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So many house fires, injuries and even worst, death could have been avoided if only the smoke detectors worked correctly! So today I am going to talk about - the benefits of using a mains-powered smoke detector in your Corby home.
Since 1992, building regulations have stated that any property built or substantially modified requires at least one smoke detector that is wired directly to the mains to be installed. This is for good reason, mains-powered smoke detectors offer clear benefits over their battery-powered alternatives.
Why Install Mains-Powered Smoke Detectors?
A fire strikes when you least expect it, this is often during the night. It also spreads very rapidly but the real killer is smoke. If you're asleep when a fire starts in your Corby home and you don't have a smoke detector to alert you to this, your chances of surviving are zero.
On average 270 of the people killed in fires each year in the UK didn't have a smoke detector, while over the last five years more than 70 people have been killed every year because their smoke detector didn't work – usually because the battery was missing or flat. This wouldn't happen with a mains-powered smoke detector. Constantly connected, a mains-powered smoke detector is plugged into your Corby homes electrical circuit so there's no batteries to worry about replacing nor plugs to worry about being unplugged.
Being connected to your home electrical circuit, it's also possible to have a series of mains-powered smoke alarms installed in your home. Ideal for the hard of hearing and those with larger properties but a worthwhile investment for many others, the activation of one of the smoke detectors will cause the other ones to sound.
Put simply, mains-powered smoke detectors are safer than their battery-powered alternatives. The battery in a battery-powered smoke detector could go flat at any time and if you're not regularly checking the device you wouldn't know. This wouldn't happen with a mains-powered smoke detector as you don't necessarily turn your electricity off for extended periods of time. If there did happen to be a problem with your electricity, your mains-powered smoke detector wouldn't be affected as it features a rechargeable battery back-up to ensure it retains power during emergencies.
Mains-Powered Smoke Detector Installation in Corby
There are many manufacturers out there who makes and sells smoke detectors. Some are cheaper and some are more expensive.
In order to provide the highest level of customer service that no other tradesmen do in Corby, Kettering or the surrounding areas, when it comes to reliability, we take this factor very seriously.
One part of this is that we turn up when we say we will, and the other part is that when it comes to supplying products, you can be rest assured that we apply the same principles as well!
This is why we took the journey to become a qualified Expert Installer of the leading Smoke and Heat Detector brand Aico, so that we can provide you with the most reliable product there is on the market.
At DNA Father and Son's Electrical in Corby, we can help you to choose the right amount and type of detectors to cover your home, install them and help you with the maintenance and aftercare as well.
Contact us today.