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20/11/2021 at 8:23 am
#60163
Kaindub is spot on. It’s time to replace the alarm. As it is your asset and responsibility, instead of a hard wired alarm, why not get a cheaper battery only alarm that you can install in 1 minute flat?
For the record, last year I had huge issues with a strata committee who refused to maintain a fire alarm connected to a common fire board. After talking at length to NSW Fair Trading and two realtors it was made clear to all that the test for common property ownership and hence responsibility to repair and maintain is connection to a common fire board and not whether an alarm is hard wired or not.