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CO/CO2 Alarms

  • 10-03-2014 4:35pm
    #1
    SachaJ
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    Afternoon all.....

    I'm just wondering what the consensus is on CO/CO2 alarms for a house? This week I'm moving into a house (1950's) that has no alarms. 4 bedrooms, bathroom, sitting room, kitchen/diner, utility, hall & landing. Both the sitting room and the kitchen/diner will have room heating stoves (inset) installed in the future.

    Do you generally put them in the hall, landing and sitting room? Or should I put them in the other rooms also?

    With CO alarms, it it better to install at bed height (if putting in bedrooms) or on the ceiling?

    Appreciate any advice.


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  • #2
    kieranhr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭kieranhr


    SachaJ wrote: »
    Afternoon all.....

    I'm just wondering what the consensus is on CO/CO2 alarms for a house? This week I'm moving into a house (1950's) that has no alarms. 4 bedrooms, bathroom, sitting room, kitchen/diner, utility, hall & landing. Both the sitting room and the kitchen/diner will have room heating stoves (inset) installed in the future.

    Do you generally put them in the hall, landing and sitting room? Or should I put them in the other rooms also?

    With CO alarms, it it better to install at bed height (if putting in bedrooms) or on the ceiling?

    Appreciate any advice.

    With fire alarms, current best practice is a smoke detector in every room with a high fire risk (e.g. Open fire, stove, boiler, etc.) plus the escape routes (hall and landing) and then a heat detector in the kitchen.
    Carbon Monoxide alarms in every room that has a fuel burning appliance. These usually go on the ceiling, and on the high side of the ceiling if it's sloped, but basically follow the instructions.


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