Would you be concerned about this (co alarm?)

[sheisabelter]

Live in a council house which has gas CH installed in Nov last year - just a boiler upstairs and heating . The council did stick in a CO alarm upstairs at the time . They’ve stuck it on the ceiling beside the bedrooms - think it had to be ceiling mounted or something as they’re all wired in/connected with a test socket downstairs .

Googling just now apparently it should be lower down instead - as CO sinks - I can’t move it myself but is it worth asking the council ? Never thought much about it before but it was mentioned on TV just now and not sure .

Yes definitely! It’s way too high. Don’t quote
me on this but I think they need to be about a metre from the floor? I looked it up at the time.

It’s not a smoke alarm is it? Ours are wired in.

Sorry to ask an obvious question, it does sound odd though.

Are you sure it's not as smoke alarm? It could have a CO detector as part of it

Carbon monoxide is lighter than air and it diffuses evenly in a room. It’s carbon dioxide that’s heavier. I can give you some chemistry facts if it’d help, but you only have to google it. So your alarm is fine where it is.

By law you need smoke alarms in a council house. There is no such law about CO alarms unless you have solid fuel burning appliance e.g coal fire/wood burning stove

I think it might be a combination alarm, it’s difficult to tell - there’s two upstairs, then one in kitchen, hallway and living room . At the time of install they just said they’d stuck all the relevant alarms in (said CO included) and demonstrated how to test them - which is why I’m pretty sure it’s all wired/no batteries (apart from back up ones I guess), as you test them downstairs using a switch on the wall .

It is a bit of a baffling system not helped by the fact that I’m not one of life’s engineers and was baffled as they explained how things were connected, how to check pressure, release valves to fix low pressure etc !!