Heather in Eastenders should have bought one of these

tigerlillydawn

E-on carbon monoxide alarm only £5.99 in home bargains

Normally £20 on line

fuzzgun19

They sell Kidde ones in Asda too for £10.

Issyc

Poor Hevver.

PROUDMUMMYTOTHREE

awwww hope shes gonna be ok

should we have a whip round

Issyc

The sad thing is that there are people living like that in real life.

vikki_louise

My dad brought one, 2 months later i was home alone when it went off. I have an illness which would mask the symptoms of CO poisioning but because the alarm went off I got out before it caused me any problems. Best £20 my family has ever spent

building_with_lego

So many of us have smoke alarms now and wouldn't think of being without them. We need to feel the same about CO alarms; they are not expensive, last for 5 years usually, and could well save your life or that of your children or even your pets. A friend of mine is a gas engineer and went out to a property recently where the boiler was leaking CO but the first sign was a dead pet budgie. They now have a mended boiler AND an alarm.

Edit: I've just read in a New Scientist book that 75% of fatalities in house fires die of fumes, among them carbon monoxide, before they even know that there was a fire. Having both really is Belt and braces, even if you don't have gas appliances.

**Steps down off soapbox**

village_saver

PROUDMUMMYTOTHREE wrote: »

awwww hope shes gonna be ok

should we have a whip round

She's going to be ok - she gets to have an affair with Alfies uncle -DAVID ESSEX no less, wish I was Heather :rotfl:

LilacPixie

heather and david essex???????????????? OMG

autumngirl

building_with_lego wrote: »

they are not expensive, last for 5 years usually, and could well save your life or that of your children or even your pets.

I've had a carbon monoxide alarm for a few years but never really thought about needing to replace it. Obviously I replace the batteries but I didn't realise that the unit itself will probably only last a few years....

If I test it regularly and it all seems ok, is it ok to keep using it or do people suggest routinely replacing after 5 years, regardless? I know you can't put a price on safety and all that but I don't want to fork out unnecessarily, if you know what I mean!

building_with_lego

The guarantee usually lasts for 5 years. I know that British Gas advise replacement after then, but at any time before then if it's faulty they replace them free of charge. We had one from Homebase that went wrong after a few months- replacement given in store.

I'll ask my Gas Friend!