Hey Guys,
I've just been through an exercise regarding ensuring smoke detectors in my investment properties conform to the new up and coming regulations, and guess what ...
The instructions from FESA say to have one in each bedroom, one in entrance/exits, and various other locations. But NOT in the kitchen, laundry or bathrooms. So the kitchen is recognised as a not-so-great location for detectors purely because of the false alarms.
So do yourselves a favour and move those kitchen detectors down the hall a bit. Less trouble and more reliable protection.
Oh, and the new regs, when they come in (which could be a way away yet) need detectors to be the hard wired type too, not battery operated - which is more expensive but also better from several points of view. I think the new regs are nationwide rather than just WA, but they make good sense anyway.
Cheers
