I have to confess, I’ve a bee in my bonnet.
Mostly?
Because of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Frankly? As you’ll know, if you’ve been following Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar for a while, I’ve been concerned about fire safety on my street — Rollason Way — for some time.
Specifically, with emergency vehicle access.
One thing I ALSO know?
I’ve written a letter to my local paper: and it sounds like they want to have a natter about it.
As part of that?
I thought I’d check my building: to at least double check that it had no fire exit.
It doesn’t.
Neither does Watson Court, over the road, nor Torville Court, next door.
Yes, I know there’s an exit at the back of Damon House. I bloody well campaigned ’til it got put there! It’s not — strictly — a fire exit: it’s there to give tenants access to their gas meters.
But in theory? We could go out that way, if needed.
But there’s no equivalent in the two other buildings I looked at.
There’s also no fire extinguishers, or a communal sprinkler system, in the communal areas.
Whether there’s supposed to be?
Whether they’d help? (And I have my doubts about sprinklers.)
I don’t know.
But, in the light of the flames from Grenville Tower?
The lack seems odd.
I know, this, though.
The door that allows I and my neighbours to access our gas meters was put in by the original builders: put in, and paid for, by Crest Nicholson.
I get the feeling any retro-fitting that needs doing?
Will generate an argument about who’s paying.
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