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(09-26-2019, 06:33 PM)goaliedad Wrote: Single story. Two bedrooms, one on either side of a hallway, at the end of the hall
I assume one detector on the hall way
One on the mechanical room
The kitchen and living room are one big room with a beam splitting the ceiling.
I also assume they need to be hardwired.
What am I missing?
A detector in each bedroom is normally required, in my area they do not have to be hard wired unless new construction. CO detectors are also required. Normally the fire dept have a pamphlet that shows what is required in your area. Roly
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Ohio (at least our county) new construction one in every bedroom, one in the hall outside the bedrooms, one near the electrical panel in the basement. All must be hardwired and be CO protection as well.
The irritating thing about detectors when the battery backup is getting low they start beeping in the middle of the night.
Have had to go take care of my moms more than once in the wee hours of the morning (2 AM)
I talk to myself. There are times I need an expert opinion.
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I know you are "supposed to" change the batteries every time you adjust the clocks, but mine are hardwired, so I get by once a year. I wish someone would make a device that would help you locate the beeping sound. We have some other devices that alert you when batteries are dead and it can take a lot of time to locate where they are. (Yes I am getting older-forgetful) When they only beep every five minutes or so it can be tough to locate the culprit. Had that with a CO2 detector that was telling us it was too old. Took a while to figure out what it was.
If a device would aim you in the direction each time it beeped you could find it fairly soon.
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Check you state laws. In Md, all new homes need combination smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, hard wired in every bedroom, every hallway and on every level and they need to have 10 year, non replaceable sealed batteries. For older houses that aren't hard wired, they still need to be in every bedroom and have 10 year sealed batteries. In some counties, all rental properties need to be upgraded to hard wired.
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Are there any of the combined smoke/CO that are better than others
I have high ceilings don’t want to climb ladder more than absolutely necessary.
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They need to be installed at least two feet away from walls and corners. Something about air circulation where the walls meet the ceiling makes the detectors more effective a few feet away. It is part of the building code.
None required in the kitchen from what I recall.
Basement and attic need it too. Garage gets a heat detector not a smoke. We have a heat detector over each car spot in the two car garage.
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While convenient, combination CO/smoke detectors aren't optimal. With CO, they are more effective when placed about knee height to the floor, so the standalones are better.