I would need to see the floor plan and also some clue as to what else is seen from this entry . IMO no way to answer this without context . BTW 9 months I know is a long time but now is not the time to get in a hurry. The sensor are usually installed where they do the best job and that seems all wrong but I need a floor plan.

First, I want to say thank you. I bought my home a few years ago and knew it passed inspections and had fire/CO2 alarms, but with all the other things that come with renovations, I didn't give any more thought to the fire detectors.

You prompted me to take a walk through and look at where each one is located. Technically, I think my home fits within code (one on each floor and one in each bedroom), but I have an L shaped ranch home with 4 detectors, but all 4 are in the bedroom leg of the L (one in each hall and one in each of the two bedrooms). Not a single detector on the Kitchen/Living/Laundry/foyer/dining side of the house, where I have a gas fireplace.

Your local fire company will usually offer a free fire prevention service that includes advice on where to place fire and CO2 detectors.

The closer to the middle of a hallway is best practice (rather than close to one of the walls), but I wonder about the placement so close to the stairwell. Smoke and CO2 gather at the ceiling level in a room, so I am thinking that it would travel past the ceiling and up the stairs. (always want a detector at the top of the stairs).

Please, either read about the best placements or check with your local fire company and see if they will provide you with free, professional advice.

We are all accustomed to having these detectors on the ceiling and no one gives them a second thought anymore...the eye does not see them as signifcant enough to notice.

I'm not sure you need more pot lights, they can be kind of harsh because of the bare bulb. Put the one you have on a dimmer switch.

With a ten foot ceiling, a striking chandelier is what called for and will be noticed.

The right one will certainly provide plenty of light, just get one that is bright but not glaring.

Get somthing like this entry pendant, it has three bulbs for enough light and the crystals will diffuse it beautifully.

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@tracefloyd I don't think it is a 10-foot ceiling. OP mentioned 10-ft long hallway

Here are some inspiration pictures

https://studio-mcgee.com/2018-5-8-hallways/

Hi Yun, there are a few questions to consider:

- First, from the pics I don't see an existing recessed can "on right side where stair case" - do you mean above the stair case lighting the steps?

- From the pic I think the chandelier is placed where I circled in BLUE, and that looks like it will throw to the stair landing (enough in combination with an over-stair light). The question is this chandelier, which is primarily a bejeweled piece for the purpose of wowwing guests at the Entry, looks to only have a switch at the Entry. Because you might want this existing light location for the Powder Room use - would you leave it on after guests have settled, or, during daily use, walk over to the door to switch it on when using the Powder? If daily or Powder use is a concern, then maybe there should be (3) recessed cans instead of a chandelier. And, maybe there should be a 3-way switch from the Kitchen for any hallway lights to get to the Powder.

- The closet hallway should have a light as indicated by the GREEN circle regardless of the chandelier situation.

- It looks like there is an open doorway frame right at the Kitchen (in ORANGE), so I think whatever you do here in the hallway can be considered separate from the Kitchen layout aesthetically. If I am reading the picture wrong then you may want to consider the Kitchen lighting layout with the hallway.

- As far as the CO detector, this is connected by wiring to other units, so it is a little more complicated than just "patch and paint." Depending on where it moves to, it may need a new longer homerun of wire. You can check Ontario code, but for reference per IRC you need at minimum a smoke per floor and COs are at bedrooms, but you probably have a combo which doesn't hurt. Putting them at the stair for each floor, when there are no bedrooms nearby, is competent placement.

I can't tell how high your ceilings are, but I don't see why a semi-flush or chandelier on a short chain wouldn't work. Definitely get one that is functional as well as decorative. Personally I like lantern types, but the style you choose depends on what style your decor is. As for the CO2 detector, good advice above to check with your local fire department.

@Jennifer Hogan it's CO (monoxide) not CO2 (dioxide). As opposed to smoke it's heavier and congregrates from the floor upwards. Basic code is a smoke within each bedroom plus 1 just outside the bedrooms in the immediate vicinity of them, then additional on any floor not having those bedrooms. For near a kitchen you can use a photoelectric vs ionization style which can get within 6ft of a cooking appliance (ionization 20ft away). CO's are required when you have gas appliances or an attached garage, and located outside the bedrooms in the immediate vicinity of them. Of course, that is minimum for both.

Yes the space over the door jamb is for an 8 foot ceiling. Semi-flush fixture then, not flush.

@3onthetree

yeah you are right

we added pot light later so you dont see on old layout

i have sensor light inside of double closet and chandelier is 4 way switch

also i could leave pot light( yellow mark, is connected with wall sconce on top of stair case though) on instead

co2 detector I will leave as is and get chandelier which can hid the look of co2 when guests walk in

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what do you think of these light for hallway i am debating between semi flush one vs shell chandelier , its only 8 foot and wont be good for long chendelier unfortunately