Every Queensland home needs interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms by 1 January 2027. Jarid checks what you have, installs what is missing and issues the compliance certificate, across the Sunshine Coast and South East Queensland.
From 1 January 2027 the smoke alarm rules that already apply to rentals and homes being sold will cover every Queensland dwelling, including the one you own and live in. Alarms must be photoelectric (not ionisation), marked AS 3786-2014, less than 10 years old, and interconnected so when one goes off they all do. They can be hardwired to 240V with battery backup, or use a sealed 10-year lithium battery.
Location matters too: one in every bedroom, one in any hallway connecting bedrooms to the rest of the home (or between the bedrooms and the other rooms if there is no hallway), and at least one on every storey, even a storey with no bedrooms. Older ionisation alarms and removable-battery units will not meet the standard on their own.
Common jobs we get asked for
Every Queensland home needs interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms.
In every bedroom, the hallways that connect them, and on every storey. Older ionisation alarms and removable-battery units won't meet the standard. Jarid can check what you've got, supply what's missing and issue your compliance certificate.
Homes, units, rural properties and small business. No job is too small to do properly.
Extra outlets where you actually need them, tired ones replaced.
LED upgrades, new fittings, outdoor and garden lighting, fan installs.
Old fuse boxes brought up to modern standards, safer for your family and your insurance.
Testing, repairs and new RCD protection for every circuit in the house.
Interconnected alarms to current QLD legislation, installed and tested.
Sheds, granny flats and kitchen renovations, wired from rough-in to fit-off.
Ethernet runs, extra antenna points, and Wi-Fi dead spots fixed properly.
Tripping breakers, dead circuits, flickering lights. Diagnosed and fixed.
For the sealed 10-year battery type, the rules do allow it. The catch is getting the placement right, confirming the alarms actually interconnect and knowing whether your existing ones already comply. Anything hardwired needs a licensed electrician. Plenty of people have us check the setup and issue the certificate even when they fitted the alarms themselves.
It records the property, the number and type of alarms, their locations, the interconnection test and the next test due date, on our letterhead with the electrical contractor licence number. It is the document buyers, tenants and property managers ask for.
Rentals have had to comply since 1 January 2022, with alarms tested within 30 days before any new lease starts and at least once a year. We can do the check, replace what is needed and hand you the certificate for the file.
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