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Attaching fire alarms to ceiling?
Wassermelone
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We have some fire alarms that used to screw into the ceiling except that when taking off the normally detachable part, the whole thing has literally ripped out of the brittle plaster. Screws are no longer an option because where they are placed on the fire alarm, there isn't enough ceiling for them to actually screw into. There is however, still quite a bit of overlap between the plate that attaches to the ceiling and the ceiling still.
Is there any sort of non permanent glue, non screw way to stick them back to the ceiling? Not looking for a super long term solution, but in the mean time I would like the fire alarms to not be just hanging from wires through a ragged hole in the ceiling! Something semi secure would be nice.
Is there any sort of non permanent glue, non screw way to stick them back to the ceiling? Not looking for a super long term solution, but in the mean time I would like the fire alarms to not be just hanging from wires through a ragged hole in the ceiling! Something semi secure would be nice.
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tape might not stick well to the ceiling and glue might wreck your ceiling.
How big of a hole are we talking about? Could you use a drywall anchor/screw set in the existing holes it pulled out of?
Snap toggle has the advantage that, since you're not securing the screw to the sides of the screw hole, it own't rip it out larger taking it back out. You might be stuck with the little spring loaded bit in your ceiling, though. I've got a handful of them lost in walls and ceilings around my house.
Velcro is boss as hell, and the glue side is not normally permanent.
[edit] Evidently command strips are the same as or similar to this. But still. Velcro.
Seconding Velcro, you can even buy pre sticky tape style pieces. Can you sand a bit around the area? that will help with any tape style solution.
On the subject of velcro: I've got the same problem the OP does, old style plaster walls and ceilings that want to crumble rather than accept any kind of fastener. It's worth a shot, since it's cheap, but adhesive hangers have not worked well for me on the plaster.
3m command strips did not hold at all, but velcro helped.
Also the reason we were not doing a permanent solution was that we had people coming by to look at our place. Our landlady already has people coming to fix the fire alarm situation permanently but in the mean time we didn't want them hanging from wires in the ceiling with people viewing the apartment.
That makes sense especially being a lease. I was definitely viewing it from the homeowners POV of I know this is going to come back to bite me later, so do it now.
Are you really arguing that there is no need for fire alarms in the house as long as you don't plan on starting any fires?
Unplanned fires in the house are the REASON you need fire alarms. I don't need an alarm to tell me about a fire I started on purpose.
It's just general good advice.