Recommended Locations For Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Alarms - Kidde 900-CUDR User Manual

7. Recommended Locations For Smoke And Carbon Monoxide
Alarms
• Locate smoke alarms in all sleeping areas. Try to monitor the exit path as the bedrooms are usually farthest
from the exit. If more than one sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in each sleeping area.
• Locate additional alarms in stairways, because stairways act like chimneys for smoke and heat.
• Locate at least one alarm on every floor level.
• Locate an alarm in every bedroom.
• Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are operated (i.e. portable heaters or humidifiers).
• Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed. The closed door may prevent
an alarm not located in that room from waking the sleeper.
• Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizontally. Mounting the smoke
alarm on the ceiling in the center of the room places it closest to all points in the room. Ceiling mounting is
preferred in ordinary residential construction.
• For all alarm locations, be sure to choose a flat, solid surface for mounting, with no holes or gaps under the
mounting bracket.
ACCEPTABLE
ACCEPTABLE
TOP OF ALARM
TOP OF DETECTOR
ACCEPTABLE HERE
ACCEPTABLE HERE
Note: measurements shown
Note: measurements shown
are to the closest edge
are to the closest edge
of the alarm.
of the detector.
ANYWHERE ALONG
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Figure 7-A
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
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