Smoke Alarms
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,572
Yes, they do go 'bad'. Being married to a firefighter - non-working smoke alarms is not an option in our house. In fact, ended up purchasing 3 different ones before getting one that works in our bedroom recently.
Can I tell you what it's like going to a hotel with this man???
Can I tell you what it's like going to a hotel with this man???
#9
We live in WA state, and the county (or state) requirement is that fire alarms have to be hard-wired with battery backup if your house is newer than a certain age. The ceiling in our great room is almost 20 ft. tall. When we had ceiling fans installed, I begged my husband to have that particular fire alarm lowered so that it would be in a more reachable area, but he didn't want to have it moved. Therefore, when the battery goes out, we have to use a Genie lift to get to it because of the location. We can't lean a ladder against a wall to get to it. Hence, last time the battery went out, we replaced it with a 10-year battery. Hopefully it will last that long! My husband is Mr. Preventive Maintenance, so he makes sure all of our batteries are in and working. With the alarms being hard-wired, we have to keep working batteries in them or they will continue alarming until the battery is replaced.
#10
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,487
I have one on each floor with the one in the basement hot wired with a battery backup. Mine will scream at me when the battery is going out. What's funny is when one goes out I know for a fact the other one upstairs will be screaming at me within a day to a week from the other one.
When I bought this house it didn't have any which I thought was manditory these days to even sell your house. 1st thing I had installed though were smoke and carbon dioxide monitors as I have gas in this house and this house is older than the hils so a fire ready to happen. All my neighbors know to get the cat out if ever there's a fire when I'm not home. The rest can be replaced but not my little buddy Pepper.
When I bought this house it didn't have any which I thought was manditory these days to even sell your house. 1st thing I had installed though were smoke and carbon dioxide monitors as I have gas in this house and this house is older than the hils so a fire ready to happen. All my neighbors know to get the cat out if ever there's a fire when I'm not home. The rest can be replaced but not my little buddy Pepper.
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