Having fire extinguishers at hand

  • OVERALL DIFFICULTY INDEX: 1/10 (3/10)
  • IF YOU HAVE NO TOOLS, YOU PAY $ 0 ($150) TO GET THEM FOR THIS JOB
  • IF YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE YOU SPEND 0 (1) HOUR (S) TO CARRY OUT THIS JOB
  • YOU SHOULD OBSERVE SAFETY RULES FOR DRILLING INTO WALLS / CEILINGS.
BEFORE YOU START:
  • The Fire Extinguisher has to be in a visible and easy access area.
  • Do not hesitate to hang them to walls to clear the floor.
  • Automatic ceiling mounted units will be chosen for storage and boiler rooms.
  • The 150$ tools cost apply only for installing ceiling-mount units through a powerful drill or $65 for a multi-purpose home use drill when fixing fire extinguishers to walls. 
DISCLAIMER:
Our pictorials are of informative nature and do illustrate works carried by ourselves at our own premises for our own use and satisfaction.
Readers who envisage to carry out similar works inspired by the below method shall do this at their own risks and liability.

 
Choosing the best location:
Put it where:
-It is well visible
-Access is never blocked


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Safety first, no matter if that red thing hangs on the wall next to your bed!
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1KG powder unit nearby the entrance door.
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2KG powder unit in the house's main entrance.
Automatic units...
...are to be located immediately on top of the risk but in a manner not to interfere with a passage or hit the heads of persons passing by.
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6KG automatic powder unit suspended over the fuel arrival pipe in the boiler room.
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6KG automatic powder unit suspended in the home's storage area.

When there is no other way but to have it in a cupboard...
...you should use a sticker to indicate the presence of the extinguisher.
DO NOT FORGET TO SEND THEM FOR MAINTENANCE WHEN THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS REACHED.
Hope you will never use them !