How Many Smoke Alarms?

ic

I have four, three of which until this evening were waiting to be put back up after doing some work recently (well four months ago...) - this threads prompted me to put them back up. One in the dining room at the bottom of the stairs, opposite from the kitchen, one in the loft, and two at the top of the stairs. One at the top of the stairs has a light, whilst the other will also trigger the main burglar alarm. The one in the loft will also trigger the burglar alarm.

I have two CO alarms, one next to the boiler in the bathroom, the other in the living room near the fireplace.

sparkykink

Regarding the age old "it goes off when i'm cooking" followed by removal of the battery because it becomes a nuisance scenario.(holiday caravans particularly so always check when booking in at Haven etc)
Going back to Weston-Dave's post and the various types of detectors, fit a heat in the kitchen and you would be best to fit an optical type in the hall downstairs or anywhere remotely near the kitchen to prevent false alarms.
Simplified, opticals detectors see the smoke, ionisation detectors smell burning particles.
Unfortunately most of the readily available domestic smoke alarms are ionisation, though you can get opticals but they are a little more expensive usually.

pimento

eve_1979 wrote: »

Most fire services have a service where they will fit free smoke alarms as well as go through safety advice with the home owner. Plus may fit an alarm for people who are hard of hearing for use at night.

This is true. I had a free fire home safety check and two free smoke alarms fitted in my house only yesterday.