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ST Poll: How many smoke detectors are in your place of residence?

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 10 '13, 08:17

Apparently the 2 in my two-story home is an abnormally small number

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Zero. We really need to buy a few. My gf broke the last working one while trying to shut it off with a broom stick. -- nm - Krusty Oct 10, 09:06
3 in my tiny 2 bedroom apartment -- nm - decline Oct 10, 08:53
3 - one for each floor...all by the stairs. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 10, 08:43
3. (2 of those are CO detectors as well.) -- nm - kelly Oct 10, 08:37
At least 2 that I can think of. I think 2. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 10, 08:24 2
- (1 story ~1400 SF) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 10, 08:25
- And 1 CO monitor. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 10, 08:24
8, plus three CO monitors. - TWuG Oct 10, 08:24
I have no idea. Never counted them. -- nm - pmb Oct 10, 08:23
1 -- nm - mafic Oct 10, 08:22
4. 2 in the basement, 2 on the main floor. -- nm - spamlet Oct 10, 08:21
1 -- nm - amoxy Oct 10, 08:21
9 - znufrii Oct 10, 08:21 25
- that seems like overkill. -- nm - loosilu Oct 10, 08:21 24
  - You need 1 per bedroom, usually get 1 other per floor. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 08:25 22
    - huh. -- nm - loosilu Oct 10, 08:28 18
      - In Illinois and Ohio it's law that each bedroom get a smoke detector. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 08:31 17
        
        *gives myself a ticket* nm -- nm - groiny Oct 10, 08:33 16
        
        The law targets builders and landlords, not residents. But detectors are cheap. You should get 1 for - TWuG Oct 10, 08:36 15
        
        I wish my parents would get more. They have one for the whole house and it's downstairs, nowhere near the kitchen or bedrooms. - loosilu Oct 10, 08:39 14
        
        Get them some and instal them yourself. They have 10 year models that don't need - TWuG Oct 10, 08:42 6
        
        it's ... not like that. - loosilu Oct 10, 08:43 5
        
        TORCH THAT SHIT, teach them a lesson. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 10, 08:48
        
        Start a fire. - Spawn Oct 10, 08:48 3
        
        that actually still wouldn't change her mind. -- nm - loosilu Oct 10, 08:49 2
        
        Well for one, you and your siblings should refuse to sleep there. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 08:51
        
        well, no, they would be crispy. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 10, 08:51
        
        christmas present idea! (i am getting leak detectors for my family - like leak frogs, but a different version.) -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 08:40 6
        
        my brother is a volunteer firefighter and he has tried. - loosilu Oct 10, 08:41 5
        
        Just put them up. Your family is strangely paralyzed by extremely stupid shit. :-) -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 08:44 4
        
        you don't understand. you put one up, it goes away. -- nm - loosilu Oct 10, 08:45 3
        
        because...? -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 08:57
        
        Your parents are stupid. No offense. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 08:45 1
        
        one of them is crazy. -- nm - loosilu Oct 10, 08:46
    - How many floors do you think casa de znu has? -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 08:27 2
      - Apparently 4, judging by his IM. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 08:30 1
        
        Ah. I never read his posts. But 4 floors? The boy has lost it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 08:31
  - It's what came with the house. *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Oct 10, 08:24
2 -- nm - budice Oct 10, 08:20
so, so many... -- nm - Diva Oct 10, 08:20 1
- right??! -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 10, 08:25
2. -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 08:19
1 in a one bedroom apartment. -- nm - loosilu Oct 10, 08:19
4 -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 08:18

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