Change Smoke Alarm Battery High Ceiling

Note i also have very high cathedral ceilings but my smoke detectors are mounted near the top on a wall.

Change smoke alarm battery high ceiling.

You do not want to move a smoke detector off of the ceiling or high on the wall. If you have ceilings that are pitched install the alarm within 3 feet of the peak but not within the apex of the peak four inches down from the peak. Place the alarm with its base attached face down into the carrier the orange basket in the photos. Our ceilings however are 30 feet high and we have no ladder that height.

You don t want to make it effective for battery changing yet ineffective for smoke detection. Mount smoke alarms high on walls or ceilings remember smoke rises. Press the test button. If you have a vaulted ceiling and have a smoke detector all the way up there how in the world do you change the battery.

Once you remove the cover of the detector it s easy to see how to change a smoke alarm battery. At the lower edge of the alarm the rim of the base must. Telescope the arm down to its shortest length. Make sure the alarm is positioned correctly.

In most households this would not be any more difficult than reaching up with the aid of a small step ladder removing the unit and replacing the battery. Wall mounted alarms should be installed not more than 12 inches away from the ceiling to the top of the alarm. This allows one to reach it with a very tall extension ladder. The single beep we heard every 30 seconds turned out to be a smoke detector who s battery needed to be changed.

How to reach a smoke detector on a vaulted ceiling. Stand under the smoke detector or climb on a ladder and press the test button using an adjustable 12 foot roller extension pole. To change the batteries in your non wired smoke detector start by removing the detector from its mounting on the ceiling either by twisting or sliding it out. Simply remove the old battery and install the new one.

Then open the covering to access the battery inside. Putting the smoke alarm up. I asked myself the same question a. Make sure the negative and positive connections match the labels in the smoke detector.