A Sound Home Inspection, LLC

On Thursday December 11, 2014 very good friends of mine lost their house in a devastating fire. It started in the kitchen and was spreading through the house when their son came home and discovered the back of the house in flames. He had noticed his sisters car in the driveway when he had gotten home, he made his way to  her room and found her sleeping. That was a very courageous act on his part. He was able to wake her and they both escaped the house unharmed. This could have been a much worse tragedy then it is if  he had not gotten home when he did. 

This is just one more reason for me to talk about smoke detectors.

On November 18, 2014 The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CSPC) for the first time publicly acknowledged that current smoke alarms have a 45-49% success rate. (from ASHI)

That means they fail 55% of the time. If you have older ionization smoke detectors in your home, please replace them. Any smoke detector over 7 years old may not function properly. 

Is keeping older smoke detectors installed  worth your life or the life of a loved one? I think not.

With the newer WiFi connected smoke and co detectors on the market there is no reason to not consider replacing those older smoke detectors. At the very least, test all your smoke detectors to ensure that the batteries still have some energy left in them, especially this time of year when you may have a "live" Christmas tree in your home.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year