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1) Smoke Alarm & Heat Detector Installation 

Are you a homeowner living in Bristol? Then allow EMC Electrical Group to introduce their Smoke Alarm & Heat Detector Installation service to you. These two crucial additions to your home can be purchased as separate devices or combined as one. 

2) What is a Domestic Smoke Alarm 

A Domestic Smoke Alarm is a device around the size of a hand, for your Bristol home that detects smoke and gives warning alerting you to a fire. They detect smoke in the early stages allowing you time to escape the property. EMC Electrical Group can confirm these devices have proven to save lives as often those who are not lucky enough to escape are sleeping and do not have a working Smoke Alarm. 

3) What is a Domestic Heat Detector 

A Domestic Heat Detector is roughly the same size as a Smoke Alarm and are also sometimes referred to as a Heat Alarm. They are designed to activate when they sense a rapid increase in temperature. In turn, this then alerts the occupants in your Bristol home to a potential fire by sounding its alarm. Smoke detectors can sometimes wrongly alert in cases such fumes in a kitchen from cooking whereas a Heat Detector would better suit this environment. 

4) Is Smoke Alarm & Heat Detector Installation a legal requirement?

In the United Kingdom it is a legal requirement for homeowners to have at least one Smoke Alarm on every storey of their Bristol property where living accommodation is utilised. Heat Detector’s are also typically required in a kitchen as referred to in the amended Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations of 2022. This is as referred to above due to potential cooking related fumes.

5) Where in a home should they both be installed?

EMC Electrical Group can advise that Smoke Alarms should be installed in all rooms where a fire could break out. Examples of this would be rooms where people spend a lot of their time such as a living room with lit candles or open fires. We would also recommend in those with fuel burning appliances such as a kitchen with a gas hob or boiler. Bedrooms are also a must as this is the most common place people will sleep, and hallways and landing should have one on each level as these are circulation spaces. As previously mentioned however steam and other cooking fumes can cause false alarms and they should be installed on ceilings or high up on walls away from any window, vent or drafty area.

Heat Detectors should be installed in the centre of the ceiling in rooms where you want to avoid false triggers from Smoke Alarms. They are essential in kitchens we believe, due to the high-risk nature of this environment. Garages also benefit from this type of safety device as a Smoke Alarm may be set off with exhaust fumes. Should your Bristol home have a log burner, open fire, gas cooker or boiler these fuel burning rooms are also best fitted with a Heat Detector. They can like a Smoke Alarms also be fitted in bedrooms and living rooms.

6) EMC Electrical Group

Having now been introduced to both these key domestic devices, EMC Electrical Group would be happy to hear from you in order to discuss or proceed with your Smoke Alarm & Heat Detector Installation. You can contact us via the website or simply call us now on 0117 422 7222.