Your Smoke Alarm Installation Experts – 24/7 Service

A working smoke alarm reduces the risk of death in a house fire by 50%. Stack the odds in your favour with a working smoke detector.
The safety of you and your family depends on it.
Do you need smoke alarm installation in Brisbane? Hewitt Trade Services delivers premium electrical solutions 24/7.

Our qualified and licensed electricians are:

• Polite
• Punctual
• Responsive
• Experienced
• Knowledgeable
• Reasonably priced

“Good prices and, most importantly, great advice. Fast and easy installation too. Highly recommend.” – Andrew Saul

Brisbane Smoke Alarm Installation

At Hewitt Trade Services, our licensed Brisbane electricians are on hand to assist with smoke alarm installation. Helping our Brisbane community stay safe is a top priority for us.

Please get smoke alarms installed – even if you’re not using us for the job.

In Australian homes, there are 52 fire-related deaths on average per year. Many of these deaths occur during the night when people are asleep.

The fumes from a fire will render you unconscious while you sleep. Hearing your smoke alarm and waking increases the survival rate by 50%.

Don’t leave you and your family’s safety to chance.

Smoke Alarm Testing – Call the Experts

Sometimes, you might think your smoke alarm is in perfect working order. You’re not alone if you take this for granted – many people do.

But that’s not always the case. Calling the experts for smoke alarm testing in Brisbane is better than making dangerous assumptions.

Benefits of Smoke Alarm Testing

• Early fire detection
• Save property and lives
• Legal compliance in QLD
• Battery and sensor health
• Extend alarm lifespan
• Less false alarms
• Peace of mind

Your Professional Smoke Alarm Maintenance Service

Regular maintenance keeps your smoke detectors ready when needed. Our professional smoke alarm maintenance service keeps your alarms in peak condition.

You, your family and your home are in safe hands with the experts at Hewitt Trade Services.

We inspect, clean, test and recalibrate smoke alarms in residential and commercial properties. Our electricians are generous with their advice and make recommendations that best serve our Brisbane community.

Get in touch today – whether you need smoke alarm installation, testing or maintenance.

PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE ALARMS

The Queensland Fire Service recommends photoelectric fire alarms for home use. These are a type of smoke detector, not a brand.

Photoelectric smoke alarms respond to a wide range of fires. But they’re particularly effective at sensing smoke from smouldering fires, which is typically denser.

They’re highly effective at detecting the kind of smoke produced by slow, smouldering fires – like those that might start in furniture, bedding or electrical wiring.

How Photoelectric Smoke Alarms Work

These alarms use a light beam and a sensor to detect smoke.

• Detection Method – Inside a photoelectric alarm, there’s a light source aimed away from a light-sensitive sensor in a small chamber. When smoke particles enter the chamber, they scatter the light toward the sensor, triggering the alarm.
• Best Applications – Photoelectric alarms are ideal for general living areas like bedrooms, hallways and living rooms. Because they detect smoke from the most common types of household fires.
• Safety Advantage – Studies have shown that photoelectric alarms respond faster to slow-burning, smouldering fires than ionisation alarms. This early detection is crucial as smouldering fires can release toxic smoke long before flames are visible.
• Less Prone to False Alarms – Photoelectric alarms aren’t triggered by smaller particles from cooking or steam. So they’re less likely to set off false alarms, making them ideal for kitchens or areas near bathrooms.

Want to upgrade to photoelectric smoke alarms? Get in touch today?

Smoke Alarms Guidelines QLD

The Queensland Government has certain guidelines in place for smoke alarms.

From 1 January 2017

• Existing smoke alarms manufactured more than 10 years ago must be replaced with photoelectric smoke alarms which comply with Australian Standards (AS) 3786-2014. (Note: the date should be stamped on the back)
• Smoke alarms that do not operate when tested must be replaced immediately.
• Existing hardwired smoke alarms needing to be changed must be replaced with a hardwired photoelectric smoke alarm.

Other recommendations:

• Smoke alarms should be hardwired
• Or powered by a non-removable 10-year battery
• Ionisation smoke alarms must be replaced with a photoelectric type ASAP

Smoke alarms should be installed on each storey:

• In every bedroom
• In hallways that connect bedrooms and the rest of the dwelling
• If there is no hallway, between the bedrooms and other parts of the storey
• If there are no bedrooms on a storey, at least one smoke alarm should be installed in the most likely path of travel to exit the dwelling

Additionally:

• All smoke alarms should be interconnected.
• To get everyone out safely during a house fire, it is essential to also have a well-practised fire escape plan.

 From 1 January 2022

• All homes or units being sold or leased, or existing leases renewed, will require the installation of hardwired photoelectric, interconnected smoke alarms.
• If a hardwired smoke alarm cannot be installed, non-removable 10-year battery smoke alarms can be installed.

Smoke alarms in the dwelling must:

• Be photoelectric (AS3786-2014)
• Not also contain an ionisation sensor
• Be hardwired to the mains power supply with a backup power source (i.e. battery) – dwellings existing before 1 Jan 2017 can be hardwired or powered by a non-removable 10-year battery, or a combination of them.
• Be interconnected with every other smoke alarm in the dwelling so all activate together.

The legislation requires smoke alarms must be installed in the following locations:

• On each storey
• In each bedroom
• In hallways that connect bedrooms and the rest of the dwelling
• If there is no hallway between the bedroom and other parts of the storey
• If there are no bedrooms on a storey, at least one smoke alarm must be installed in the most likely path of travel to exit the dwelling

If a smoke alarm hardwired to the domestic power supply needs to be replaced, it must be replaced with a hardwired photoelectric smoke alarm.

From 1 January 2027

• All private homes, townhouses and units will require hardwired photoelectric, interconnected smoke alarms.
• If a hardwired smoke alarm cannot be installed, non-removable 10-year battery smoke alarms can be installed instead.

The legislation requires smoke alarms to be installed in the following locations:

• On each storey
• In each bedroom
• In hallways that connect bedrooms and the rest of the dwelling
• If there is no hallway, between the bedroom and other parts of the storey
• If there are no bedrooms on a storey, at least one smoke alarm must be installed in the most likely path of travel to exit the dwelling