Apologies, I had not encountered him before. I made the mistake of thinking that he was looking for good quality safety kit, but it appears that he is 'not scared of fire' which does make one wonder.
-- rbel
And i guess this 'outbuilding' is the garage you keep the parrots in?
If so, then it'll be fun finding a smoke alarm that won't give false alarms due to all the feathers, dander and fine dust you get floating in the air from birds.
and i know all about it myself, i have a CCTV DVR in my bird shed, and i have to pop the top off every few months to hoover out the dust that makes it's way inside, and that's only with a few canaries and a couple of songies.
Oh yes...I remember that being mentioned here now!
My lounge is like that.
Owain
Unlike most of today's sissies, I can put out a fire or escape from it e= asily enough,but I don't want to lose any of my possessions (including m= y pet birds in the outbuilding).
They'll probably break. I can get some for 99p each with a 5 year warra= nty. I'd pay a BIT more for a well known make, say =A310 each, but =A32=
7 is ridiculous, they can't cost that to make, they are ripping us off.
To get a decent make of television, or car, you don't pay an order of magnitude more, you pay 50% or maybe double.
That was one of the things that put me off - the back boxes for Kidde stuff cost the same as the whole thing from anyone else!
African Greys, the dustiest ones.
When I had them in the house (actually up to 13 of them, only got 3 now), they didn't cause problems with the alarms (radiation or optical). I think I blew some dust out of them about once a year.
You're saying my batteries run out because they're optical? Looks like optical should be mains powered.
Mind you they aren't using the batteries up, they are just insisting on them being very full to operate.
I am waiting for him to say he is scared of heights before asking what sort of ladder to buy.
Nothing wrong with that, someone scared of heights would like a more stable ladder!
I gotta say it! What is written on the top of an Irishman's ladder?
STOP!
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While I appreciate you are probably trolling (because I doubt anyone can be so wilfully clueless by accident), for the benefit of anyone who might read that twaddle and think it makes any sense:
Fire itself rarely kills people - 80% of the people who die in house fires die from smoke inhalation. Two or three decent breaths worth, is enough to render most people either incapable or unconscious.
If you are asleep and a fire starts chances are you won't wake up.
Buy the cheap ones if you like, its your funeral.
A (working, and tested) smoke alarm of any sort is significantly better than none.
Battery only ones are ok if they are maintained. However human nature being what it is - they usually are not - at least not all the time.
If your birds are in an outbuilding then if a fire starts there, they will be toast long before you know about it unless you have interlinked alarms.
If fitting your own, then its also useful to fit a master controller to allow centralised testing, hushing, and locating of the source of the alarm. (particularly important if you have high ceilings and can't get to the alarm itself without climbing on something)
Or make a nice topping for a slice of toast.
Have you ever eaten roast chicken without plucking it first?
Ancient.
But funny.
What would you have with them?
A parrot and cheddar melt perhaps?
In message , Lieutenant Scott writes
If you suspect that you have a fire in a room, unless you believe that life is at immediate risk, you do not even consider opening the door to the room. You call 999 and get the experts in.
I've seen the results of enough fires not to take chances with them. All my internal doors, many of which are fire doors, are shut at night, or when the house is empty and each room has a mains powered, battery backed up, detector too.
Of course the best thing is to try and remove any possible source of ignition in the first place.
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