The Proper Smoke Detector Locations For Homeowners

One of the worst things that you can do when placing smoke detectors in your house is to put them in entirely unreachable areas. In this article we're going to cover the best locations to place smoke detectors throughout your house so that you can have maximum protection against fire.

Sometimes the builder of your house would have placed the detectors in hard to reach places, like at the top of a 16 foot high ceiling. It's all very well if you are young and agile, but difficult to reach if you are elderly or an expectant mum.

Don't place your detectors near heating ducts, near your stove, nor next to bright lights. These devices can produce enough heat to set off your smoke detector and raise a false alarm. Anyone who has heard that chirpping noise that smoke detectors make when low on power knows just how annoying it can be. If you place your smoke detectors in the proper locations you won't lose battery power, and your smoke detectors will be ready to go if you really do need them.

You should always place a smoke detector in your kitchen, but not directly over the stove itself. If you're cooking something that produces a lot of smoke, you should ventilate your kitchen as much as possible to avoid false alarms. Many people remove the batteries from their kitchen smoke detector. Please do not do this just to save yourself a false alarm, fires do start in kitchens. Oftentimes people forget that the batteries aren't in the detector, and when they need them they do not sound. As long as you don't place your smoke detectors near common heat sources or too high you should have maximum protection against fire.

Finally, don't place your detectors low either. Smoke rises to the ceiling and a detector placed too low most likely won't sound unless the fire gets really big. Keep your smoke detectors mounted high so they can detect the rising smoke in time to alert you before things get out of hand. Test them regularly and remember to change the batteries at least once a year and the devices every 5 years for your protection.

By: Tricia Jones

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