Home Maintenance & Repair Tips : How to Change the Batteries in Your Smoke Detector

Changing batteries in a smoke alarm should be done every six months and requires removing the device's face plate. Keep a fresh supply of batteries when using battery operated smoke alarms and change them regularly with advice from a home repair specialist and remodeling contractor in this free video on home improvement.

Expert: Tim Gipson
Contact: www.inhisstepsremodeling.com
Bio: Tim Gipson is a home repair specialist and remodeling contractor in Franklin, Tenn.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown

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Tags:

• home repair
• home maintenance
• home improvement
• shower
• sinks
• bathtub
• smoke detector
• tools
• smoke alarms

[BlueRoses33]

Very helpful, thank you!

[amiller358]

I was going crazy trying to figure out how to change the battery. It's been beeping for days; with the beeping and my frustration with trying to see how to change the thing has almost sent me over the edge. Then I said let me get on the internet and get some help!! Your demonstration is terrific and easy to understand. Now I know what I have to do to tackle this thing. Thank you. So here I go! If you don't hear anything else from me, it worked and I'm grateful.

[xJC4Rx]

My smoke detector isn't like that. I swear everything about it is stuck to the wall & can't be accessed.

[DearMeNoUserName]

This really helped! That thing was driving me CRAZY!

[claudiu2003]

Thanks a lot!The difficult part is to pull up and remove the smoke detector from the wall!you saved me a lot of time!

[AnnihilatorOfAnguish]

They need to make fire alarms that are so simple a toddler could fix em. Also, an LED screen that ONLY turns on to inform you when you need to change the battery would be fan-flippin-tastic!

[1spunch]

Thanks so much for safe my life.

[MsChivas24]

Thank You so much!!!!! I was going nuts!!!

[Talkofthatown919]

talk about a sturdy ladder haha

[computer5892]

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