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Appendix B: Transmitter Installation
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Selecting a Location
Smoke detectors should be installed in accordance with the NFPA Standard 74 (National Fire Protection Association,
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169). For complete coverage in residential units, smoke detectors should be installed in
all rooms, halls, storage areas, basements, and attics in each family living unit. Minimum coverage is one detector on each
floor and one in each sleeping area and attics in each family living unit. Minimum coverage is one detector on each floor
and one in each sleeping area.
• Install a smoke detector in the hallway outside every separate bedroom area. Two detectors are required in
homes with two bedroom areas.
• Install a smoke detector on every floor of a multi-floor home or apartment.
• Install a minimum of two detectors in any household.
• Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom.
• Install smoke detectors at both ends of a bedroom hallway if the hallway is more than 40 feet (12 meters)
long.
• Install a smoke detector inside every room where one sleeps with the door partly or completely closed, since
smoke could be blocked by the closed door and a hallway alarm may not wake up the sleeper if the door is
closed.
• Install basement detectors at the bottom of the basement stairwell.
• Install second-floor detectors at the top of the first-to-second floor stairwell.
• Be sure no door or other obstruction blocks the path of smoke to the detector.
• Install additional detectors in your living room, dining room, family room, attic, utility and storage rooms.
• Install smoke detectors as close to the center of the ceiling as possible. If this is not practical, put the detector
on the ceiling, no closer than 4 inches (10 cm) from any wall or corner.
• If ceiling mounting is not possible and wall mounting is permitted by your local and state codes, put wall-
mounted detectors between 4 and 6 inches (10 ~ 15 cm) from the ceiling.
• If some of your rooms have sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, try to mount detectors 3 feet (0.9 meter)
measured horizontally from the highest point of the ceiling.
Figure B- 23: Locations for placing smoke detectors for
single residence with only one sleeping area Figure B- 24: Locations for placing smoke detectors for single-
floor residence with more than one sleeping area
Figure B- 25: Location for placing
smoke detectors for a multi-floor
residence Figure B- 26: Recommended best
and acceptable locations to mount
smoke detectors Figure B- 27: Recommended location to
mount smoke detectors in rooms with
sloped, gabled, or peaked ceiling