General Chat

Dawnie, please please, if you need to test it to see if there is a CM build up........DO NOT stay in the house. Shut everything and go out, see if its going off when you get back.

If you dont' you may never know if it goes off or not. Carbon Monoxide is a silent killer, you won't know until its too late.

It would be better if you kept the ventilation giong and called an engineer to check your boiler or any other source.

Kay

will leave as much ventilation tonight and close it tomorrow when children are at school and see if it happens again, dont want to even risk it tonight even if the alarms havent gone off again.

glad all is ok xxxx

Dawnie


..any chance of you shutting the vents off and closing any doors or windows,,,just to check that you are not suffering from a CM build up,??it will only go off when it reaches a certain level,,enough to be a warning,of its presence,,not at a dangerous level,,,,,,,,

Well, I'm glad it appears to be a false alarm, but definitely keep a close eye on it. And on the plus side, I now know who to call. :-)

Mmmm firemen.

Daff

yes the old one has the yellow light on saying it is working but still going to keep an eye on things.

Just another warning, don't believe if the Gas Board or any other body have serviced your boiler that it is ok.
I knew someone who had his boiler serviced just one week before he died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and his wife was seriously ill for many months after the event.The boiler was not serviced correctly, the Company concerned finished up in court but no consolation to the death of the person
This is factual, he was a member of our Golf club, and it probable that if he had detectors installed Richard would still be alive today, he was 43 years of age.

So if you do not have detectors get them tomorrow they could save your life.

Do not buy the type that changes colour if monoxide is detected they do not sound an alarm, you need to spend around a minimum of £20 to get a satisfactory one

George

Dawnie.............my prayers have been asnwered............sooooo glad everything is okay especially all your spot checks, central heating boiler etc. reckon a cuppa will not go amiss right now.xxxx

Hi Colin, was on the same wavelength as you...glad it's turned out to have a happy ending.. cuppa for you tooxxxxx

Thank goodness all is well... thanks for letting us know, Dawn

did you say the old one is now indicating that it is working properly?

Love

Daff xxx

Gld you are OK Dawn.
Thanks Daff just shows what good things we learn on here.
I do keep my chimney swept regular so am OK on that part. I learnt the hard way too but not carbon poisoning just setting fire to the chimney. Fire men said they didn't need an adress they just followed the smoke. Thank goodness for nosey neighbours I was sat in here and didn't have a clue. He went to my OH in the garage and said do you know your chimney is on fire OH thought he was joking said you hum it I will sing it.:-)
Think I will have to buy one of those detector things though.
Germaine
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Colin you sweetie honestly am fine

JP am ok but keeping an eye on it.

I still think the gas board or fire service would be more than happy to come out and check...they did for my Mum and she had imagined it...they were still perfectly happy and said they ''preferred a dozen false calls to 1 real one''

I know it is all supposition on our part that indeed Dawnie and family just might be in danger......hopefully not... but does anyone know or have direct contact with Dawnie.......because like the rest of you I want to ensure she do not install yet another detector and presume that all will be well....

Oh Dawn, phew pleased that you are okay...spent the last half hour trawling through my pm's for your address you sent me before chrimbo for the special magic key and was all ready to leap in the car to make sure you were okay. col x

Hi Germaine... it is any fossil fuel, wood burners and bbq's can have the same effect... is why a bbq should never be used indoors.

Hello Rhoda, I think that is the presumption that Dawn is making, and is off to get a new detector to check it out, I think.

Love

Daff xxx

Ok am back with new thingys to show if its present or not and its not changing colour.

Hubby just thrown into conversation oh it fell on the floor the other day dohhhhhhhh why not say before I do the mad woman chasing round act.

Old one has stopped bleeping and is showing the right lights to say it is working.

Gas boiler has only just been checked as have a contract with British Gas to do it and if they dont contact us to arrange it we always call them.

Chimney has been swept recently cos Tiddler and laddo love going in garden and watchng for the brish to come out the top. Hubby also just said stove got really hot earlier and he turned it down but didnt open damper so might of set it off.

Dont worry I keep checking the thingy hasnt changed colour and have ventilation going right through the house now, this is one thing I dont mess with and if it it changes in the slightest will be onto the fire brigade (any excuse for a fireman to come visiting)

Thank you for worrying and can promise you I am not taking it lightly and ignoring it

d xx

hi

have you tried it with new batteries because mine goes of when the batteries are running out to let me know i need to replace them.

hope this helps

Hope Dawnie is OK.
By the way I didn't know that this could happen with coal fires thought it was only gas.
Thanks for that.
Germaine
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Joyce, you are absolutely right... also, the symptoms of slow poisoning mimic some of the symptoms Dawnie has anyway...... so I am really worried now.

Ann do you know if anyone can contact her???

My son's friend at Uni died from it...

Love

Daff xxx

dawnie said she was going to focus so i guess she is not back yet.

Ann
Glos