We spoke to a fire safety expert and weighed the pros and cons of cost, reliability and installation of hardwired smoke alarms versus battery-operated. Here’s everything you need to know.

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The Local Authority is insisting I have a wired smoke alarm fitted (England) and a new EICR once completed (just got a new ...

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It’s comparable to the way they test smoke detectors, exposing them to flaming fires and smoldering, smoky fires to see how well they handle both. Most detectors need to be hardwired ...

As a residential carpenter, I've installed plenty of hardwired and battery-powered smoke detectors over the years. For this guide, I interviewed three fire safety experts and tested dozens of ...

"On many occasions we've gone to a property and the batteries [in a smoke alarm] have been removed so we would support a move towards hardwired smoke alarms." A Welsh Government spokeswoman said ...