SMOKE DETECTORS:
1. Only 1 and 2 family houses are allowed battery operated detectors. An average house may take 8 to 9 detectors.
2. The detectors in 3 to 5 family houses must be electrically wired in the stairwells and cellar; must be on one
circuit and interconnected. However, battery operated detectors may still be used inside the apartments. The circuit
breaker must be marked in red.
3. Please consult an Inspector for 6-family and above.
WHERE TO INSTALL:
The appropriate place is ceiling only. Detectors must be in all the stairwells i.e. front and rear. If you
have one doorway leading to a small hall, it needs a detector. There must be one at the landing of each floor.
A porch with 2 doors, instead of a little hall, needs detectors inside the door before you go upstairs. A detector
should be mounted over the bottom step, on the ceiling or rafter in the celler. A celler within 2 stairs needs 2 detectors.
However, stairs leading to the outside, like a bulkhead, dont need a detector. These must be electrically wired for
3 family and above.
Each separate sleeping area needs a detector outside e.g. if a bedroom is off a little hall, put it in the hall.
If a bedroom is off another room, install one outside the bedroom in that room. A bedroom off a hall, where a detector
is already installed, does not need another one. Exception: if entrance to a bedroom is off the kitchen,
then place the detector inside the bedroom.
IT IS THE SELLER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE ALL DETECTORS ARE FULLY OPERATION AND ABIDE BY THE LOCAL LAWS.
THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS A COURTESY ONLY AND WITHOUT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. YOUR INTERESTATE REALTY AGENT WILL SET
UP THE APPOINTMENT AND BE PRESENT FOR INSPECTION.
