DS Forums

 
 

How Many Smoke Detectors Do You Have


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 07-12-2016, 22:08
muggins14
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: The Pit of Despair
Posts: 50,130
The stats show 49% of dwelling fatalities are in the over 65s. I'm guessing that is probably in part connected to the fact that they're more likely to be home.

Another interesting stat, fires are most likely to occur between 7 and 8pm which sounds like when people would be coming home from work.
bib - I guess so, in part. There's also forgetfulness, accidents, not having an alarm, not hearing it if they do have one, not being physically able to get out - all sorts, I imagine.
muggins14 is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 07-12-2016, 22:15
Brady12
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 375
1 bed flat and there are 3. I moved into a new build and they were already here.
Brady12 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:17
Roni_J
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 842
I have two one at the bottom of the stairs one at the top, this is more than enough if I don't close the kitchen door when making toast both kick in and only opening all windows and doors and resenting will stop them.
Roni_J is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:17
blueblade
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Southern East Anglia
Posts: 75,208
None, because the slightest thing sets them off and the noise is intolerable. It wouldn't be so bad if you could just flick a switch to turn them on and off when required, but they're not.
blueblade is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:39
DMN1968
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,280
I got 5 - three downstairs and two upstairs, and they are wired ones (with battery backup), and if one goes off, they all go off. When we got the house extended, I got the sparky to put in several of these. They are good quality ones so don't go off when the wife burns toast.

I also have a Carbon Monoxide detector in both rooms where we have a gas appliance, and a portable one which I take on holiday with me. Fully recommend these.
DMN1968 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:47
hopeandfaith06
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penrith, Cumbria
Posts: 16,520
Two storey 4 bed house, 2 alarms, one in downstairs hallway, one in upstairs landing. They are connected to mains with back up battery. If one sets off, it triggers second one a few seconds later,
They were installed when the house was built in 2000.

Find it a bit worrying the amount of people who don't have a single alarm, and more so at how many people seem happy that they don't have any!
I know electric fires are rare these days, but they can still happen, imagine if a fire happened at night, I'd be woken up by the alarms, all those without would never wake up. People always think "it will never happen to me" until it does and it's too late.
hopeandfaith06 is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:51
Nilrem
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 5,632
None, because the slightest thing sets them off and the noise is intolerable. It wouldn't be so bad if you could just flick a switch to turn them on and off when required, but they're not.
Somethihngs wrong with them in that case.

I've not had a single false alarm in the last 5 years with ours, however I did make sure I was using the right types in the right places (toast proof in the hall next to the kitchen, heat detector in the kitchen and a mix of the optical/ionising sensors in other rooms).

IIRC if they're left without cleaning or are not replaced when the sensor reaches it's EOL (usually marked on the alarm, with our current ones it's under or next to the battery), they can give false alarms.
Nilrem is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:53
Nilrem
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 5,632
Two storey 4 bed house, 2 alarms, one in downstairs hallway, one in upstairs landing. They are connected to mains with back up battery. If one sets off, it triggers second one a few seconds later,
They were installed when the house was built in 2000.

Find it a bit worrying the amount of people who don't have a single alarm, and more so at how many people seem happy that they don't have any!
I know electric fires are rare these days, but they can still happen, imagine if a fire happened at night, I'd be woken up by the alarms, all those without would never wake up. People always think "it will never happen to me" until it does and it's too late.
small electric fires are probably more common than ever, but rarely get to be big ones due to the position of the fire and the materials used.
The number of usb/phone chargers that fail basic safety requirement and are badly designed is worryingly high, and from memory they now account for a large number of the total fires that are reported (and probably more where someone has spotted the problem before it's gone to open flame and not reported it).
Nilrem is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:54
too_much_coffee
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,687
Two smoke alarms and one apparent oven door alarm which irritates the hell out of me.

Also a Carbon Monoxide alarm in the kitchen near the boiler.
too_much_coffee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 22:55
eugenespeed
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: HEED ARMY!!!!!
Posts: 32,063
One.

