Fire, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms, Installed and Serviced

What the law expects in rentals

Rented homes in England must have a smoke alarm on every storey used as living accommodation, and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance, boilers included. Alarms must be shown working at the start of each tenancy, and landlords must repair or replace faulty alarms once reported. We install compliant alarms, test them, and give you the dated, photographed record that proves it, the paperwork that matters far more since Section 21 ended in May 2026.

Getting the detail right

Compliance is the floor, not the ceiling. Kitchens want heat alarms rather than smoke alarms that cry wolf at toast. Hallways and landings want optical smoke alarms positioned away from dead air corners. Interlinked alarms, wired or wireless, mean the alarm downstairs wakes the people upstairs, and ten year sealed battery units end the flat battery gamble. Our electricians hardwire and interlink systems cleanly, certified as part of the job.

Communal fire alarms and emergency lighting

Blocks carry heavier duties: communal fire alarm systems need routine testing and servicing, call points and sounders must work, and emergency lighting needs regular functional checks with records kept. We service systems on a planned schedule, log every test, replace failed fittings and keep the file your fire risk assessment and insurer will ask for. It slots naturally into our communal maintenance visits, one team covering detection, lighting and doors.

Alarm problems we fix weekly

• Alarms chirping at 3am, usually age or power faults, diagnosed properly
• Painted over or obsolete units replaced with current standard alarms
• Missing CO alarms fitted during gas visits, see our gas safety service
• Interlinking added so alarms talk to each other
• Wrong alarm types swapped, heat for kitchens, optical for halls
• Emergency light batteries and fittings replaced with test records