The best smoke detectors quickly and reliably detect fire and carbon monoxide to alert you to potential danger. As a residential carpenter, I've installed plenty of hardwired and battery-powered ...

Ensure that all of the important locations—sleeping locations, off the kitchen, and so on ... dust when drilling overhead.

Some hardwired smoke alarms encase a backup battery in a small ... from cooking in the kitchen oven. To avoid these false alarms, reposition smoke alarms that are in close proximity to the kitchen ...