Anyone got a carbon monoxide detector? Where have you put it?

[NotActuallyAMum]

We've just bought one and we're not sure where it should go

DH said upstairs on the landing (same as smoke alarm) but I wonder if this is a good idea when all the gas is downstairs. We've got a gas boiler in the kitchen and gas fire in the lounge

We have two - one in the sitting room (gas fire) and the other in the kitchen (boiler).

I think you are supposed to have them low down in the room as CO doesn't rise like smoke does

The BG chap put our alarm near our boiler in the kitchen ...

Surely it would be best to put it near your gas appliances and boiler rather than far away??

I've put mine in the room where the boiler is (which is my DS's bedroom). It's on a bookshelf. I would do the same as CMOT if I were you. If you've only got one (and I know they're not cheap), I'd put it near the boiler and get some of those little discs that change colour for your living room

We have same set up as spicemonster.

I'm more worried about boiler so that's where detector is, low down.

Carbon Monoxide is heavy and sinks so the detector should be below the item you want to keep an eye on.

Then again - just founf this on the Fire Angel website which is the manufacturer of our alarm..

Ideally an alarm should be installed in every room containing a fossil fuel burning appliance.

Additional alarms may be installed in remote rooms where occupants spend most of their time when awake and every sleeping room to ensure adequate warning is given.

If the alarm is to be located in the same room as a fuel burning appliance then
If the alarm is located on a wall:
a) it should be located close to the ceiling
b) it should be located at a height greater than the height of any door or window.
And it should be at least 150mm (6 inches) from the ceiling
The alarm should be at a horizontal distance of between 1m and 3m from the potential source. If there is a partition in the room, the apparatus should be located on the same side of the partition as the potential source.
Carbon monoxide alarms in rooms with sloped ceilings should be located at the high side of the room.

If the alarm is to be located in sleeping rooms or in rooms remote from a fuel burning appliance
Then it should be located relatively close to the breathing zone of the occupants.

Alarms should not be located next to windows or doors, directly above a sink, next to an air vent or extractor fan, in a damp or humid location or in an area where the temperature may drop below-10C or exceed 40C.

Thanks everyone, especially SarahL2. I'm really glad I asked the question, we'd have definitely put it on the ceiling whichever room we decided on

Thanks again all

You're welcome That's what we're here for!

We have got a combined smoke and CO detector in the hall - next to the boiler - as well as a smoke detector in the living room.

When we got the fire serviced the engineer said he always recommended having a CO detector in every room that you have a gas appliance in, so now we have one in the living room aswell.

B&Q have got them for £9.99 at the moment.

Ooops, our detector is in the bathroom, sitting loose on a bench next to the loo. It is the room where the boiler is, but is also

• damp and humid
• near a window
• nowhere near the ceiling

Must do better

On the plus side, it is a brand new boiler.

Oh I put one of these near a gas fire I had when I rented for a short period. I hated that fire and it hated me.

Bloody DH & his brother coloured it in with a black felt-tip (if it turned black, I was being poisoned).

Oh how they laughed when I bollocked them from one end of the road to the other, out of shear fright.

Eegits.