Smoke alarms

My dearest Libra/Dragon Sister, This is to prevent heat or accidental cooking smoke from setting of the smoke alarm without need... The placement of the smoke alarms as described is correct in that regard because, the one in the hallway will detect traveling smoke and the one in the bedroom will alert a sleeping person to that smoke... living room locations are good because this is normally where people are, when they forget that there is something on the stove... Now as to something being hot enough to catch fire in your bedroom? Let's just say, have you looked in the mirror lately? LOL! :) Just kidding, please place those detectors correctly... your friend is doing the right thing and is really concerned about your well-being, and that's a good thing! :)

I have one in my hallway and one on the upstairs landing and these are very sensitive and are also connected to my burglar arlarm system. I never close my kitchen door while I am cooking and if I overcook something or even burn my toast, the whole neighbourhood will know about it as both the smoke alarm and my house alarm will go off.

Well most alarms are heat and smoke sensitive so putting one in the kitchen would make it go off all the time. Well it did at my sister in laws everytime she cooked or baked it finally drove her batty enough that she moved it to just outside the kitchen. So if your kitchen leads off the from the hallway then the hallway is best. Also I think that kids should have them in their rooms. My brother caught our house on fire once playing with matches he found. And so I would recommend 2 atleast. I live in a trailer now and we have 2 alarms..If ou have things plugged up in your bedroom then sometimes that is a risk but if you unplug things as you leave then that should be okay you never know when outlet is going to burn out mine did from having to much plugged into it. So be careful. Better safe then sorry. YOur friend is only looking out for your well being appreciate that he cares enough about it. I caught my bathroom on fire because of a candle and if it hadn't been for the alarm I wouldn't have my trailer I hade a plastic sink bowl and it was totally melted the wind blew a curtain and the curtain got the candle and whala a fire. It may never happen to you but I am banned from burning candles in my house because of it my husband won't let be burn them.

yeah well its been bought in that all houses are like this, and just for saftey, and well some people go to bed with heaters and all going in there room (silly i know but some do it) and well when ur asleep you wont hear alarm going in the kitchen. so mainly for saftey reasons i think

He's overdoing it, there's no need for a smoke alarm in every room and at any rate a smoke alarm should be placed as far away as possible from the kitchen. Two are enough for any regular house. At the other end, my MIL doesn't think she needs a smoke alarm as she's never had a fire in all of her life (which is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard and she's supposed to be quite bright). Guess who put one up for her without telling her? She only noticed until a year afterwards.

Maybe they just to play it safe? Not to mention conning more money from you when you buy more of their alarm. :P Smoke moves fast? The alarm sound is soft?

A few years ago, my neighbor woke us up at four in the morning to get help because her house was on fire. The fire started in the kitchen during the night and luckily she had a fire alarm there. She was able to get both children out of the house before the smoke became thick throughout. And a quick response from the fire department saved her home. It is annoying having one in the kitchen with smoke making it go off, but to save a home, it is well worth putting up with it.

The requirement of smoke alarm depends upon the house plan. The alarm is installed to detect any unususl fire hazard. It in normally not put in kitchen, because of frequent heating in kitchen. Locate the alarm such that it covers all the domestic area except the kitchen. Some times more than one alarm is required if the house is large or some rooms are away from the effective detetion area of the first alarm.

I will post from my experience. The smoke detector too close to the kitchen is going to go off all the time from cooking fumes as well as any little burnt offering you cook. You will get complacent. You will ignore it, and tune it out. People are killed in fires when they do not wake up. The smoke gets to them before the fire is anywhere near. Think of a smoke detector outside of your bedroom as being a little paid security guard who will wake you up and let you know you are in danger while there is still time to escape. Thee is electrical wiring throughout the house, and those things can often be a source of fire. Hope this clears things up a little bit.

It should be in the hall/passageway and not in the kitchen or else you will soon throw it away because they can be set off by anything .... including smoke from the toaster or even steam from the stove cooking. One in the passage just outside the bedroom door is also important or you can have one just inside the bedroom door ..... these things make the most unearthly noise and if there is a fire anywhere, then they will go off and wake up before it is too late. Smoke can drift throughout the house without any visible signs of fire. It does depend on the size of the house/unit or whatever you live in but they should be placed in such a way as to allow you enough time to get out of the house whereever you happen to be, in the event of a fire that is. They are compulsory in Australia now .... in all states too. Set up a date when you will change the batteries .... choose your birthday, Christmas, anniversary or some special date that you always remember. Then make sure that you change the batteries, whether you think they need to be replaced or not. If the batteries are still good they can be used in other things like toys, torch or whatever but do not leave old batteries in your smoke alarm ..... it is meant to save your life in the event of a fire and the cost of a couple of batteries is a cheap exchange.

I'm sorry hon but I agree with your friend. As for the smoke alarm goes, I had one in the kitchen one time and I swore someone would end up wearing it, preferably my husband. I am a fairly tidy cook but I know absolutly no one who has never burnt a piece of toast or ran a potatoe pot over. I guess my smoke detector was a good one because I couldn't even make golden brown toast without the thing going off, so there I was with the tea towel flapping the air to stop the alarm, till one day it disappeared. Now a days people burn candles in every room including the bedroom, in the bedroom you most likely have a blow dryer, curling iron, perhaps even a cloths iron, television and the list goes on. I would like to know if I'm sleeping I get a warning to get up if there is smoke in my house. As far as having a smoke alarm in the hallway that's a great idea but the way I like hot tub baths and showers I suggest not to close to the bathroom door. Just my views

It's to make sure that if a fire does start that the smoke alarm in the bedroom will go off making sure that you wake and have time to get out. If the others go off and you're in a deep sleep, you may not hear them. I once wondered about this too, but I attended a lecture held by the fire service and they told us that it's always better to play it safe. Fires aren't always started by cooking something and forgetting about it. They can be started by faulty wiring, by a candle being left lit accidentally .... anything at all, and you need smoke alarms in most rooms of the house to ensure that you have ample warning and time to get out safely.

Well i guess what they are after is the safety of the house that is why they nee to put it in different parts of the house. Fire doesnt only come from kitchen. sometimes there are faulty wirings that would cause fire. Better be safe tha sorry.. we are talking also of smoke here not only fire.. you dont want to be caught in a false alarm fire in the kitchen,, be safe..goodluck

There's the possibility you could sleep through the alarm if it goes off down the hall. That and "milking money from people" train of thought sounds about right.

Well Tickle I don't know I only have one in the Flat and it is in the Kitchen which was put in by the Landlord so I do not understand why you have to have several in the HouseI really do not understand it

I agree that you just need one in the hallway and maybe in another area if your house is big. Having one near the kitchen or bathroom it will go off too easily and drive you nuts. I know here in Florida we have to be careful that the humidity alone doesn't set them off.

well yeah you got it right its not that fire comes from stove ,,electrical wirings or fault of it may cause also..and to be sure that you can immediately detect it..

My first thought was he is making sure of your safety and is thinking better safe than sorry.

well He is right, the fire department here says you do not put the smoke alarm in the kitchen but a place like the hall next to the kitchen,and if bedroom is in back of house you need one there too, when we remodeled our house a few years ago which had tow bedrooms living room and kitchen dinning room upstairs we had to have three smoke alarms,and three down in basements rooms where there was a laundry room ,bedroom and anoffice room and work shop and bathroom , so it depends on how big your house is on how many alarms you have to have to pass inspection....

It is good to have them it sure would be safe. I have one in the kitchen and the hallways close to our bedrooms so we can hear it in case of fire.