We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

How Many Smoke Alarms?

seven-day-weekend
seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
edited 24 January 2010 at 10:43AM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving
Just for a bit of fun and discussion: How many smoke alarms do you have in your house?

We have four (one on each floor including the cellar) in our UK house, plus two CO alarms.

We have six in our Spanish house as it is an odd shape, plus one CO alarm. We are about to install a seventh smoke alarm in a passage.

I know somepeople who don't have any, and don't know how they can sleep at night.

But perhaps we are just paranoid?
(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton

How many Smoke Alarms in your house? 36 votes

None
2% 1 vote
One
13% 5 votes
More than one but less than five
72% 26 votes
More than five
11% 4 votes
«13

Comments

  • INT1
    INT1 Posts: 1,257 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    2 in the house
    Upstairs/downstair
    Wired to mains with battery back up.

    One of the most essential things to have in a house!

    Lets maybe also include Co2 alarms?!
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    aldo wrote: »
    2 in the house
    Upstairs/downstair
    Wired to mains with battery back up.

    One of the most essential things to have in a house!

    Lets maybe also include Co2 alarms?!

    Good idea! I have mentioned mine in the post above (Did you mean Carbon Monoxide -CO2 is Carbon Dioxide iirc).

    Most of ours have ten-year batteries.
    (AKA HRH_MUngo)
    Member #10 of £2 savers club
    Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
  • INT1
    INT1 Posts: 1,257 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    LOL-Yeah, Carbon Monoxide!

    We have one of them too!
  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    Never had one, no intention of ever getting one.

    If I am not at home, I dont need one and if I am, I would rather go up with the house.
  • ic
    ic Posts: 3,481 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    torbrex wrote: »
    I would rather go up with the house.
    Uh? Why the death wish?
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I only live in my UK house for a few months a year, but I like to leave it knowing that the people who live in it all the time are not going to be burnt or suffocated in their beds.
    (AKA HRH_MUngo)
    Member #10 of £2 savers club
    Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    ic wrote: »
    Uh? Why the death wish?
    Not a death wish as such, it would just save the bother of a funeral.
  • Welsh_Totster
    Welsh_Totster Posts: 527 Forumite
    We have two at the mo, however first thing Im checking when we move into the new house is how many there are and where they are, I think there are 3, on on each landing in each floor.
  • stef73
    stef73 Posts: 545 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Kithcen 1 heat alarm + carbon monoxide alarm , downstairs 2 smoke alarm , upstairs 1 smoke alarm .All hard wired battery back up and linked . That what building regs demanded for extension to be signed off.
  • helping_hubby
    helping_hubby Posts: 1,202 Forumite
    edited 24 January 2010 at 1:33PM
    We have one upstairs and one downstairs. Just bought a CO alarm too, but want to get a second for upstairs.

    I'm anosmic (can't smell) so I really need to get a gas alarm too. I've only found this one: http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-44-518-50594-gas-detector-for-methane-natural-gas.asp but it seems it's wired to the mains. Is this something that can be done DIY do you think?
    //Edit I've just bought it (MSE style - 5% voucher, 5% quidco, plus £4.30 diytools points I had previously accumulated). If I have to get an electrician to fit it then so be it. I should have got one a long time ago, shouldn't delay any longer.
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.2K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.5K Life & Family
  • 258.9K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture