Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation · North West

Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation in Oldham

If your homes in Oldham need alarms fitted, upgraded or replaced at end of life, we can survey and programme the work.

We take on smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation in Oldham for housing associations (which own most social homes here) and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Most social homes in Oldham belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.

Oldham at a glance

Council: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Region: North West
Council homes: Mostly transferred to housing associations
Housing standard: Decent Homes Standard (England)
Damp and mould timescales: Awaab's Law (since 27 Oct 2025)
Population: 237,628 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 1.01 (VOA 2026)

Council housing status from Housing Revenue Account records (MHCLG and the 2012 HRA list, updated for later transfers) and council publications, checked October 2026. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.

Who owns the social homes in Oldham?

Most social homes in Oldham are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need. The council may still hold a small number of homes of its own.

What do we cover in Oldham?

Sealed-battery and radio-interlinked options
Carbon monoxide alarms near fixed combustion appliances
Alarm upgrades during voids, rewires and planned works
Replacement of alarms reaching end of life
Testing and records for your compliance system

Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation in a social home

How do we deliver it?

Where alarms are mains-wired, the electrical work is certified, and residents are shown how to test and silence them.

Which rules apply in Oldham?

The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 require social landlords in England to fit a smoke alarm on every storey with living accommodation, a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance (excluding gas cookers), and to repair or replace faulty alarms once reported.

Decent Homes Standard (England) · More about smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation

What does smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation cost in Oldham?

Our guide range for mains-wired interlinked smoke, heat and CO alarms in Oldham is £455–£910 per home. That is the UK range of £450–£900 (our estimate) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 1.01 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 1.01–1.02); figures are before VAT where the source states it. Every job is priced after survey; specification, access and the condition of the homes will move the figure.

Questions about smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation in Oldham

Does Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council still own council homes?

Which housing standard applies in Oldham?

Social homes in England must meet the Decent Homes Standard, enforced through the Regulator of Social Housing's Safety and Quality Standard. A reformed standard, confirmed in January 2026, must be met by 2035 at the latest.

Do you also work near Oldham?

Yes. We take on smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm installation across the North West, including Tameside, Rochdale, Manchester and Bury, and in every other UK nation.