living and sleeping area, a carbon monoxide alarm shall be installed (a) adjacent to each sleeping room in the suite, and (b) on each storey without a sleeping room in the suite. (3) Where a carbon monoxide alarm is required by Sentence (1) to be installed in a suite of residential occupancy or care occupancy that consists of a combined living and sleeping area, a carbon monoxide alarm shall be installed in the combined living and sleeping area. (4) In addition to the carbon monoxide alarms required to be installed in a suite of residential occupancy or care occupancy in accordance with Sentence (2), a carbon monoxide alarm shall be installed in each sleeping room within the suite where the sleeping room (a) contains a fuel-burning appliance or a flue, or (b) shares a common wall or floor or ceiling assembly with (i) a room, suite or area that is located outside the suite and contains a fuel-burning appliance or a flue, or (ii) a storage garage. (5) Carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed in public corridors serving suites of residential occupancy where the corridor is directly heated by a forced-air fuel-burning appliance. (6) Where carbon monoxide alarms are required by Sentence (5) to be installed in a public corridor, the carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed such that (a) there is at least one carbon monoxide alarm in each portion of a divided corridor, and (b) each carbon monoxide alarm in an undivided portion of a corridor is spaced not more than 25 m apart.