Coal, gas or wood fire? Gas cooker?
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If so I hope you all have fully functioning smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Just remember that pushing a button on them only checks the electronics not the actual sensors. You can buy smoke matches Smoke check to verify your smoke alarms but I find a piece of smoking newspaper does just as well. For carbon dioxide (CO) I buy an aerosol tin of CO CO aerosol. It is easy to do; put your CO alarms in a plastic bag and close the top. Squirt in 3 seconds worth of CO gas and completely seal the bag end. Your alarm should sound within 90 seconds. I use this gas bought in England and taken out to Brittany because I’ve never been able to source it over there. Also don’t forget that the sensor has a finite life, the expiry date will be printed somewhere on the body.
Gas cooker, but no carbon monoxide alarm, only smoke.
Gas cooker, Wood fire, and both smoke and carbon monoxide alarms fitted through out the house, but your advice is welcome and appreciated BE
Good post BE, had a close call on my boat with the CO
Yes here two fishermen died in their sleep with carbon monoxide. Very sad indeed.
Easily done, woke up with splitting headache, feeling ver nauseous, ‘no a weel laddie’ for a few hours, but a lucky one
That recently BV?
Gas cooker + electric oven. Two wood stoves.
Two CO alarms + two smoke detectors.
Bill in 2014.
Wood fire, gas hob and electric oven. Brilliant combination even in power cuts with warmth and ability to cook a meal.(as was the case on Wednesday evening). Candles all in lanterns and not open to be knocked over or catch anything.
I have smoke alarms in every room and the garage! Carbon monoxide alarms in the main living area (longere) and bedroom. I check them all regularly.
A friend of ours had three golden Labradors that were nearly killed with CO. Luckily having his middle of the night pee he checked on them downstairs, all comatose! He was a great believer in throttling down his wood fire to a smoulder overnight. The flue was exposed stainless steel so when (in winter) the outside temperature dropped the gases became denser and fell back down the flue through the ventilation gaps in the fire door and “Voila” three nearly dead dogs. We always burn out our fires before going to bed.
Wow BE that was a close call for the lovely dogs! All that stuff about stainless steel and outside temperature etc. Didn’t know any of that, that is really scarey ! I wonder how many are doing just that?
Good to have that pointed out BE
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