Alarms
Smoke and heat alarms on the Wirral
Mains powered and interlinked alarms, fitted in the positions that actually matter rather than where the cable happens to be.
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Smoke and heat alarms
Battery, mains and interlinked
A battery alarm is better than nothing and it has two weaknesses: it depends on somebody replacing the battery, and it only sounds where it is. A mains powered alarm with a backup takes the first problem away. Interlinking takes the second away, because when one sounds they all sound, which is what gets people out of a bedroom at the other end of a house at three in the morning.
Where they go matters as much as what they are. The general principle is an alarm on every storey on the escape route, which usually means the hall and the landing, plus consideration of the rooms where a fire is most likely to start. A heat alarm rather than a smoke alarm belongs in a kitchen, because a smoke alarm there will be disabled by somebody within a month of being woken by toast.
Installing them means getting cable to each position and interlinking them, which in a bungalow or a house with loft access is straightforward and in a solid walled two storey house is the usual routing problem. Wireless interlinking exists and removes part of that, and it is worth discussing where running a cable between floors is disproportionate. Often asked about alongside electric showers, extractor fans and landlord electrical checks.
Talk about the alarmsOne sounding means all sounding, which is what wakes somebody at the other end of the house.
A smoke alarm in a kitchen gets disabled by the person it keeps waking. A heat alarm does not.
Every storey on the escape route, and the rooms where a fire is likely to start.
Done across Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, and everywhere else on the peninsula.
Smoke and heat alarms on the Wirral
What this job looks like
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Why people use us
Fitted where they work
The positions are decided by the house and the escape route, not by where the cable is easiest to run.
- Positions discussed against how the house is actually laid out
- Mains powered with backup, and interlinked
- Heat rather than smoke where the room calls for it
- Wireless interlink considered where cabling is disproportionate
Frequently asked questions
Smoke and heat alarms: the questions people ask
The ones that come up most. If yours is not here, ring and ask.
How many alarms do I need?
It depends on the layout rather than the floor area. The general principle is one on every storey on the escape route plus consideration of the rooms where a fire is most likely to start, and the right number comes from walking the house.
Can mains alarms be fitted without rewiring?
Usually, yes. They need a supply and an interlink between them, and in a bungalow or anywhere with loft access that is straightforward. Between floors in a solid walled house it is the usual routing question, and wireless interlinking can remove it.
Should I have a heat alarm in the kitchen?
Yes. A smoke alarm in a kitchen responds to cooking, and an alarm that goes off while you make breakfast is an alarm somebody takes the battery out of. A heat alarm responds to temperature instead.
Do they need testing?
They have a test button and it is worth using regularly. They also have a service life and should be replaced at the end of it rather than left because they still beep when tested.
Done across Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, and everywhere else on the peninsula.
Tell us how the house is laid out
Storeys, where the bedrooms are and where the kitchen is decides the positions.
About Wirral Electrics
Wirral Electrics is not taking bookings yet. The pages here are finished and the information on them is accurate, and the brand will start taking work when the labour behind it is in place. What that means, and what this site deliberately does not claim.
Get in touch
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- Based inWirral, Merseyside
- HoursMon to Fri 8 to 6, Sat 8 to 2, closed Sunday