Yesterday while cooking I set off the smoke detector, no I did not burn anything. They go off when I cook over a high heat. And yesterday once they started going off they would not stop. I ended up having to disconnect them all (they are hard wired with an interconnect) and I replaced them this morning. Aaaaaaaand let me tell you, I had a sleepless night last night knowing there were no detectors installed.

https://www.southernliving.com/how-often-should-you-replace-smoke-detectors-8774122

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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ours were just replaced in our rental house. They were last replaced in 2004 and our corpo landlord just doesn't give a fuck.

I don't think our dryer vent has been cleaned in a decade. This place is a fire trap.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Found out my dryer vent duct was disconnected on both ends. I wouldn't be surprised 🤷

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    I've warned them about this and our gutters rotting away the wood on our patio and they told me both were tenant's responsibility, despite a whole section on their website saying otherwise.

    I couldn't give a fuck less about this house. I close on my first HOME next week!

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