Changes to smoke alarm legislation 2022

The legislation for all residential properties in Queensland is changing, and the safety standard is increasing. Compliance for any rental property must be completed before the 1st January 2022.

From the 1st January 2022, rental properties must:

Have smoke alarms installed in every bedroom of the house
Have smoke alarms that are powered either by 240 volts or a 10-year lithium battery
Have smoke alarms that are interconnected with each other
Have photoelectric smoke alarms rather than ionisation

Our two most common alarms used for 2022 upgrades
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Clipsal 10 Year lithium battery alarm, for places where we can't run wires to. (Concrete ceilings)

Clipsal 240v hard wired alarm, we install these in places easily accessible for cabling.

Smoke Alarm Quoting tool 

Number of existing Alarms

How many of these alarms are located in bedrooms already

How many Bedrooms are there at the property

How many other inhabitable spaces

Total Number of Alarms Needed0

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Notes

This applies to almost all property types as long as they are compliant with the current standards, which is a fair assumption, given compliance reports would have been issued in the past. ln summary this means
1. Alarms located in the entry way/hallway to each bedroom
2. An Alarm on each inhabitable area.
We define inhabitable spaces as studies, rooms, areas that are not gazetted as bedrooms but are either currently or potentially in the future, used as sleeping areas. For rental properties, our advice is to include these areas and have upgraded, as if new tenants move in and use this area in the future, additional works will be needed in order to ensure compliance (and needed to issue a compliance certificate)
Our policy is to replace all exiting alarms onsite, even if not required for compliance {this improves functionality/safety) as there is likely a reason this was installed in the first place. If you know of any alarms in possible high nuisance areas (Kitchen etc.) or alarms the owner does not want present moving forward, please advise. Please note: This will/may result in patching and painting.
We have attempted to remove all variables using our calculation method, research and testing, however, do flag due to some uncontrollable variables, a variance still may apply. We therefore advise this is an accurate estimate but warn additional (or less) alarms may be required, and costs incurred at a "per alarm Rate" for any additional alarms

Homes cannot be leased legally after the deadline 31-12-21

Low-cost, peace of mind protection for your family or tenants

The crew at Excite Electrics take the safety of your family or tenants seriously and want to ensure that our smoke alarm services are affordable, so you get it done! You can’t put a price on life.

As a guideline, an average 3-bedroom home where all bedrooms are at one end of the hallway, 4 smoke alarms will be required. Offices and studies which have been converted to bedrooms are required to have an alarm too.

A note for tenants and property managers

As a tenant, you have the right to ensure you have working smoke alarms that are compliant with the current legislation and can request troubleshooting support and replacement of faulty alarms at any time.

You should test and clean your smoke alarms every 12 months and advise us (if we’re your provider) or your property manager is your smoke alarm is not working. You are also meant to replace flat batteries (you’ll hear your alarm beeping if you need to change the batteries).

As a property manager, you should make a yearly inspection of smoke alarms your priority, for the safety of your tenants and to protect the asset of your client. When you work with our crew, we’ll make sure we revisit your properties every year, so it’s one less thing you need to think about.