Re: Smoke Alarms
Not quite so dramatically, no Mups. It must have been scary.Re: Smoke Alarms
When council built these flats they wired the alarms into the mains, idea was no batteries we would have to use them, good idea until about 10 years they started to go off randomly. So yes had that happen a number of times before we disconnected it and decided to live without. Not safe I know but heart attack in the middle of the night is something we decided we could live without.Re: Smoke Alarms
Yes..they always seem to let you know in the middle of the night..lolRe: Smoke Alarms
They usually beep at you when the battery start to go flat rather than make an alarm sound. They have a limited life anyway but I had one fail on me during a period of rain and high humidity. I dried it out, replaced the battery reinstalled it but within 10 minutes it sounded the alarm. Dried it out again same result. - when I say dried out I mean I waited until warm low humidity weather. Gave up and bought a new one, they're cheap enough.Re: Smoke Alarms
'Our Council insisted that as we are an HMO (house in multiple occupation) smoke and heat alarms in every flat were de rigeur. We now have a full integrated system wired into each flat with a large control panel situated in the common hallway right outside my ground floor flat. Neighbours (upstairs) are not very good cooks and frequently burn their food which then manages to trip the fire alarms which 'go off' in EVERY flat!!!Re: Smoke Alarms
yes had this happen , ours is wired in to electric with a heat alarm as well, has to be done now when rewired and we had a new kitchen with cooker .
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