Your home needs new smoke alarms by January 2027.
Rentals were upgraded in 2022. Now it’s every owner-occupied home in Queensland: interconnected photoelectric alarms in every bedroom, every connecting hallway, and on every storey. One licensed electrician, one visit, done and certified.
Typical 3-bedroom single-storey home (4 alarms): $756 all up.
- Photoelectric, interconnected, AS 3786:2014 — 10-year lithium wireless-interconnect units, no ceiling damage
- Hardwired replacements handled — we're licensed for the 240V work alarm companies can't touch
- Compliance record issued on the spot
- Free switchboard & safety-switch check while we're there
Not sure what you need? Compliance check only: $149, fully credited if we do the upgrade. Standard units are Red Smoke Alarms' Professional series (Australian brand, 10-year warranty); Clipsal or Brooks upgrades available for +$45 per alarm. Hardwired like-for-like replacements quoted per site. 2026 pricing, standard installation — your fixed price is confirmed before any work starts.
Book my compliance check →One visit, three steps
Every bedroom, hallway and storey checked against the 2027 rules, existing alarms tested and dated. You get a straight answer on what's needed — sometimes it's less than you think.
Hardwired alarms replaced like-for-like under our electrical licence; bedroom alarms added with 10-year lithium wireless-interconnect units. Usually 60–90 minutes, no mess.
Compliance record issued before we leave, plus a free look over your switchboard and safety switches — the five minutes that flags problems you want to know about.
Getting three quotes? Good. Ask each one these four questions.
Smoke alarm quotes vary wildly — the cheap ones usually leave something out. These four questions find it.
“Which brand and model, exactly — and is it photoelectric with a sealed 10-year battery?” No-name units with replaceable batteries are what make the $100-an-alarm price possible. You live with the low-battery chirps for a decade.
“Is every bedroom covered — or just the hallway?” Bedroom coverage is the actual point of the 2027 law. A quote that skips bedrooms isn’t a compliance quote.
“Who does the hardwired ones?” Most Queensland homes have at least one 240V alarm, and replacing it legally requires a licensed electrician — not a door-knocker with a ladder.
“Do I get a written compliance record?” That’s your proof for insurance, and for the day you sell or lease the place.
If a $100-an-alarm quote survives all four, take it. In our experience it doesn’t get past number three.
Book your compliance check
Tell us about your place and Matt will confirm a time and a fixed price — no obligation.
Straight answers
What exactly does the 2027 law require?+
By 1 January 2027, every private home in Queensland — including the one you own and live in — must have photoelectric smoke alarms (Australian Standard 3786:2014) in every bedroom, in every hallway that connects bedrooms to the rest of the house, and on every storey. All alarms must be interconnected, so when one sounds, they all sound.
My house already has smoke alarms. Am I covered?+
Probably not yet. Most existing homes have one or two stand-alone alarms in hallways only — the new rules require one in every bedroom, and they must all be interconnected. Older ionisation alarms and anything over 10 years old must go. A quick check tells you exactly where you stand.
Do the new alarms need wiring through my ceiling?+
Usually not. Where your existing alarms are hardwired to 240V, the replacements must be hardwired too — we handle that as licensed electricians. Additional alarms in bedrooms can be 10-year lithium photoelectric units that interconnect wirelessly with the rest, so there is no cutting into ceilings and no crawling through the roof.
What happens if I do nothing?+
From 1 January 2027 a non-compliant home is breaking the law (penalties currently up to $7,732 for individuals), and you cannot sell or lease it without upgrading anyway — that rule has applied since 2022. More practically: interconnected photoelectric alarms are simply the difference between a warning while the fire is small and a warning when the hallway is already full of smoke.
Why use a licensed electrician instead of a smoke alarm company?+
If any of your alarms are hardwired — and in most Queensland homes at least one is — the law requires a licensed electrician to replace them. We do the whole job under one licence, issue your compliance record, and give your switchboard and safety switches a quick once-over while we are there, at no charge.
Requirements summarised from Queensland Fire Department guidance as at July 2026 — see fire.qld.gov.au for the legislation itself. Penalty figure current as at July 2026 and subject to indexation. Pricing indicative for standard installations; final fixed price confirmed before any work starts.