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left-of-center2012

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5. I have 10 foot ceilings

Wed Oct 25, 2017, 06:32 PM

Oct 2017

One smoke detector is on the ceiling of my bedroom.

I have been here two years and so far the batteries have held up.
I spoke with the apartment manager and she said maintenance would replace the battery for me when it's needed.

A month ago a crack appeared in the ceiling over my bathtub and water was dripping out the crack.
I put in a work order and it took one week for the maintenance man to show up, at which time the water had stopped dripping.

He said "Put in another work order if t starts dripping water again".

So ... I guess it'd take a week to replace the battery in a beeping smoke detector?

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Replacing the basement smoke detector batteries... [View all] irisblue Oct 2017 OP

I have the same problem. I finally just got rid of the damn smoke detectors... CTyankee Oct 2017 #1

Please please find a way to put another one up in the same area. FailureToCommunicate Oct 2017 #8

Yeah, I live in an apartment and I have to do it myself and they are not Doreen Oct 2017 #2

You can get 10 year smoke detectors, ramblin_dave Oct 2017 #3

They claim ten years because of lithium 9v. batteries. Might be worth looking into. FailureToCommunicate Oct 2017 #7

What ramblin dave said. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #4

I have 10 foot ceilings left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #5

Maybe remind your building manager of their promise, and hint that if they can't get FailureToCommunicate Oct 2017 #6