Thanks! What kind did you purchase?

Smoke detectors with lifetime batteries. Because I am hard of hearing I chose voice alert ones. They are interconnected by blue tooth and i have one over the door in the bedroom in as well as in the hall. I also put a carbon monoxide detector on the wall in the hallway near the kitchen since we have a large open burner gas range.

We had a hardwired smoke detector with battery backup and took it out.

Be sure to get carbon monoxide ones also. I just recommended that in your other thread.

I have a smoke detector in the dining room just above the doorway from the kitchen (door was removed by my step-uncle something over 20 years ago) that lets me know when the toast burns ... or I forget a pot until shortly after it runs out of water.

I've been here 15 years come Mar. 1, and it had a few years on it when arrived, I think ... so I figure that it's time to replace it.

Another smoke detector, almost certainly of similar vintage in the basement, by the bottom of the stair, not far from the oil-fired furnace (tank in basement close to stair).

Got a carbon monoxide detector a couple of years ago, also in the dining room: haven't heard a peep out of it, except when I test it occasionally.

Thanks for the wake-up call, folks. Going to visit landlord in a day or so to pay rent ... so it may well be a topic for discussion.

ole joyful

You can install combination smoke/fire/CO detectors with a 10 year battery life. Kidde makes a few models.

Ours are hardwired, interconnected combinations with battery backup as required by local code effective 2002.

Many local fire departments are very helpful. Contact them and ask questions, they'll be happy to help.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), recommends one Smoke Alarm on every floor, in every sleeping area, and in every bedroom. In new construction, the Smoke Alarms must be AC powered and interconnected.

Smoke detectors use a very small amount of radioactive material to ionize and help detect smoke particles. This source decays over time and needs to be replaced. Look at the package or instructions inside and mark the replacement date on your detector. It makes no sense to keep expired detectors.

Funny, I need to buy a new one too! Mine in the kitchen, that isn't very old (KIdde brand), is acting all weird. Yesterday it just kept going off for no reason. Changed the battery and still kept going off. Other smoke detector remained silent. We have not had very good luck with the Kidde brand, they just don't last very long. A few years and they start going off without reason.

Kitchen detectors from all brands will activate when placed in the kitchen. Try relocating it away from cooking area or on the wall next to kitchen. Most detectors need to be 10' away from cooking appliances.

Kitchen detectors will also get dirty (grease laden dust) and need replaced more often, regardless of brand.

Well our very old battery powered one in the central hallway of our small house seems to be working fine, since it goes off every time I use the oven broiler.

"Kitchen detectors will also get dirty (grease laden dust) and need replaced more often,"

I agree, it's not a good idea to put a smoke detector in a kitchen. A better way to avoid such problems is to never leave something cooking unattended.

But a bigger picture concern is to try to minimize smoke and cooking fumes in a kitchen in the first place, without regard to the presence of a detector. Most homes have inadequate range venting and too many people don't use what they have. Cooking fumes cause unhealthy air for breathing purposes - use your exhaust vent and if it's feeble as so many are, get a newer one. Be sure it vents to the outside.

I just replaced 11 smoke detectors, hardwired in my new home. Kidde is still my preferred brand, but they do start going off for no particular reason when old. Nature of the beast.