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What are my rights? Smokers, and no working smoke alarm..

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  • 18-06-2011 11:09am
    #1
    goodomens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    Hi,

    I need your advice here. I have moved into a house with 3 others, they are all smokers. Smoking upstairs, and downstairs. I was not told they were smokers by the landlord. Of course they also have the smoke alarm battery taken out, this means, if there was a fire (which is likely because they all smoke) I would probably die, because no alarm is working to wake me up.

    Surely it's my right to have a working smoke alarm in the house? Also I get asthmatic when around cigarette smoke.


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    #2
    grizzly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    Buy a smoke alarm and put it in your bedroom or tell the landlord you're moving out due to reasons you've outlined here.


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    Keith186
    Registered Users Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Keith186


    Just put a battery in.

    Don't think cigarette smoke will set of a smoke alarm.


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    Tehachapi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 273 ✭✭Tehachapi


    I'd get out of there if it's a possibility, living with smokers is disgusting and will affect your health too.


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    #5
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Keith186 wrote: »
    Don't think cigarette smoke will set of a smoke alarm.

    True.

    Did you not smell the smoke before you moved in OP?


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