Tag Archives: Smoke Alarms
How to Install a Fire Alarm
If you are one of those lucky people who are building a new home from the ground up, installing a complete fire safety system won’t be difficult to accomplish. Your architect can draw one into the original plans so that your builder will be able to install it while the walls are still open. If … Continue reading
What Makes Smoke Alarms Tick?
Smoke alarms have become very common appliances in most American homes. In many places they are required by law, but a good many are installed because homeowners realize what a vital part they play in keeping their families safe. To see the little plastic case and know it houses such amazing technology is mind-boggling. In … Continue reading
Alarm System: Smoke and Heat Detectors
Smoke & Heat Detectors- Smoke detectors are available that will interface with your security system. The smoke detectors that are already in your home can’t be tied into your security system. The device that the builder put in your home is either electrical, battery operated, or in some instances both, if you have the better … Continue reading
It’s Only a House and not a Home without Fire Alarm Equipment
No one ever wants to think of the possibility of a fire in their home. In addition, we think it only happens to “the other guy”. Maybe this is true in some cases where homeowners have gone to the expense of installing fire alarm equipment. Whatever the cost, an alarm system will provide your home … Continue reading
Regularly Check Smoke Alarms
Most of us have heard the tragic story of families who were killed in home fires, because their smoke alarms didn’t go off. How sad is that when lives were lost because no one was responsible enough to check and make sure smoke alarms were working as they should. How could you live with yourself … Continue reading
Stop that Beeping!
Some of our experiences in our new home were almost our last. When we moved in, a lot of the work wasn’t finished yet. We had nowhere else to stay, so moved in anyway. We had no air conditioning, no running water, and we had to use the restroom at the gas station. It was … Continue reading