Thankfully we have a carbon monoxide alarm.

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remey

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Hi all,

I say so because we have one which was activated yesterday. First time we've even heard it. Opened doors and windows. Called Bord Gais out and they said the boiler is hazardous, fumes very high and under no circumstances is ito be used. It was only serviced in May.

Husband phoned BG after the report and was told that as they serviced it last time they cannot look at it again, it needs to be independently assessed at our expense and that they would not be looking at it. To cut a long story short after lots of giving out, we received a call from them this morning to say they will send someone out today to fix (no heat last night!!). A friend who services boilers think its possible that they are afraid they didnt service it correctly and want to look at it themselves.

Basically, thank god we have the alarm as who knows what could've happened. We've a 15 month old baby too.

If you don't have one, get one. They are cheap to buy.
 
You were very lucky to have the alarm.

When they're finished the repair I would certainly get the friend to have a look at it also :eek:
 
such a scary tale, thank you for sharing it. we're only in this house 8 months and I dont know if we have CM alarm but I'll be checking today...
 
I'm no expert so correct me if I'm wrong. but in England as part of the service they must do a gas exhaust analysis. This would give the servicer a way to show that it was working properly after the service unless they did not put the cover on properly.

I am guessing that if it went to court Board gas would say that the service eng passed his exam (CORGI equivalent) and it was nothing to do with them. You would be left with your word against the professional unless you spent further money to establish that it was negligence on his behalf. I'm sure that a 2nd service report would be on the side of the 1st service engineer. It should be investigated by the governing body and it should not cost you a penny. They should also do this immediately. IMO a failure of the regulator
 
Phester, in Ireland there is no requirement for FGA (mad I know) unless the
manufacturer says so (even then it gets ignored) which most don't unless its a hi-eff pre-mix

But atitude is changing thank god
 
After I read this I checked my own alarm to see that it was still flashing green. I picked mine up in Woodies a couple of years ago for about €40. I think they have dropped in price since then.
You know Remey, you bought the alarm, you got your boiler serviced as recommended, then you ended up getting your boiler serviced from a person with the standards of a banker/politician/builder. Our country is full of them.
 
Update:
They repaired the boiler and took CM readings afterwards and all ok.
My husband bought a second CM alarm for immediately outside the utility room door.
We'd the heat on for hours yesterday, turned it off around 8 and lit the fire with 2 fire logs as we only wanted it for a while.
About an hour later the new alarm went off. Did the usual opening doors & windows and called BG. They said they are 99% sure that its not the boiler, that it must be the fire????
Alarm stopped a while later.
Hard to know what to do.
 
I hope you get to have that sorted..
I have a CM alarm its near both the boiler and the stove..

Am amazed at the amount of people who don't have one.

Would love you to update and let us know what the situation is,as its quite worrying really..
When they came to service your boiler did they take CM readings?
When they called out yesterday did they take readings then?
 
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Just to be awkward..CM!....its CO

Remy, as your gas installer to perform a spillage test on the fire, and also an ambient CO room safety test
 
I wonder what people done when CM alarms were not around? Just lit fires and boilers and then died off due to CM poisoning? I doubt it.
 
colin79ie said:
I wonder what people done when CM alarms were not around? Just lit fires and boilers and then died off due to CM poisoning? I doubt it.
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No, but they lived in drafty houses where there were more than sufficient changes of air per day to reduce CO levels below danger levels.
Leo
 
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