What causes carbon monoxide to be produced? How can I prevent this happening in my home? There are some easy steps to take to reduce the chances of a heating appliance making carbon monoxide: 1. Ensure all heating appliances are put into your home correctly by a registered professional 2.
Have them serviced by a professional every year 3. Have your chimneys swept regularly 4. How do I know if I need a carbon monoxide detector? How many carbon monoxide detectors do I need?
What are the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning? If you are interested in learning more about indoor air quality or setting up a carbon monoxide detector in your home, contact Precision Heating and Air today. Call us at or fill out our online form. Free Estimate Call for a Free Consultation Here are some guidelines for installing your carbon monoxide alarm: If the home only has one carbon monoxide alarm, it should be installed in the main bedroom or in the hallway outside of the sleeping area.
Avoid installing the alarm near a window or dead space. There are many conditions which can cause a CO detector to alarm. Most are preventable and few are actually life threatening. Ideally through proper placement of the detector and education of the users the number of preventable calls can be minimized and activation will only occur in the more serious situations. While many causes can be prevented others can not and may occur unpredictably. Not only are these problems harder to predict but they also tend to be more serious in nature.
Examples of these type problems are:. Minimizing preventable events allows everyone to take other less preventable and predictable events more seriously. First and foremost, stay calm. As mentioned previously most situations resulting in activation of a CO detector are not life threatening and do not require calling To determine the need to call , ask the following question of everyone in the household: "Does anyone feel ill?
Is anyone experiencing the 'flu-like' symptoms of headache, nausea or dizziness? If the answer to the above by anyone in the household is true, evacuate the household to a safe location and have someone call Failure to evacuate immediately may result in prolonged exposure and worsening effects from possible CO gas.
The best initial treatment for CO gas exposure is fresh air. If the answer to the above by everyone in the household is no, the likelihood of a serious exposure is greatly diminished and one probably does not need to call Instead, turn off any gas burning appliances or equipment, ventilate the area, and attempt to reset the alarm.
If the alarm will not reset or resounds, call a qualified heating and ventilating service contractor to inspect your system for possible problems.
If at any time during this process someone begins to feel ill with the symptoms described above evacuate the household to a safe location and have someone call Remember, CO is produced as a by-product of combustion. Unless you have fuel burning non-electric equipment running you cannot have CO. Unfortunately there are a lot of unreliable CO detectors out there. If your detector is over 5 years old, it may need replacing. If you are still unsure, call and the Bellaire Fire Department will bring out their own CO monitoring equipment.
Skip to Main Content. Loading Close. Do Not Show Again Close. Sign In. Medical Effects of CO and How to Recognize Them CO inhibits the blood's ability to carry oxygen to body tissues including vital organs such as the heart and brain.
Selecting the Best Detector for You Regardless of the type of sensor used all detectors sold on the market today should conform to minimum sensitivity and alarm characteristics.
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