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Smoke alarms
It's a small known fact that smoke alarms only have a ten year life span, after which they need to be replaced.
It's a small known fact that smoke alarms only have a ten year life span, after which they need to be replaced.
During their working life, the battery should be replaced annually and is the responsibility of the tenant to ensure that this is done. However, the battery is is only part of a working smoke alarm. Pushing the button to test the battery does not guarantee that the mechanism within your smoke alarm that detects the presence of smoke is in working order. This is something that should be checked annually by a professional specialist practitioner.
The specialist practitioner can also check the location of the smoke alarms, to ensure that they are correctly located, so as to wake any sleeping occupants and allow them to get out of the property.
Our recommendation is that you incorporate this as part of your insurance costs as smoke alarms are mandatory in all residences and consider it part of your risk minimisation strategy. These specialist firms offer a package, whereby the cost of any replacement batteries or smoke alarms, is included in the one annual fee.
It's a small price to pay for peace of mind.
Posted on Wednesday, 10 August 2016
by Rachel Thomas in Latest News
by Rachel Thomas in Latest News
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