Carbon monoxide poisoning help

[Vinculou234]

Hi everyone so myself and my partner are lodgers in a very old old cottage with another lady. The boiler and water tank are SO old and naturally being the worry wart I am I start freaking out about carbon monoxide etc.

The boiler she says was service last year , but the heating is playing up again. She said she is calling a plumber I brought two carbon monoxide alarms to feel better and they haven’t gone off. My partner said that if there were carbon monoxide everyone would’ve felt ill and no one has and that just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s dangerous.

I’m freaking out I mean I have carbon monoxide alarms and they arent going off. I think I’m such a worrier what do you think

The detectors are not detecting CO. None of you have symptoms.

Calm down.

I think your carbon monoxide alarms aren't going off. Which is very reassuring.

Stop worrying, mainly because it won't change anything. Excessive worrying causes stress which when prolonged can make people ill. So you risk bringing about the thing you're trying to avoid. You're taking safety precautions with the CO2 alarm so that's all you can do. Old and not working properly doesn't automatically equal leaking CO2. If you were being poisoned you'd feel ill, yes, sleepy headache nausea that type of thing. Even if it was giving out CO2 and you didn't have any alarms, in an old cottage you've probably also got draughts which would bring in fresh air to dilute the bad air. You need to live somewhere, can't afford your own place and things like mouldy damp properties causing health problems are common among rentals. Count your blessings?

If it would reassure you spend £100 on getting a gas engineer to check. That way the report will come to you and you'll know its independent.

What help do you want?

If the detectors don't reassure you, nothing will. Heating can play up with a perfectly safe boiler.

I think you are a worrier.

If the CO alarms are not going off, there is no issue with CO.

See your GP about anxiety rather than a gas engineer?

CO isn’t the only reason boilers break down. It could be anything. Even a simple little thing that a gas engineer can quickly resolve.

You don’t have to worry about CO. It it was that the meters would have sounded as you have two.

You sound abnormally anxious. Do you feel like this about other things? The alarms haven’t gone off, no one feels ill, so why are you worrying so much?

@CorrBlimeyGG

The detectors are not detecting CO. None of you have symptoms.

Calm down.

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As a tenant you have the legal right to ask your landlord to see the result of the most recent gas safety inspection.

Do the alarms you have just make a noise or do they have a screen with a number too? I found I was much more reassured by one like amazon.co.uk/Kidde-Digital-Display-Carbon-Monoxide/dp/B07V9S1JNY]] that displays the CO level as a number as well as sounding an alar.

So the lady you're living with is your landlady? Is this why you're asking her about boiler services and expecting her to Book and pay for a plumber?

You have a plumber coming out, you have CO detectors. You are safe.

Seek help from your to if you continue to have this level of anxiety. Its not rational.

I think there's absolutely no evidence of carbon monoxide in your home, so the question of why you're so fixated on it is probably more important.

Sorry, that meant to read "seek help from your gp

@whataboutbob

As a tenant you have the legal right to ask your landlord to see the result of the most recent gas safety inspection.

OP says she's a lodger, that's not the same as a tenant and OP has pretty much no rights.

@OddBoots

Do the alarms you have just make a noise or do they have a screen with a number too? I found I was much more reassured by one like smile.]] that displays the CO level as a number as well as sounding an alar.

I was going to suggest one of these too, having an actual figure might give you more reassurance.

The Health and Safety Executive states that people who take in lodgers need to arrange gas safety checks annually.

It sounds like you are worrying unnecessarily.