DEFECT: Smoke Detectors Removed
During our Phoenix Home Inspections we find allot of smoke detectors that have been removed. It amazes me how many times I see this in an occupied home! Smoke detectors are vital to the safety of the occupants in a home and therefore should be properly maintained and never disabled.
One of the main reasons that I hear for removing smoke detectors is that they go off randomly or have nuisance alarms. I have written a basic smoke detector troubleshooting guide on my blog InspectingPhoenix.com. If your smoke detectors are going off randomly or have other problems you should troubleshoot and fix the problem instead of removing the smoke detectors.
If the Home Inspector noted in your Home Inspection report that there are any problems with your homes smoke detector system, you should have these repaired immediately for the safety of everyone in the home.
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