hold as follows: A smoke detector installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity, but outside the bedrooms), and heat or smoke detectors in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and stor- age rooms, basements and attached garages.”
FOR BEST PROTECTION, WE
RECOMMEND THAT YOU INSTALL A SMOKE
ALARM IN EVERY ROOM.
In addition, we recommend that all smoke alarms be interconnected.
Typical Efficiency
Home (Apartment)
•Install a smoke alarm on the ceiling or wall closest to the sleeping area.
SLEEPING | KITCHEN |
AREA | LIVING |
| AREA |
EFFICIENCY APARTMENT
|
|
|
| MOBILE |
BEDROOM | BATH | KITCHEN | LIVING ROOM | HOME |
Typical Mobile Home
NOTE: For mobile homes built before 1978, install smoke alarms on an inside wall between 4 and 12 inches from the ceiling. (Older mobile homes have little or no insulation in the ceiling.) This is especially important if the ceiling is unusually hot or cold.
•Install a smoke alarm inside each bedroom and in the hallway outside each separate sleeping area.
Typical Single-Story Home
•Install a smoke 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 alarm on the base- ment ceiling at the bottom of the stairwell.
Typical Two-Story or Split Level Home
BED-
BEDROOM KITCHEN ROOM BATH
FURNACE
BASEMENTROOOM
ATTIC
•Install a smoke alarm on the ceil- ing or wall inside each bedroom and in the hallway outside each separate sleeping area. If a bed- room area hallway is more than
30 feet long, install a smoke alarm at each end.
•Install a smoke alarm at the top of a
BEDROOM BATH | BEDROOM |
LIVING AREA | KITCHEN |
| FURNACE |
BASEMENT | ROOM |
If there is a basement:
•Install a smoke alarm on the basement ceiling at the bottom of the stairwell.
KEY
•Smoke Alarm (Ionization)
∆Photoelectric Smoke Alarm or Ionization Smoke Alarm with False Alarm Control
IMPORTANT SMOKE ALARM
PLACEMENT AND EXCEPTION
INFORMATION
•Install a smoke alarm as close to the center of the ceiling as possi- ble. If this is not practical, mount no closer than 4 inches from a wall or corner. Also, if local codes allow, install smoke alarms on walls, between 4 and 12 inches from ceiling/wall intersections.
| 4 IN |
CEILING | (0.1m ) |
| |
ACCEPTABLE HERE | 4 IN |
(0.1m ) | |
| MINIMUM |
NEVER HERE |
|
12 IN
(0.3 m )
MAXIMUM
TOP OF DETECTOR
ACCEPTABLE HERE
SIDE
WALL
•Install a minimum of two smoke alarms in every home, no mat- ter how small the home. New construction codes require a min- imum 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 ceil- ing at least 24 inches, or coming up from the floor).
SOFFIT | 24" |
STUB WALL
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