Carbon monoxide detectors

Mr_Thrifty

Likely to be moving soon, so does anybody know where I can get a good or free carbon monoxide detector?

Angelicdevil

When I was renting in a shared property, my father made me get one, I got one from Mr T's in the end.

I believe they're all much the same.

00ec25

any high street hardware shop or one of the big DIY chains
unlikely to get them free as AFASIK only smoke detetcors are free (from some but not all fire brigades)

londonlydia

Yeah my fire brigade visit all the homes locally when theyre not on call, provide a free fire safe check (looking for plugs etc), give advice (dont leave straighteners on, laptops on soft furnishings) and then glue gun a free fire alarm to your ceiling. Really is excellent.

Hmmm, you've got me thinking I do want a carbon monoxide detector now, I had one at uni as I think you have to have one in student rents.....think its probably worth paying a few quid and having the peace of mind. Thanks
x

GDB2222

londonlydia wrote: »

Yeah my fire brigade visit all the homes locally when theyre not on call, provide a free fire safe check (looking for plugs etc), give advice (dont leave straighteners on, laptops on soft furnishings) and then glue gun a free fire alarm to your ceiling. Really is excellent.

The only trouble with that is that the Fire Brigade would probably put the smoke alarm in the most effective place on the ceiling. That might be quite unsightly, and a typical householder might make some compromise about where to position it. Also, if in rented accommodation, you would need the landlord's agreement.

dimbo61

Any good landlord shoul have mains wired smoke/heat alarms up in his/her rental property.
I have fitted a Carbon monoxide alarm close to my boiler for peace of mind.

seven-day-weekend

I have ordered these in the past, apparently the spec is very good for an alarm of this price and the company are very helpful:

http://www.safelincs.co.uk/Carbon-Monoxide-Detector-with-LED-Kidde-900-0259/

I have two fitted in my house (one in the kitchen near the boiler and one upstairs near the bedrooms).

When I had my house in Spain,where I also had one of these alarms installed, the fumes from the boiler blew back in a hurricane, and the CO alarm went off, it is LOUD!!

Mr_Thrifty

Thank you very much Seven Day Weekend, this looks great. Those carbon monoxide detectors really do cost a few bob don't they! But this is the cheapest I have seen so far and is a good brand too.

So thank you very much

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I have ordered these in the past, apparently the spec is very good for an alarm of this price and the company are very helpful:

http://www.safelincs.co.uk/Carbon-Monoxide-Detector-with-LED-Kidde-900-0259/

I have two fitted in my house (one in the kitchen near the boiler and one upstairs near the bedrooms).

When I had my house in Spain,where I also had one of these alarms installed, the fumes from the boiler blew back in a hurricane, and the CO alarm went off, it is LOUD!!

GDB2222

dimbo61 wrote: »

Any good landlord shoul have mains wired smoke/heat alarms up in his/her rental property.

Why? What's wrong with battery ones? Why shouldn't tenants buy their own batteries, same as 99% of householders with smoke alarms do?

Mr_Thrifty

I would really like a free alarm. They cost so dam much. Called the fire brigade and they won't give me one because of health and safety (apparently only experts like them know how to fit them properly). I really don't want to spend the good part of £50 on two poxy little alarms that probably only cost 50p each to make in China.

jjlandlord

Carbon monoxide is odourless, colourless, and lethal.
If you're considering getting a CO alarm, it would therefore seems to me that your first and foremost criterion should be that it works reliably.
Whether it cost you £20 or even £50 will surely look irrelevant the day it goes off...