I am currently rewiring a duplex I just bought and wanted some feedback on this:

I'm putting smoke detectors in each unit, should they all be connected? Or should each unit have it's own circuit?

If there are all on...

During a walk-through of my property today, my contractor says that my 1966-built single family with basement will need hard-wired detectors: Plain old smoke detectors in bedroom, and combo smoke/monoxide detectors ne...

Rewiring most of a house I'm flipping due to it containing knob & tube. Taking down a load-bearing wall and redoing some of the ceiling on the first floor. The house was built in 1930. Fire code states if a house ...

Hi!I am about to launch my first STR in south Florida. We just got done doing a full renovation. Our city requires a STR license and city inspection.I was reading through the list of requirements and nothing too bad (...

Do fire alarms need to be interconnected between all the apartments in a 3 unit building basically if apartment one sets the alarm off it rings in two and three? Or just interconnected alarms in each unit where if it ...

HiWe recently asked for fire retrofit inspection of our building as it is needed for refinance, some of the units didn't pass audibility test, so we added wireless interconnected (battery-operated) alarms into the uni...

I have been checking into this idea - find vacant land, determine it's general suitability, find developer and sign the option to lease. I found there's not too much people talking about this idea here so I want to op...

Hi, I recently updated a rental property using a non licensed guy. He ended up not hooking up the fire alarms, and there is a tenant in there! I am kind of at risk so obviously I need to get those hooked up. My questi...

What brand of self sealed fire/carbon monoxide detector are people buying for their Baltimore rentals. Can they be in each bedroom vs halkway. Do they have to be wired?

I can't seem to find any discussions about smart smoke / CO detectors. I have a tri-plex with interconnected "dumb" Kidde smoke/CO detectors that are at the end of their life. By law, they have to be replaced with a n...