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Where to buy the smoke alarms we meed to get

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ssd · 09/09/2021 13:48

I looked on the b and q website but am confused so was wondering if anyone here has found a good place to buy them. We need 3 alarms for the house, a heat alarm for the kitchen and a carbon monoxide alarm for the boiler.

Any advice would be appreciated

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Hopesakiller · 09/09/2021 13:50

We got ours from Screwfix- the fireangel ones. Not connected a co alarm as existing one still fine and easy to add at later date

Joystir59 · 09/09/2021 13:51

Don't get effing hard wired ones whatever you do. Effing nightmare when they activate

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ssd · 09/09/2021 14:33

Yes the wired ones need an electrician to fit so thats another expense i can't afford. I'm hoping we can get them on the wall.

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Rainbowshit · 09/09/2021 22:12

We have alarms from fire angel.

www.fireangel.co.uk/scottish-homeowners/

Can get them from Screwfix.

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ssd · 09/09/2021 22:29

Thanks

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ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 09/09/2021 23:45

Sometimes Amazon have the Fire Angel ones on offer.
They don't need hard wiring.

Farfalle88 · 09/09/2021 23:55

I thought they had to be hard wired by law from February?

Mantlemoose · 10/09/2021 00:42

I got mine from Safelincs.

@Farfalle88 no just connected but that can be wirelessly.

Farfalle88 · 10/09/2021 07:22

I thought Inhad to get an electrician in to wire them all in!!

MichelleScarn · 10/09/2021 07:24

Oh that's good to know! All the local fb pages are full of companies saying how they do them cheapest £250 so far! Is it Feb they need to be in for?

IM0GEN · 10/09/2021 12:26

They don’t need to be hardwired.

They need to be inter connected, so if one sounds, they all sounds. They must have long life non removable lithium batteries.

applesandpears33 · 10/09/2021 12:34

DH put up fireangel ones last weekend and now that we have a heat sensor in the kitchen I'm terrified I'm going to set it off. Does anyone know how hot it has to be before they go off? DH has set it up just in front of the oven so I'm expecting it'll go off at some point.

Calmdown14 · 10/09/2021 12:59

@applesandpears33 ours is right near the cooker and has never gone off.
Only thing to watch might be if you have a self cleaning oven on pyro setting x

Mantlemoose · 10/09/2021 13:01

The instructions will tell you the distance of location to heat sources.

Farfalle88 · 10/09/2021 13:01

Could someone post a link to the right smoke alarms please?

applesandpears33 · 10/09/2021 13:01

@Calmdown14 That's a relief! I've been switching the oven off before opening the door because I was afraid the steam/smoke would set it off. The family next door have a new baby and I didn't want to wake it if all the smoke alarms went off at once.

IM0GEN · 10/09/2021 13:05

@applesandpears33

DH put up fireangel ones last weekend and now that we have a heat sensor in the kitchen I'm terrified I'm going to set it off. Does anyone know how hot it has to be before they go off? DH has set it up just in front of the oven so I'm expecting it'll go off at some point.
Most of them go off when the air inside the alam is about 58 degrees.
Original poster
ssd · 10/09/2021 14:56

I just thought it would be better organised than this. Id have thought companies like b&q would be selling packages and letting people know exactly what they need with instructions to figure it out. I know we could go online but all this xyz alarm makes is just confusing.
They are missing a trick here

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HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks · 10/09/2021 15:29

[quote applesandpears33]@Calmdown14 That's a relief! I've been switching the oven off before opening the door because I was afraid the steam/smoke would set it off. The family next door have a new baby and I didn't want to wake it if all the smoke alarms went off at once.[/quote]
The heat-sensitive ones are used in kitchens because they don't trigger with just smoke, unlike normal ones - you can't alarm on toast burnning, or on opening the oven and getting a burst of smoke.
They are less likely to trip unnecessarily, and are designed to be used in normal kitchen use.
So just relax and use the kitchen in the usual way.

Ambo21 · 10/09/2021 15:31

As this is a Scottish Government initiative dont expect b and q or any other UK company to be interested in us small fry.

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ssd · 10/09/2021 16:26

Of of course, forgot that bit

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FixTheBone · 10/09/2021 16:29

@Joystir59

Don't get effing hard wired ones whatever you do. Effing nightmare when they activate
we got wired Nest Protect Alarms, can be easily deactivated on phone.
Farfalle88 · 10/09/2021 16:47

www.amazon.co.uk/FireAngel-ST-622T-Thermally-Enhanced-Optical/dp/B00XL4A8TA?th=1&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Are these the right ones and how do you link them?

IrisLilyRose · 10/09/2021 16:49

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Ecthelion · 10/09/2021 17:10

@FixTheBone sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Nest ones don't meet the requirements coming in. You need a Heat Detector in the kitchen, not a Smoke Alarm and Nest don't yet produce a Heat Detector.

Search for "Nest" at www.gov.scot/publications/fire-and-smoke-alarms-in-scottish-homes/

"Please note: the Nest Protect System will not meet the standard. This is because they do not meet the requirements for a heat alarm under the relevant British Standard. British Standard (BS 5839-6:2019) makes it clear that only heat alarms should be installed in kitchens."