Is Your
Home Safe and Compliant with the Law?

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A one-off $33 booking fee which is passed onto the electrician.

STEP 2

Installation

The electrician installs on the installation date. The customer pays the Electrician on completion of the installation.

STEP 3

Certification

Goldsure provides you with a receipt and Certificate of Compliance.

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NSW legislation stipulates that smoke alarms must be installed on every level of your home. This includes owner occupied homes, rental properties, relocatable homes, caravans and campervans or any other residential building where people sleep.
Smoke Alarms must be placed in hallways near bedrooms; however, if bedrooms are in different parts of the house, you must have alarms installed in each of these locations. If there are no hallways associated with the bedrooms, alarms must be installed between the part of the home containing the bedroom and the rest of the house.
You must have smoke alarms on all levels of your home even if there are no bedrooms located on that level.

Smoke alarms must meet Australian Standards 3786 (AS3786).

Smoke Alarms older than 10 years are not compliant. It is recommended all Smoke Alarms have a 10 year non replaceable battery including hard wired smoke alarms to contain a 10 year non replaceable battery up.

Smoke alarms must meet Australian Standards 3786 (AS3786).
Smoke Alarms older than 10 years are not compliant.

We will issue you with a Certificate of Compliance immediately after installation and payment.

NSW Fire & Rescue – The Law overview

NSW Fire & Rescue – Smoke Alarms

Smoke Alarm Legislation in NSW

Protect your family and your home from fire

Smoke Alarm installation and maintenance is one of the most important aspects of protecting your family and your home from a fire. Most fatal fires are caused by electrical faults, heating appliances and open fires. They will often start without notice and will quickly become a danger to your family and home if there are no effective warning systems like Smoke Alarms in place.

Most fatal fires occur at night when people are asleep. Correctly positioned and fully functioning smoke alarms installed by professional smoke alarm Electricians help limit the damage and cost caused by fires by detecting them early.

If your home does not comply with state regulations, you’re not only putting occupants at risk, you may also find that your insurance won’t cover the cost of any losses incurred in a fire.

Smoke Alarms fully installed by a Qualified Electrician for only $98 each.

There are two main types of smoke alarms for home use: photoelectric and ionisation. If you are unaware which type of Smoke Alarm you have in your home, now is the time to check.

You can do so by taking the Smoke Alarm down and look at the back for either “Photoelectric” or “Ionisation,” or a symbol with the letter “P” or “I” on the back.

Photoelectric smoke alarms are recommended by the various Fire Authorities and are mandatory in Queensland. The difference is how they detect fires and importantly, how quickly they respond.

Unlike Ionisation detectors, Photoelectric smoke alarms DO NOT contain any radiation. Photoelectric smoke alarms aim a light source into a sensing chamber at an angle away from the sensor. When smoke is detected, light is reflected onto the light sensor which triggers an alarm.

Photoelectric smoke alarms are generally more effective across a wider range of fires experienced in homes, they respond quicker to smouldering fires and the dense smoke given off by foam-filled furnishings and overheated PVC wiring.

If you don't have photoelectric smoke alarms and if your existing smoke alarms are older than 10 years you are urged to book a smoke alarm installation today.

Why photoelectric smoke alarms?

A Smoke Alarm Controller provides an effortless method of testing, silencing and locating triggered smoke alarms without the need to reach up to the alarms on the ceiling. Fixed to any easy access and convenient wall within your home, for only $49.

Simply discuss with our Electrician a convenient location, within your home, where you would like the controller installed. Our Electrician will then safely install it, at the agreed location, after all smoke alarms have been installed.

Optional Smoke Alarm Controller

Advantages of photoelectric detectors include:

Photoelectric alarms see smoke as opposed to the old-style ionisation alarms which smell smoke. This means photoelectric alarms provide an earlier warning and valuable seconds or minutes can save lives and your home.

Good for smouldering and fire dense smoke.

Not as prone to cooking nuisance alarms.

Contains no radioactive material.

Recommended by Fire Authorities and mandatory in Queensland.

Life expectancy of Smoke Detectors:

Generally, Smoke Alarms have a 10-year working life with a 10 year back up battery for hard wired detectors or 10-year lithium powered battery, after which point, their sensors can begin to lose sensitivity. The test button only confirms that the battery, electronics, and alert system are working; it doesn't mean that the smoke sensor is working. This is why you must book a Smoke Alarm installation if they are over 10 years old (Note: the date should be stamped on the back of the detector).

Existing Smoke Detectors manufactured more than 10 years ago must be replaced and comply with Australian Standards AS 3786:2023 (Note: the date should be stamped on the back of the detector).

Smoke Alarms that do not operate when tested must be replaced immediately.

Existing hardwired Smoke Alarms that need replacement, must be replaced with a hardwired Smoke Alarms with a back-up working battery.

Smoke alarm installations:

All our Smoke Alarms are installed by a Licensed Electrician who is trained to ensure the Smoke Alarms are compliantly installed in the correct locations and functioning correctly to give you peace of mind.

At completion of your installation, you will be provided with a certificate of compliance.

The sleek-looking Raptor smoke alarms have been purpose made for Australian Standards and approved for every State’s fire safe regulatory requirement.

Raptor smoke alarms have been rigorously tested, in the most robust laboratory tests, to activate when smoke is detected. Simply put, they have been designed to deliver the fundamental feature of detecting smoke in order to save lives and homes.

It’s The Law:

Designed to Australian Standards (AS3786:2023). No other alarm should be installed! We only install the highest quality products.

Loud Alarm:

85dB(A) 3M. Ensures your entire family is awakened and alarmed.

Radio Frequency/Interconnected:

When one alarm goes off, they all go off which ensures the safety of everyone, regardless of where they are in the home.

10 Year Lithium Back-up Battery:

Gives you long life and peace of mind during power outages.

Make your home compliant and get peace of mind for only $98 each, fully installed.