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Many homeowners are not aware, but smoke detectors have an expiration date. Smoke detector companies state that they are good for ten years starting with the manufacturing date, NOT the install date.
With that fact in mind, you can see that Steph was loooooooong overdue to replace the smoke detectors at her house. She's been in her house nine years, but who knows when the detectors were changed out before that. Because of the difficulty and frustration I've had with the wired detectors at my house, she wanted something a little more high tech and more frustration free. Those at my house beep when the backup batteries need changing, but it's trial and error to find out when one is problematic. Uggg! After much research, she settled on the smart smoke detector Google Nest Protect. Here's how the install went. Product:
Unboxing the Nest Protect. Steph ordered from both The Home Depot and Amazon. This detects both smoke and carbon monoxide. Since Steph has a few things that use natural gas at her house, she really needed the CO feature.
This detector looks so much better than a standard device.
BEFORE installing, check the manufacturing date on the back. This one was manufactured a few months ago, so it's good to go. One that Steph ordered and sent back to Amazon had a manufacturing date of 2018. Not good! That's already four years old giving you six years of use before it expires. Zoom in on the picture to see the warning about which batteries to use.
Steph didn't want to remove the wired smoke detectors so she just placed the new one underneath the old one, 12 inches from the ceiling. Here she is screwing the mounting plate to the wall.
Set up of the smoke/CO detector is through the app. There will be a test of the alarms, so be sure to wear ear plugs!
Steph added a second Google Nest Protect in the hallway. Here she is using the app to pair the two.
This one is installed on the standard heigh ceiling of the hallway. That's the old wired detector on the left an old alarm system box on the right.
You can listen to the test sounds in the video.
One of the features of this detector is it talks as well as makes an alarm sound taking the guess work out of what type of alarm you're hearing.
Set up is all done and working as it should!
Steph is very hopeful that the Google Nest Protect will eliminate the frustrations of standard smoke detectors.
We are assuming it will be easy to identify which of the detectors is in need of new batteries when the time comes. That incessant beeping of regular detectors is the reason so many are disconnected! I have been guilty of that, but did hire an electrician to replace the offending ones! I don't know why I have such trouble with the smoke detectors at my house! How about you? Are your smoke detectors out-of-date? Would you put a smart detector in your home? Please note: This is not a sponsored post. FYI: We are not professionals, and we don't claim to be. This is what we found worked for our project. Yours may need a little different approach. Safety first! FYI: Affiliate links are being used on this page. Purchasing via these links help support MDP Related Projects
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