Detectors
- There are an increasing number of home safety detectors:
- Smoke Detectors alert there may be a fire
- Heat detectors (like smoke) but in a kitchen to avoid nuisance alarms.
- Carbon Monoxide detectors to alert a potentially fatal defective flue.
- Gas detector to alert unspent gas could result in an explosion.
- Moisture detector to alert the humidification is too high or low.
- Remote temperature thermostats alert landlords / agents to the risk of freezing pipes in winter if heating is below 13 degrees.
See also
- Testing smoke and CO detectors is a legal requirement at the start of a tenancy
- Acts of Parliament - regarding smoke alarms
Published: 24 September 2015 Last Updated: 29 November 2021