CO2 alarms beeping

Alfrescodave

bouicca21 said:

I suspect it will take me an inordinate amount of time (and buying a step ladder) to fiddle around trying to work out how to find and change the batteries, so maybe I should just take the plunge and pay someone to do it for me.  It would be useful to know if I have to ask for the batteries to be replaced or the whole thing.

Have a look in local paper / facebook to see if there are any people offering to do small household jobs.
Used to be called "handyman" but today would be a "handyperson" ???

Chloe_G

Our smoke alarms were installed by the fire service and when they ran out of batteries they provided replacement alarms.

Risteard

FreeBear said:

bouicca21 said: I suspect it will take me an inordinate amount of time (and buying a step ladder) to fiddle around trying to work out how to find and change the batteries, so maybe I should just take the plunge and pay someone to do it for me.  It would be useful to know if I have to ask for the batteries to be replaced or the whole thing.

Smoke and carbon monoxide (that is CO, not CO2) are relatively cheap (£10-20), so a small part of the overall cost of paying someone to do the job. CO alarms have a working life of 5-7 years, so yours is probably due for a change.

Reputable detectors (e.g. Ei Electronics/Aico) are much more expensive than that.

Albermarle

Risteard said:

FreeBear said:

bouicca21 said: I suspect it will take me an inordinate amount of time (and buying a step ladder) to fiddle around trying to work out how to find and change the batteries, so maybe I should just take the plunge and pay someone to do it for me.  It would be useful to know if I have to ask for the batteries to be replaced or the whole thing.

Smoke and carbon monoxide (that is CO, not CO2) are relatively cheap (£10-20), so a small part of the overall cost of paying someone to do the job. CO alarms have a working life of 5-7 years, so yours is probably due for a change.

Reputable detectors (e.g. Ei Electronics/Aico) are much more expensive than that.

Aico mains optical smoke detector, with baseplate and battery, typically around £25 online including delivery costs. ( £27 from Screwfix)

daveyjp

After 12 years our CO detector needs replacing.  Thanks to the wonders of Amazon purchase history I have found a new one is still the same price as I paid back then - £18.

Risteard

Albermarle said:

Risteard said:

FreeBear said:

bouicca21 said: I suspect it will take me an inordinate amount of time (and buying a step ladder) to fiddle around trying to work out how to find and change the batteries, so maybe I should just take the plunge and pay someone to do it for me.  It would be useful to know if I have to ask for the batteries to be replaced or the whole thing.

Smoke and carbon monoxide (that is CO, not CO2) are relatively cheap (£10-20), so a small part of the overall cost of paying someone to do the job. CO alarms have a working life of 5-7 years, so yours is probably due for a change.

Reputable detectors (e.g. Ei Electronics/Aico) are much more expensive than that.

Aico mains optical smoke detector, with baseplate and battery, typically around £25 online including delivery costs. ( £27 from Screwfix)

Nonsense. An EI3016 is around £61.90 including standard contractor's markup.

Grenage

You been pick them up for £32 online though.  Free delivery . There are sometimes bargains to be had. 

Those are the same units I fitted here.  Good stuff.

molerat

Risteard said:

Albermarle said:

Risteard said:

FreeBear said:

bouicca21 said: I suspect it will take me an inordinate amount of time (and buying a step ladder) to fiddle around trying to work out how to find and change the batteries, so maybe I should just take the plunge and pay someone to do it for me.  It would be useful to know if I have to ask for the batteries to be replaced or the whole thing.

Smoke and carbon monoxide (that is CO, not CO2) are relatively cheap (£10-20), so a small part of the overall cost of paying someone to do the job. CO alarms have a working life of 5-7 years, so yours is probably due for a change.

Reputable detectors (e.g. Ei Electronics/Aico) are much more expensive than that.

Aico mains optical smoke detector, with baseplate and battery, typically around £25 online including delivery costs. ( £27 from Screwfix)

Nonsense. An EI3016 is around £61.90 including standard contractor's markup.

Ei146e optical smoke £27.99 https://www.screwfix.com/p/aico-ei146e-mains-standalone-optical-smoke-alarm/477pv

Ei144e heat £35.59 https://www.screwfix.com/p/aico-ei144e-mains-standalone-heat-alarm/665pv

Hardwire interlinked

Risteard

molerat said:

Risteard said:

Albermarle said:

Risteard said:

FreeBear said:

bouicca21 said: I suspect it will take me an inordinate amount of time (and buying a step ladder) to fiddle around trying to work out how to find and change the batteries, so maybe I should just take the plunge and pay someone to do it for me.  It would be useful to know if I have to ask for the batteries to be replaced or the whole thing.

Smoke and carbon monoxide (that is CO, not CO2) are relatively cheap (£10-20), so a small part of the overall cost of paying someone to do the job. CO alarms have a working life of 5-7 years, so yours is probably due for a change.

Reputable detectors (e.g. Ei Electronics/Aico) are much more expensive than that.

Aico mains optical smoke detector, with baseplate and battery, typically around £25 online including delivery costs. ( £27 from Screwfix)

Nonsense. An EI3016 is around £61.90 including standard contractor's markup.

Ei146e optical smoke £27.99 https://www.screwfix.com/p/aico-ei146e-mains-standalone-optical-smoke-alarm/477pv

Ei144e heat £35.59 https://www.screwfix.com/p/aico-ei144e-mains-standalone-heat-alarm/665pv

Hardwire interlinked

Those are old model detectors without tamperproof Lithium batteries (i.e. Grade D2 rather than D1). The 3000 series is the current series. Those old detectors are being discontinued by Ei/Aico.