I set it off everytime I cook something!
eugenespeed is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 23:02
Snikpoh
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,083
Three bed flat - one per bedroom, one in living room, one in hall and a smoke detector/heat alarm in kitchen. They were here when we moved in, and had to replace them all, being over 10 years old. Worth it for peace of mind.
Snikpoh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 23:31
Trajet
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 895
Eight, one in each habital room. Two of them have lights built in so ten 9 volt batteries every Christmas Eve to change.
Trajet is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 23:46
Toby LaRhone
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 9,197
I have two which both went off the other week when I had a rather unfortunate incident with a candle and the kitchen floor..
At 2am
Okay, what were you doing on the kitchen floor with a candle at 2am?
😳
Toby LaRhone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-2016, 23:47
Toby LaRhone
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 9,197
One.

I set it off everytime I cook something!
My wife thinks the smoke alarm is the oven timer.
Toby LaRhone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 12:23
gdjman68wasdigi
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Liverpool/sarf London.
Posts: 11,738
Okay, what were you doing on the kitchen floor with a candle at 2am?
😳
Not a great deal, I burnt my finger and ended up in the walk in.
gdjman68wasdigi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 13:04
newda898
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chez Newda
Posts: 3,948
Can't believe people are living in places without smoke alarms.

In the middle of the night when an electrical component in any of your various plugged in devices fails, the smoke will creep in and get you.

They do need replacing every 10 years or so, they should all have expiry dates printed on them. Otherwise they do start giving false alarms. Likewise, if you've got a smoke alarm in your kitchen, of course you'll get false alarms as it's in the wrong place.

Darwins theory I guess.
newda898 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 13:24
Mrscee
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: I am here
Posts: 4,757
Semi-detatched 3 bedroom house.
2, one at the bottom of the stairs and the other at the top of the stairs outside the bedrooms.
Both wired into the electric with back up batteries
Mrscee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 14:55
juliancarswell
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Just here, inside my head.
Posts: 5,278
Check out your local Fire Service website, they will most likely turn up with a big red fire engine,at your convenience, and fit two, free of charge.
Of course alternatively you could just leave it and you could get a big red fire engine with flashing blue lights, not at your convenience, but at 4am. 😊👍
juliancarswell is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 15:16
contrarian
Inactive Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,381
one in the hall
contrarian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 15:31
Tellystar
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 2,974
None, because the slightest thing sets them off and the noise is intolerable. It wouldn't be so bad if you could just flick a switch to turn them on and off when required, but they're not.
The noise may be intolerable, buy so is dying as a result of not having one.....,
I'm amazed at some on here who haven't got one . Unbelievably stupid!
Tellystar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 15:40
Stompa
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 134
They get on my nerves. They don't like sausages or toast.
You can get toast proof ones, for example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fireangel-S.../dp/B003H2W66E

mind you, I don't know if it's sausage proof too!
Stompa is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 15:46
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,674
1 in the hallway - 1 bedroom flat.
2 carbon monoxide alarms - had bought one and when the heating was changed recently they put another one over the door where the boiler is fitted, only noticed when they left.
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 17:45
Hoffmister
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,406
I started this thread because my land lady treated me like I was handing her a burning dog turd when I bought her a smoke detector for her bedroom.. she was adamant that the house with three bedrooms only needed one smoke detector in the lower hall.

But the land lady is someone who likes to have candles in her living room of a night and isnt scared of the odd tipple, not a great combination.

Ive discreetly installed one in two of the bedrooms, as a back up to the one downstairs which is supposed it seems to save us even if the fire starts upstairs and oh, wait heat and smoke rise.. that could be an issue.

In my old place the flat next to me went up in a blaze twice, they didnt have smoke detectors but the block did and mine went off before the blocks did. Its not fun to wake up to acrid smoke I wouldnt recommend it apart from the waking up.

I did enjoy the quips on this thread, but people seriously need to evaluate is it worth not spending a few quid on an alarm versus suffocating to death or worse in their sleep.
Hoffmister is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 19:19
Chelseafan101
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2,482
5, all mains connected.
Chelseafan101 is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 13:54.