Test your smoke & carbon monoxide detectors

Did you know it is the responsibility of the tenant to regularly test any smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors 

Although it is up to the landlord or property manager to install and test alarms at the start of a new tenancy*, making sure detectors and alarms work actually falls to the tenant.

We advise that you test smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors once a month, and regularly vacuum the sensors using a soft bristle attachment. If the battery in a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector is dead, it is also your responsibility as a tenant to change the battery. You must report a faulty detector to your landlord or property manager, who will, however, organise a replacement.

As an extra safeguard, your Robinson Jackson Property Manager will, on inspection, check any carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms are working and flag up any issue with you.

*Landlords are legally obliged to install a smoke alarm on every storey in a let property - including mezzanine floors - where there is some living accommodation present. They must also place a carbon monoxide detector within any room that contains a solid fuel combustion appliance.