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to have called the carbon monoxide emergency number -

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 00:32

Please keep me company.

I bought a carbon monoxide detector today as I've been having headaches/dizziness and thought I'd rule out paranoia.

It has gone of twice this evening. I've called the emergency man. I'm sure it's just that I've put in in the wrong place or something but and now I'm paranoid that I've called someone to come to my house at one in the morning and we'll all be murdered in our beds.

What shall I do?

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Pico2 · 25/09/2015 00:34

You'd have to be a very determined murderer to set up a carbon monoxide phone line and answer it in the middle of the night, just to find victims.

MinecraftWonder · 25/09/2015 00:34

You've done the right thing, of course yanbu.

How long should they take to turn up?

Crispbutty · 25/09/2015 00:35

If there's a leak then it's a safer risk than being dead from carbon monoxide poisoning by the morning. I'm sure you will be safe.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 00:37

His is here.I'll keep you posted.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 00:37

sorry, I mean he is here.

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VimFuego101 · 25/09/2015 00:39

I can't see that there's reslly a 'wrong place' to put it, is there? Either it's faulty or there is something actually setting it off.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 00:49

He has turned the gas off. Says things are absolutely fine and probably a faulty alarm but it needs to be checked by an engineer.

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shiteforbrains · 25/09/2015 01:01

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MinecraftWonder · 25/09/2015 01:40

Unless of course it's the emergency man who's now posing as the op? Shock

Seriously though, better safe than sorry!

shiteforbrains · 25/09/2015 01:44

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sproketmx · 25/09/2015 01:45

Oh please. If it goes off you phone the gas folk. Veer unlikely you will be murdered in your beds. More likely if you didn't you will suffer effects of carbon monoxide.

sproketmx · 25/09/2015 01:48

Seriously look up norrie mccathie the footballer. My mum used to work in hus pub. This isd how he died.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 01:49

I feel a fool. DH is going to go spare when he finds out we've got no heating because I've bought a carbon monoxide detector.

It's the gas fire rather than the boiler and it was only serviced 6 months ago.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 01:51

I have issues with anxiety on occasion and DH isn't terribly sympathetic.

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sproketmx · 25/09/2015 01:51

I don't understand. If its ur fire n not ur boiler. I have a back boiler from the 70s but it can work independently from the fire. In the 6 year's I lived here I've never used the gas fire but the boilers fine.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 01:53

I don't know. The fire isn't easy to disconnect I don't think.

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sproketmx · 25/09/2015 02:01

I haven't disconnected mine I just don't use it. How do you know what it's coming from? If ur boiler was services 6mth ago then it would have been t tested for co2 omissions so should b fine. My back boilers been in here since 1971and it's fine so it's not that common here tbh coz most of the houses here have the same. Have you had someone tell you where the leak is from? If he doesn't believe u get him to be there when the plumber comes

leghoul · 25/09/2015 02:14

you did the right thing - carbon monoxide has about 200x binding power to red blood cells as oxygen does - scary scary. there is an optimal location for them, eg think it's about eye height or the same height as boiler etc. Not sure..

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 06:30

Thank you. I just need to find a gas engineer to come and check it now.

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Spartans · 25/09/2015 06:38

You did the right thing. Fwiw just not using it doesn't always prevent it leaking which is why they turn the gas off.

ifgrandmahadawilly · 25/09/2015 07:42

Yanbu. You've done exactly the right thing. You just can't be too careful with carbon monoxide. Have you been having any symptoms like headaches, nausea, dizzineß? If so get checked out straight away.

ifgrandmahadawilly · 25/09/2015 07:46

Oh, I've just seen that you have been having symptoms. Get yourself checked immediately. Seriously, go to a and e. Also inform your neighbours. People have died from CO leaks coming from neighbours houses before now. Ffr, you can get detect ors that tell u the exact level of CO on the air.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 09:05

The plumber is here. He says it's a faulty alarm.

Do you reckon I can ask the alarm company to pay the bill?

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herooftime · 25/09/2015 09:15

Has he checked that the boiler is vented to the outside correctly? The pipe from our boiler became detached up in the loft. We only noticed when we went up to get Xmas decorations.

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recyclingbag · 25/09/2015 13:03

Yep everything fine, all meter readings fine. He even put the meter running in the room when the alarm was going off and it was coming back with nothing.

I'm £100 poorer Sad but we're all alive Smile

My advice will be - if you buy a carbon monoxide detector, don't put it on in the evening when it's too late to take it back to the shop to check it's faulty!

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