1. You tell us roughly where you're at
Four taps. You don't need exact dates — "not sure" is a perfectly good answer and honestly the most common one.
Nobody remembers the last time they tested a smoke alarm. Tell us roughly where yours are up to and we'll get in touch when they're due — one message, no sales pitch, unsubscribe whenever you like.
Most smoke alarms have a replacement date printed on the unit — commonly ten years from manufacture. Plenty of homes are running well past it without knowing.
If you own or manage rental properties, keeping alarms working is on you — and it's the sort of thing that only gets noticed at the worst possible moment.
We're not adding you to a newsletter. You get a reminder when your alarms come due, and that's it.
How it works
Clay set this up because the same conversation kept happening on jobs — people genuinely don't know how old their alarms are, and by the time they think about it, it's because one is chirping at 3am.
Four taps. You don't need exact dates — "not sure" is a perfectly good answer and honestly the most common one.
It goes in the diary here, not in a mailing list. If your alarms sound overdue already, Clay will say so when he gets in touch.
One message. Book Clay in if you want to, or test them yourself — the reminder is free either way.
Press and hold the test button until it sounds. If it doesn't sound, or it only manages a weak chirp, the unit needs attention. While you're up there, look for a date stamped on the back or the side of the alarm — that's usually the manufacture date, and most units are meant to be replaced about ten years after it.
Hard-wired alarms, anything interconnected, and anything you'd need a ladder you're not confident on to reach — leave those to us. That's licensed work and it isn't worth a fall.