If all else fails, can I just leave a smoke alarm on the floor?

Just to add, smoke in a room follows a "mushroom" pattern. It will rise to the ceiling above the source of heat, fill the ceiling as the air is warmer up there, then start to fall as it hits the cooler walls, enveloping you.

It really should be as high as posible, even on the top of a wall would be better, than no where.

No..the very nature of a fire means that the hot gases and toxic fumes rise to the ceiling..presenting 'cleaner' air at floor level.

A smoke alarm is and indicator of the presence of smoke and therefore functions best where the smoke will reach it..ie at height.

smoke alarms should be fitted horizontally on the ceiling for best protection..but failing that vertically on a wall would be better than on the floor.

Bang a picture hook up and hang it there...

you don't mention if this is a hard wired or battery operated one. Secondly if it wont fit on your ceiling, which i cant picture why it would not fit there, put it on any wall withing 10 inches of the ceiling line and this should be fine. If its hard wired, then do this directly above an outlet and have an electrician run a feeder from your outlet to where the smoke detector should be. i am an electrical contractor with over 25 years experience

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No smoke rises so it will take a long time fir it to reach the smoke alarm

i'm sure it would work fine. those things are so sensitive that it will go off giving you plenty of time to get out. so many houses that are older don't have any smoke alarms so putting yours on the floor is still better than nothing. why dont you test it and see by making some smoke in your kitchen and see how long it takes to respond.

If all else fails, some goodly sized lumps of blu-tak will hold it to the ceiling.

nope..smoke rises to the top so by the time the smoke alarm goes off, it may be to late

No. Smoke is less dense than air so it rises, by the time it gets to the floor you'll be unconscious or dead.

I totally agree with everyone eles. Can you prop it up at the front of a high shelf?