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
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
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•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
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