smoke alarms

[EastEnder]

You're probably right - but my flat is so small, a fire would wake me up and so would smoke - my cat coming in the room and scratching wakes me up

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...

The world won't be the same without you.

 

[Pingu]

yes and even though they are remotely monitored we test them regularly

 

[Pingu]

used to be able to get them for free from the fire brigade iirc

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You're probably right - but my flat is so small, a fire would wake me up and so would smoke

er, that's assuming the fumes from the smoke don't knock you out first

 

[Orang Utan]

er, that's assuming the fumes from the smoke don't knock you out first

They'd wake me up, I'm a very light sleeper. Of course, we do need an alarm, cos I might be away and my flatmate sleeps like a dog.

 

[_angel_]

You're probably right - but my flat is so small, a fire would wake me up and so would smoke - my cat coming in the room and scratching wakes me up

Fucks sake Orang your cat would be dead well before the fumes got to you!

Got two alarms linked together and wored to the mains. They also have a back up battery. I know it works as it goes off when I do fry ups!

 

[Orang Utan]

Hmm, I bow to others' superior knowledge but my flat is so tiny, anything that happens in it wakes me up, from boilers clicking to flatmates coughing. Fumes would deffo wake me up, but for the sake of the pet, I should get an alarm

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hmm, I bow to others' superior knowledge but my flat is so tiny, anything that happens in it wakes me up, from boilers clicking to flatmates coughing. Fumes would deffo wake me up, but for the sake of the pet, I should get an alarm

Yes you should.

Do you have gas anywhere?

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes you should.

Do you have gas anywhere?

All the fucking time

 

[Lysistrata]

I never had smoke alarms until I starting renting my flat and found it was a legal requirement for landlords, then realised that I really should have them in my own (well, my partner's) home. We test them regularly by burning toast. Definitely worth getting, they are not that expensive, if you are in a rented place your landlord should instal them.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

All the fucking time

I don't mean coming from your arse, I meant gas boiler/gas fire etc.

Do you have a detector?

 

[feyr]

My smoke alarm fits into a light fitting, so doesn't ever need the battery replacing. And it gets tested every so often when inept visitors flick the wrong light switch - that's how you test it....

this ^^^

 

[avu9lives]

Yes I've got one.

I test it regularly as well ... usually by forgetting to close the kitchen door when frying bacon.

^

 

[quimcunx]

I have one. a neighbour gave me it when my then downstairs neighbour took to building small fires in his living room. it's in a cupboard, never been fitted. I used to have one that went in a lightbulb fitting. it never worked properly and when I tried to disconnect it fully I had to wrap it in towels and put in the bottom of the wardrobe til the power drained out of the fucker.

I'll probably die.

 

[skunkboy69]

I remember coming home to fins my sister attacking a smoke alarm with a broomstick."what the hell are you doing ?"

"It's making too much noise and won't stop"

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't mean coming from your arse, I meant gas boiler/gas fire etc.

Do you have a detector?

No detectors