Keep Your Home Safe With Niceville, FL Smoke Detector Installation
Florida law requires homeowners and business owners alike to keep smoke alarms in buildings. If you are remodeling or installing a new smoke detector, it has to be installed with 10-year non-removable batteries.
At Service Minds Mister Sparky of Niceville, we can complete these professional installations quickly and easily, ensuring your home is protected against the worst.
A big reason for the 10-year non-removable batteries is that most smoke detectors do not last more than ten years. Over time, they will degrade, according to the National Fire Protection Agency, which is why it’s important to schedule your smoke detector installation every 5-10 years to ensure your smoke detectors don’t lose their sensitivity.
Why You Need Niceville, FL Smoke Detector Installation
In order to protect your home or office you need to install smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. This should be done by a team of professional electricians to comply with Florida electrical code and state laws.
Nearly 50% of home fires happen at night between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Don’t risk sleeping through those early stages of smoke. Have an updated smoke alarm installed today.
Smoke Detectors
Our Niceville, FL, local electricians can install new, hardwired smoke detectors that have batteries as a secondary power source. We can also schedule regular maintenance on your smoke detectors and inspections of the rest of your electrical systems.
Carbon Monoxide Detectors
At Service Minds Mister Sparky in Niceville, FL, we also install carbon monoxide detectors, which is another state requirement. Carbon monoxide is very dangerous because it is released by things like your gas range, stove, space heater, or furnace, but it has no smell, taste, or color.
With the right smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector installed in your home, on every floor, and outside every bedroom, you can protect your home and family.
3 Signs You Need Smoke Detector Installation Niceville, FL
There are four main signs that you need smoke detector installation from our professional electricians in Niceville, FL.
Sign #1: Discoloration
As smoke detectors get older, the bromine in the detector gets exposed to heat, oxygen, and UV light. Once it turns yellow it stops working the way it should. This is the last thing you want.
Given the weather in Florida, you don’t have to wait ten years before you get a replacement; if you look up and notice that your smoke detector is already yellowing, call our local electricians for replacement.
Sign #2: Bird Sounds
Is that a bird outside? No, it’s your smoke detector. Once your smoke detector starts breaking down, it will let you know by making a chirping sound, even if there’s no smoke present. Older models can have the batteries replaced, but hardwired models need a professional electrician.
Sign #3: Not Working
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, you should use the test button on your smoke alarm every month to make sure it’s still working. When you press that button it should be several times, loud enough that you can hear it in every room. But once you start pressing that button and it’s quiet or it doesn’t beep at all, you need a replacement.
60% of deaths related to in-home fires had smoke detectors that didn’t work. Don’t let your house be one of them. Call Service Minds Mister Sparky in Niceville, FL.
What to Expect With Our Smoke Alarm Installation
When you call our local electricians in Niceville, FL our team members will walk through your home or office and verify the current locations of your smoke detectors.
- Every bedroom must have an individual smoke detector.
- Every basement must have a smoke detector.
- One smoke detector must be in every shared area or living room on every floor of the house.
If you are installing a new smoke detector it legally has to be a hard wired smoke detector which needs to be handled by our professionals. If you don’t currently have a hardwired system you should replace older models that are hardwired with battery backups.
Not sure what you have? We can take a look for you and let you know.
If you want to upgrade your system to something even safer, we can help you review the benefits of an interconnected smoke alarm. This type of system, as the name suggests, will trigger all smoke alarms if one of them is triggered. This can ensure that you always hear the alarm when there’s an emergency.
To help you remain compliant with Florida state laws, we can also install units that are both smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors so that you don’t have several units installed in the same place.
Call Service Minds Mister Sparky Niceville Today
Our Niceville, FL, local electricians can install new hardwired smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors with ease. We have the training, the tools, and the knowledge to get the job done correctly, and quickly.
Don’t Put Up With Any Malarky!
Let our licensed electricians in Niceville, FL, keep your home safe with smoke detector installation today.