smoke detectors
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
21 Jun 21
Just like car ownership, if you own a house you own trouble.
I just didn't expect everything to decide to gang up on me in one day.
Yesterday (Sunday) I heard a smoke alarm chirping. Ah, nearing the end of its life (it's one...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
20 Jul 20
We have lived in this house 24 years now. Wow! 24 years this month. A couple of years back our smoke detectors were beeping. I looked at them and there are expiry dates on them. They're only supposed to be good for 10 years, then...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Jul 17
It's almost 4 AM. I'm usually sound asleep at this ridiculous hour of the day. Not this morning, though.
About an hour ago I was awakened with one of my smoke detectors chirping. NOT the "get the heck out of the house, it's...
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laglen
@laglen (19759)
• United States
22 Jul 08
Do you have smoke detectors in your house. If you do, when do you check their battery? Mine in my house are wired in so I didn't think they had a battery. I was wrong..... fortunately I learned this before they were needed! I now...
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bdugas
@bdugas (3577)
• United States
20 Jul 08
I am here to let everyone know to make sure the batteries in your smoke alarm is working, yesterday we had a situation that could of been a lot worse than what it was, seems hubby went into the bathroom and he took his cigeratte,...
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helpful_ideas
@helpful_ideas (1620)
• United States
30 Apr 07
So, we moved into a townhome with very sensitive smoke detectors, a few months later my husband got a job at a new company.
In the past (as any of my ex-roommates can attest) I have not cooked often, but when I did cook, there...
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