Differences

A few of the differences between building in the US and UK:

	US	UK
Toilets	Close-coupled or one-piece	Close-coupled, back to wall, wall hung, high level, low level
Heating	Central air	Vented boiler, system boiler, combi-boiler
Hot water	Pressurised boiler	Direct vented tank, Indirect vented tank, pressurised hot water cylinder, combi-boiler
Door locks	Deadbolt	Mortice sash lock, mortice dead lock (3 or 5 lever), Yale aka rim lock, eurocylinder
Electricity	125V, GFCIs in bathrooms and kitchens	240V, with dual RDC contolled consumer unit or multiple RCBOs, separate ring main and lighting circuit, no outlets allowed in the bathroom.
Fire prevention	Smoke detectors outside each bedroom	Heat detector in the kitchen with interconnected fire alarms either on each floor or in every room; staircase must be sealed off from all other rooms
Phone jacks