Carbon monoxide detector & LA

Zogger

ziggyman99 wrote: »

CO2 alarm? Never seen one of those. Doesn't it go off every time you open a can of coke?
It's not a bad thing to do and gives people that extra peace of mind but a ROOM SEALED boiler will not allow CO into the room if it's properly installed and maintained.

but a boiler is not the only gas appliance in a house, and I read a news story recently about someone who was slowly poisoned by their gas hob...

poppysarah

Buy one. Take it with you when you leave.

la_farfallina

What does HMO stand for?

Thanks

dotchas

HMO = House of multiple occupation
In rental terms it is a house/flat that is let to more than 2 unrelated tenants

Absolutely

I can't comment on whether the LA/LL should be the one to provide or pay for a CO alarm but I wouldn't be without mine.

I've got one that plugs into a socket.

I got back home after a few hours out last week and it was beeping. Turns out I had left the gas on the stove (very low, but still on, all the same).

My brother in law is a gas engineer and says every house should have a CO alarm, like every house should have a smoke detector.

ziggyman99

Zogger wrote: »

but a boiler is not the only gas appliance in a house, and I read a news story recently about someone who was slowly poisoned by their gas hob...

How do you know? I go to properties every day that have gas boilers but electric cookers/hobs and the OP referred to a boiler. No mention of a gas hob.
To be CO poisoned by a gas hob you'd have to leave it on for many hours and it would have to be very dirty to produce the necessary CO levels. It is entirely possible though.
CO poisoning is very hard to diagnose because it clears from the blood stream very quickly.

Drusillamac

ziggyman99 wrote: »

How do you know? I go to properties every day that have gas boilers but electric cookers/hobs and the OP referred to a boiler. No mention of a gas hob.

At the risk of being devil's adovcate, I do have gas hobs on the cooker. I don't think there have been any gas leaks. For one, we have three pets in the house and they haven't keeled over. But having a detector will put my mind at ease.

G_M

In an HMO it's legally required.

In a 'normal' tenancy it is not legally required.

A Gas Safety Certificate IS legally required each year.

Buy a smoke detector and CO2 detector yourself or ask the local fire servive - they sometimes give them away free.

MoneysTooTightToMention

Being a tenant, I was informed that a co detector is something the LL provides at their discretion, however there was one here when I moved in, I have also put a co detector upstairs and in the hall near the boiler, my boiler is a sealed unit boiler which my LL said under no circumstances could leak. In March the seals failed due to being old and co leaked into the house, I wouldnt have known had it not been for my detector

firsttimetom

MoneysTooTightToMention wrote: »

Being a tenant, I was informed that a co detector is something the LL provides at their discretion, however there was one here when I moved in, I have also put a co detector upstairs and in the hall near the boiler, my boiler is a sealed unit boiler which my LL said under no circumstances could leak. In March the seals failed due to being old and co leaked into the house, I wouldnt have known had it not been for my detector

THis just proves te need for them. I appreciate what ziggyman is saying - they shouldn't leak. But they only cost £20 or so, and you only get one life, so sleep easy and buy one. Even a sealed unit may become faulty and if it is incorrectly installed (remote I know, but we've all seen Rogue Traders), then you never know.

And just so we are all clear

CO = Carbon Monoxide
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide