Firex FADCQ manual Important Smoke Alarm Placement and Exception Information

Typical Single-Story Home

•Install a combination alarm on the ceiling or wall inside each bedroom and in the hallway outside each

separate sleeping area. If a bedroom area hallway is more than 30 feet long, install a smoke alarm at each end.

If there is a basement:

•Install a smoke or combination alarm on the basement ceiling at the bottom of the stairwell.

Typical Two-Story or

Split Level Home

• Install a combination alarm on the ceiling or wall inside each bedroom and in the hallway outside each separate sleeping area. If a bedroom area hallway is more than 30 feet long, install a smoke alarm at each end.

•Install a smoke alarm at the top of a first-to- second floor stairwell.

If there is a basement:

•Install a smoke or combination alarm on the basement ceiling at the bottom of the stairwell.

•Install a CO or combination alarm between 5 and 20 feet from possible sources of CO.

Important Smoke Alarm Placement and Exception Information

• Install a smoke alarm		4 IN
as close to the cen-	CEILING	(0.1m )
ter of the ceiling as	ACCEPTABLE HERE		4 IN
			(0.1m )
possible. If this is not			MINIMUM
	NEVER HERE
practical, mount no				12	IN
				(0.3	m )
closer than 4 inches				MAXIMUM
	TOP OF DETECTOR
	ACCEPTABLE HERE
from a wall or corner.
Also, if local codes			SIDE
allow, install smoke			WALL
alarms on walls, between 4 and 12 inches
from ceiling/wall intersections.

•Install a minimum of two smoke alarms in every home, no matter how small the home. New construction codes require a minimum of two interconnected smoke alarms in newly built homes.

•Install a smoke alarm in each room that is divided by a partial wall (either coming down from the ceiling at least 24 inches, or coming up from the floor).

•Install smoke alarms on peaked, cathedral, or gabled ceilings 3 feet from the highest point (measured horizontally).

•Install a smoke alarm in lived-in attics or attics which house electrical equipment like fur- naces, air conditioners, or heaters.

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