When we did the final walkthrough of our house yesterday I noticed that there is a smoke alarm all the way at the top of the vaulted ceiling over the staircase. It will take a handyman with a 25 foot ladder to change the battery. (We’re definitely not going to climb a ladder that tall nor do we have room to store such a big one purpose item. )
Is it really necessary to be all the way up there? I’m tempted to install one just above the flat hallway ceiling level in the staircase that could be accessed from a normal ladder in the upstairs hallway. We could have the painters unplug and remove the battery of this one this weekend.