What to do about an over-sensitive smoke alarm?

My husband is a "Fire-phobe," so we have those ultra-sensative detectors in the home!

I have constructed a "fan on a stick." I got one of those cardboard 'church fans' that ladies use in churches that are not air-conditioned and securely taped it to a tall stick. When the smoke detector goes off, I just wave it enthusiastically in front of the detector. It soon quits beeping.

It is good that your apartment complex is so safety conscious. Unfortunately, I often see articles in our daily paper about fires in apartment complexes. There are usually deaths with those fires.

Give the "fan on a stick" a try!

I would make it a LL issue to clean the smoke alarm vents twice a year. I'd also clean the toaster. Could be you burning crumbs that would otherwise have been removed by cleaning.

You could probably get in big trouble if you did try to deactivate it. It may even be illegal. But I would think if you keep complaining and it keeps going off they are going to have to do something. Also the term is "go postal". Let them go postal unless you are using a flame thrower to make toast then it's not your problem. If you would like to help the problem a little you can put a fan in there and make sure to circulate the air.
Finally if you were to disable the smoke alarm and something happened like a fire that spread to other units you could be criminally liable especially if someone go hurt. If by some stroke of luck they did not file criminal charges the others could sue you. So it would be best to work it out with the landlord.

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As a renter you are guaranteed certain rights against this kind of nuisance. There are smoke detectors that are made for kitchens that rule out nuisance alarms. Stand up for your rights and be informed. A photoelectric smoke detector will give you less false alarms from kitchen smoke. However, a properly ventilated kitchen should not be a problem. If your range hood vent does not vent to the outside then it is just blowing the smoke around your house until it sets off an alarm. Some cheap landlords use a hood range vent that just blows the smoke around and does not draw it out of the dwelling.

My detectors sometimes go off, about once a year. What's happening is that too much dust gets into the chamber and causes it to go off. I use a can of compressed air when it happens to me.

30 feet?!?! That's a three story building. But same difference - can't get to it. Try to convince the LL that too much dust is in the detector and it needs a simple cleaning with compressed air.