A way of ruling out the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning?

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queenlex

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Hi guys,

I was just wondering is there any way of ruling out this possibility? Is for example keeping windows open adequate? I have also heard this poisoning is also possible in an oil heated house is this correct? Excuse the ignorance not an area I am too educated on, thanks in advance,

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Re: A way of ruling out the possibility of carbon monpxide poisoning?

Hi

We were only talking about this the other day and I believe there is an alarm you can buy like a smoke alarm which monitors carbon monoxide. It has to be linked to your boiler I think for it to work.

That's all I know I'm afraid. Maybe a gas expert on here could verify.

Phoenix
 
Re: A way of ruling out the possibility of carbon monpxide poisoning?

I think there's a testing strip you can buy that will monitor carbon monoxide output. A friend of mine had a dodgy boiler and it turned out there were high levels of carbon monoxide and she now measures it. I haven't seen them in shops but would imagine they are available in B&Q or maybe Bord Gais will be able to tell you where to get them.

Sprite
 
Re: A way of ruling out the possibility of carbon monpxide poisoning?

Woodies DIY sell the mains-powered ones made by the EI Company, Shannon.
 
Re: A way of ruling out the possibility of carbon monpxide poisoning?

There are some previous threads on carbon monoxide

might give some advice also.
 
Re: A way of ruling out the possibility of carbon monpxide poisoning?

I saw carbon monoxide alarms just the other day in Argos while buying smoke alarms for my house. They look just like a smoke alarm does only they are a little bit more expensive. They were around the 44euro mark I think, while a basic smoke alarm will only cost around 14euro. But they are well worth it considering they could save your life! I think they had a couple of models to choose from also, so you should check it out.
 
Re: A way of ruling out the possibility of carbon monpxide poisoning?

We just bought an all in one carbon minoxide and smoke alarm detector. Initally found it hard to locate a comined alarm that runs on batteries. But as other posted mentenioned they are also stocked in Argos.

Ours also has a voice warning. Different warning activated for smoke or carbon minoxide levels.
This is the one we bought.

http://www.amazon.com/Kidde-Battery-Operated-Combination-Monoxide-KN-COSM-B/dp/B00004WA4C[broken link removed]

Its not on the Argos.ie website but as far as I remember its in their catalogue.
 
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