Smoke alarm installation and replacement

Smoke alarms have a use by date printed on them and most people have never looked. The sensor degrades whether the thing has been beeping at you or not, and after about ten years it is not reliable any more.

We fit photoelectric alarms, which respond better to the slow smouldering fires that actually kill people in houses, usually a couch or a mattress or wiring in a wall cavity. The old ionisation type are quicker on a flaming fire but slower on exactly the kind that starts at two in the morning.

Where we can, we interconnect them, so when one goes off they all go off. That matters most in a two storey house or where the bedrooms are down the far end.

What is included

• Photoelectric alarms supplied and installed
• Interconnection so every alarm sounds together
• Hard wired with battery backup, or ten year sealed battery units
• Correct placement to current Australian Standards
• Replacement of expired alarms, including checking the date on each
• Compliance for rentals and short stay properties
• Testing of the whole set once installed

If you are getting a switchboard upgrade or any other work done, get the alarms done in the same visit. It is a fraction of the cost when we are already on site.

Why choose Coastal Electrics

We check the manufacture date on every alarm in the house and tell you which ones are actually due, rather than quoting a full set by default.

We install smoke alarms in Lorne, Aireys Inlet, Fairhaven, Anglesea, Torquay, Jan Juc, Eastern View, Wye River, Kennett River, Skenes Creek and Apollo Bay.