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recommended mains and battery ones incase 1 fails or you get a fire when there is a power cut. Have budgeted for it. £250-300 ish plus smoke alarms my electrician said.
Get two battery ones - they are about £25.
For minimum disruption Re-use the same spots in the ceiling as the old ones, assuming their positioning wasn’t silly.
Mains powered seems a bit ott and would mean messing up decoration somewhere and then it will end up in the easiest position to cable rather than the best position for catching potential fires.
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Cheers for the RCD input all :). Will reply in one comment. Unit was last tested in 2018 which isn't too bad I don't think.
@grams battery. electrician who popped round today recommended mains and battery ones incase 1 fails or you get a fire when there is a power cut. Have budgeted for it. £250-300 ish plus smoke alarms my electrician said.
@aggi yeah fair play. Was only going to mention it if the survey came back with points to raise. I didn't see it when I was there though I did have a look.
@jellybaby 100+ year old flat and that was the only notable things my electrician said. Definitely no rewire was music to my ears.
@NickCJ yeah fair. In my viewing process I took a photo of it and as much as I could to someone who knew what they were looking at. I don't think it was evident where it was (to a novice anyway).
Cheers again :)