Spring Cleaning and Check those Batteries

2/20/2019 (Permalink)

Spring is quickly approaching. The air is becoming warmer and the days are getting longer. We have already posted some Spring cleaning tips so hurry and read them before getting started! In addition to the deep clean that happens in your home, you need to check the batteries in your house. I am not talking about the remote batteries, but the smoke alarm batteries. Some smoke alarms may malfunction, and it may not alert you that the batteries are dying or dead. So during that Spring cleaning, you should always check and/or change the batteries in every single smoke alarm. 

Every home should have multiple smoke alarms. One near the kitchen as this is a common place for a fire to break out in the house. A smoke alarm should also be on every level in the home- a basement, main floor, second floor, and even the attic. Why the attic? This is a place for an electrical fire to break out. In addition, no one monitors this place in the home so it is the perfect place for a fire to form and spread to the point where a homeowner cannot extinguish the fire.