Smoke Detectors - Run and buy some!

Over the last few months we've been working with Switched On Property Maintenance & Housing New Zealand to help repair four burnt out houses around the Christchurch area.

Luckily all of the people in the houses escaped safely. However seeing the state of the burnt out house remains has really hit the smoke detector message home!

Smoke detectors are cheap to buy and (without sounding too cliched) they really do save lives. So if you haven't already, run out and buy some. They're cheap to buy & easy to install.

As a standard now days any new building project we work on, the first thing that is added to the electrical plan are the hard wired smoke detectors.

The building code states that you must have them no more than 3m from a bedroom door, however from what we've seen in the last couple of months; when it comes to smoke detectors & fire safety in general, it's always good to aim slightly higher than the code.

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