to take battery out of fire alarm

[ghostspirit]

had someone round a while ago to fit smoke alarms. i was not home just my 17 year old. they put one up stairs thats fine. but they put one in the kitchen a foot away from the cooker. and its going of just from cooking eggs. so i have taken the battery out what a stupid place to put it!!!!

You're going to get shouted at from the hysterical side of MN who like to give a good telling off.

As long as you get another one and put it somewhere more sensible downstairs, soon, then fair enough. Sounds like a daft place to put it.

YANBU

I'm presuming it wasn't the fire service who fitted them?

Could you put another one downstairs further away from that one to make up for it? I'm very strict about fire alarms, but even I can see that so close to the cooker is madness.

It's almost unbelievable that someone would place a smoke alarm by a cooker.

Move it into the downstairs hall.

Who did you get to come round? I'd ask your local fire service if they can give you some advice, they should be able to advise on smoke alarm placement and other stuff.

If you've got another one then you're probably ok for the moment, but get it sorted as soon as you can.

And test the other one regularly, do it tomorrow - test it Tuesday! That's the national weekly Twitter campaign!

i head a great comedy line that fire alarsm in the kitchen should start off in a quiet whipser
"psssst your toast is burning"

you need to take the batteries out and get a proper kitchen alarm, one that is heat sensor not smoke detector.

from the uk fire service pages:
Heat Alarms: They detect the rise in temperature from a fire and are insensitive to smoke. They can therefore be installed in kitchens. They only cover a relatively small area of a room, so potentially several heat alarms need to be installed in a large kitchen.

pepsi no it was maitinence from the agency i rent from. tried to ring the agency but no answer they coming back in couple days so i will tell them then

You can't take the batteries out of decent modern fire alarms. You may have to disable it by taking it up to the end of the pier and hurling it out to sea.

I would advise your landlord you are not happy with the placing and will therefore be contacting the fire service.
They will do a home fire safety check for you, free of charge and supply the alarms.

oh yeah im such a div... its only a screw i can just move it to the hall haha

Heat alarms are worse than smoke alarms, I have one in my kitchen. When I cook on the hob obviously it gets warmer in the kitchen and sets off the alarms every day

The buggers are all connected together through the electrics so if one goes off they all go off, with no option of removing batteries

My neighbours must think I'm a terrible cook

If hard wired into the system you wont be able to remove it

lollipop mine hardly ever goes off. better check it is still working :)

lollipop you just have to see it as the alarm cheering you along while you cook

OP, when you move it, remember please: sturdy chair or ladders, and your 17 year old assisting or vice versa. You don't want to end up as one of those episodes of Casualty. Not with Charlie Fairhead still dispensing medical advice.

lol linerunner

If you have fire alarms in the rest of the house then yes take the battery out. If you have no other alarms then wait until you have alarms fitted.

On the plus side it stops me cooking anything hot after 7pm as the alarms go off upstairs and wake up the children

You can still remove a hard wired smoke alarm as they are connected by a push fit connector. You can buy the alarm and the wired in bit seperatly so you can replace the alarm when its time is up.