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Water leaking through smoke alarm

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heeeeeeeeeeelp · 05/02/2025 22:14

Hi everyone!

posting here for someone to hopefully settle my anxiety!

My bath has leaked tonight through the living room ceiling- have booked a plumber to come out tomorrow to fix but the water has leaked through the smoke alarm and triggered it repeatedly. It’s stopped now thankfully (touch wood!) but I’m worried that the smoke alarm is now a fire risk itself as the electrics are wet. Someone please tell me I’m being dramatic and my house won’t in fact burn down!

Is the smoke alarm likely to be okay and full functional when dried out?

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LIZS · 05/02/2025 22:15

Is it wired in or battery? Have you isolated any affected electrics?

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heeeeeeeeeeelp · 05/02/2025 22:20

@LIZS They’re hardwired in…I haven’t done anything yet- was just about to switch it off at the fusebox when it stopped going off and none of the other electrics have tripped.

its still got one solid green light on it and one intermittent red flashing light on it to indicate it’s working properly which I’m hoping is a good sign!

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HundredPercentUnsure · 05/02/2025 22:27

I would not be comfortable going to bed with water potentially sitting in my electrical outlet/smoke detector whilst it was still live. 😲

Do you know where your fuse box/consumer unit is? And do you know which circuit the smoke detectors are hard wired to? Switch it off!

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heeeeeeeeeeelp · 05/02/2025 22:35

I’ve turned it off at the fuse box now, do I need to take the battery out too? I’m useless at stuff like this!

The water has stopped leaking so I’m hoping it’ll all dry out soon

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HundredPercentUnsure · 05/02/2025 22:52

heeeeeeeeeeelp · 05/02/2025 22:35

I’ve turned it off at the fuse box now, do I need to take the battery out too? I’m useless at stuff like this!

The water has stopped leaking so I’m hoping it’ll all dry out soon

Yes I would from the wet ones only, just in case.

When it happened to us, it took ages to dry fully, but around a week for the stain to come through fully on the ceiling. We had water pouring out the kitchen lights. Without it happening, we would also not have discovered that our house wasn't 'earthed' either. So unsafe!

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heeeeeeeeeeelp · 05/02/2025 23:09

HundredPercentUnsure · 05/02/2025 22:52

Yes I would from the wet ones only, just in case.

When it happened to us, it took ages to dry fully, but around a week for the stain to come through fully on the ceiling. We had water pouring out the kitchen lights. Without it happening, we would also not have discovered that our house wasn't 'earthed' either. So unsafe!

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Gosh that sounds like a nightmare for you! Good job you discovered that though- how unsafe!

I can’t get the cover off the smoke alarm to remove the battery, have tried every which way! I’m going to order a new one though to be on the safe side so I can replace the water damaged one for peace of mind

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