Stick-house Smoke detector question
Well last night there was a change in the wind and now another season of Calif exporting it’s wildfire smoke (et al…) into Nevada - Ugg… Our house is only a few years old, so is uber tight and insu...
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Usually hardwired detectors are wired together so if one sounds they all sound. That's the advantage of hardwiring, so if the detector goes off in the downstairs family room, you hear it upstairs in the bedroom since they all go off at the same time. They don't even have to be hardwired to sound together, there are also some detectors that connect together wirelessly.
But the fact that the air quality was bad enough to set up smoke alarms is probably a good sign that the air inside your house is not healthy. It might be a good time to start looking at home air purifiers, either for a bedroom or the entire house. There are some relatively cheap DIY options using a filter and a box fan, and lots of commercial options. You may be able to replace your home furnace filter with a better filter, but it may or may not be able to handle the extra air resistance of a higher grade filter.
But the fact that the air quality was bad enough to set up smoke alarms is probably a good sign that the air inside your house is not healthy. It might be a good time to start looking at home air purifiers, either for a bedroom or the entire house. There are some relatively cheap DIY options using a filter and a box fan, and lots of commercial options. You may be able to replace your home furnace filter with a better filter, but it may or may not be able to handle the extra air resistance of a higher grade filter.
