I hear of people dying every year from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. If you have a fireplace, wood burning stove, or use gas of any kind you really should invest in a CO monitor. Some smoke detectors have the CO detectors included in them.
CO is caused by incomplete burning of fuel, propane, kerosene, gasoline, oil, natural gas, wood and charcoal. And because it is odorless and colorless it is a silent killer, people just die in their sleep. It even causes you to be drowsy, so you’ll never know what is going on. It is preventable though. It is recommended that you follow three steps: Inspect, Protect, and Detect. The Following details come directly from UL (Underwriters Laboratories).
Inspect
· Don’t forget to inspect! Fuel-burning appliances such as furnaces, hot water heaters and stoves require yearly maintenance. Over time, components can become damaged or deteriorate. Have a qualified technician inspect your fuel-burning appliances once a year as they can identify and repair problems with your fuel-burning appliances.
Protect
· Protect your family, especially while they sleep. Purchase and install UL-LISTED CO alarms outside each sleeping area, including the basement and any other locations required by applicable laws. Read the manufacturer’s instructions carefully before installing a CO alarm. The UL-LISTING on a CO alarm means the product has been found free of foreseeable hazards and is safer for your family.
· Is your CO alarm installed in the right place? Do not place a CO alarm within five feet of household chemicals. And, avoid placing your alarm directly on top of or near fuel-burning appliances as these appliances will emit some CO when initially turned-on.
· Make sure you test, so your alarm works the best! Test and replace the battery in your CO alarm at least once a year. If your alarm is wired directly into your home’s electrical system, you should test it monthly. If your unit operates off of a battery, test the alarm monthly and replace the battery at least once a year.
· Know the signs of potential CO poisoning. CO poisoning may be the cause of flu-like symptoms such as headaches, tightness of chest, dizziness, fatigue, confusion and breathing difficulties. Because CO poisoning often causes a victim’s blood pressure to rise, the victim’s skin may take on a pink or red cast.
Detect
· If your CO alarm goes off – GET OUT – quickly and safely! Practice a CO safety escape plan with your family so everyone knows how to react to a CO alarm. If your alarm sounds, evacuate the building and call the fire department. If you or your loved ones experience symptoms of CO poisoning – headache, dizziness or other flu-like symptoms – seek medical attention immediately. And, when you return home, be sure to open windows and doors for ventilation. Then, call a qualified technician to inspect your appliances.
· Be alert, don’t get hurt! Streaks of carbon or soot around the service door of your fuel-burning appliances, moisture collecting on the windows and walls of furnace rooms and fallen soot from the fireplace or small amounts of water leaking from the base of the chimney are all signs of a CO problem in your home.
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I would put them in the hall and the living room
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I would put the detector near the furnace.
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in the bedroom so i can sleep easy
We have one upstairs in the hall inbetween our bedrooms. However, we really need one downstairs and in the garage.
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I think you definitely need at least two. One in the basement and one near the bedrooms.
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i’d put it in my living room
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well we should really have a few I think. We have a multi level home, 2 different furnaces and a fireplace…many different issues all over
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I would put them in the hallway outside the bedrooms
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I would put it near my gas furnace. Awesome giveaway!!!!
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The best location to put a CO alarm in my house is outside our master bedroom 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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After reading their tips, I would put the monitor next to the fire alarm in my bedroom. Thank you for the giveaway!
Our house is set up with our living, kitchen, dining at one end and our bedrooms at the other. The hallway connecting all of the bedrooms would be the best place, within 5 feet of all of our doors!
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In front of our bedroom doors! I want to know that where me and my children sleep is safe!
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I think the best place would be at the top of the stairs leading down to the basement. This would be good for me because it the basement door is in the kitchen and the other side of the wall is my bedroom.
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I would put it in the hallway near our bedrooms.
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I would to place the CO alarm in the hallway outside our bedrooms
In the 1st floor utility room, that’s where the Co2 culprits, the boiler and hot water heater reside.
near the heat supply and kitchen
This would go in our long hallway
The best location to put the CO alarm in your house is by your furnace.
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The best location in my home for a CO detector is the dining room.
I need one in my basement.
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I would put one in the living room downstairs and one upstairs by the bedrooms.
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i would put it in the hall next to the thermostat
I would centrally locate it in the dining room.
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The upstairs hallway would be best here.
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I already have one downstairs, and one in the upstairs hall, but I’d like to have them in each of the bedrooms too. You can never be too safe, right?
I would put it in my bedroom.
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hallway on the way up the stairs i think.
I would pu it in our hallway.
I would put it in the hallway between the bedrooms.
I have one in the basement-one on the first floor and one on the second floor.
I’d put it near the bedrooms and also one in the downstairs hallway.
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At the top of the stairs above the furnace, which is at the bottom of the stairs to the bedrooms.
I’d put them in the hallway and also the downstairs living room.
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I would put the carbon monoxide detector right at the base of the staircase to the 2nd floor: it’s a nice central location in my house.
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I would put it in our hallway outside our bedrooms.
It would be best if we put one in the living room near our fire place.
We have one on each floor, in or just outside the bedrooms…
The best place in my house would be the hallway.
I would put a detector upstairs by the bedrooms. jgs0925 at gmail dot com
They are recommended to be placed near the bedrooms.
Right outside our bedroom
I would put them in our hallway and our living room
the best place for us is in the basement
I would put it downstairs in the hall near our bedrooms.
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I’d put it in the hall. My place is small and the hall would catch all the rooms.
According to UL: Purchase and install UL-LISTED CO alarms outside each sleeping area, including the basement and any other locations required by applicable laws.
I’ll put it in the hall inbetween our bedrooms
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The best spot is in the Master bedroom – it’s under the furnace.
The best location is in my living room.
I would have to put it in the hallway near the bedrooms.
In our hall between the kids rooms and the kitchen.
I would put them in the kitchen and in the living room as that is where most of the family is during the day and night.
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I have one on the second floor, so this would go on the first floor.
I would put it in our hall near the bedrooms.
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in the hallway outside my bedroom on the main level of the house. Also close to the groud
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I would put one in the hall by the basement stairs since that’s where our furnace is.
The best place for us would be in the Kitchen. That is the middle of our home.
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Outside our bedroom
I would put the detector in the main hallway that all the bedrooms open off of.
I would put one in the hall upstairs and on the main level. Thanks.
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I’d put one near each furnace (we have 2) and one near each gas using appliance (currently the clothes dryer and the oven in the kitchen). Thanks for the giveaway!
The living room because thats where our fireplace is.
In our front hall.
The CO2 alarm in our living room is 7 years old and the alarm started sounding last month to replace it but I am unemployed so we haven’t yet so that would be where it would go.
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I would put it in the hall by my son’s bedroom. We don’t have any of these and I think it would be good to!
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I would put one in the upstairs hall, the living room, and the family room
I think the best place would be the dining room. Thanks.
In this small house anywhere would be perfect; however you should really have them near the bedrooms first and then in a more central area.
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I would put the alarm in my upstairs hallway.
i would put in my finished basement where the furnace is
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I’d put mine right outside my bedroom door, so it would go off before the Carbon Monoxide could fully drift into the bedroom while we’re sleeping.
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The best location for our house would be the living room.
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The best place to put this alarm would be in the hallway between me and my kids…I think our house is small enough that this would work great! I’ve always wanted to get one of these!
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I think the best place would be near the kitchen because of the stove.