We just got our very old furnace serviced yesterday. Currently I have 2 units, one in the hallway outside our bedrooms and one in the basement. They are old, although they still “say” they work. I think it’s time to replace.
I’m thinking of buying one for each bedroom, one for the 1st floor and one in the basement. What do you all have?
I have no heating and no CO detectors.
Here is a link to the handout our fire department uses. we have them on each floor of the house. When our furnace was replaced with a high efficiency one, local code required a hardwired one in the area of the furnace.
https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/Public-Education/Resources/Safety-tip-sheets/COSafety.ashx?la=en
We have two - one along staircase to basement and one in upstairs hallway.
One on every floor
@HImom do you have a gas dryer?
We have two.
They are important. In December, 2008, concrete had just been placed for the foundation for our house addition. As luck would have it, it was the coldest December in many years. We had a heater running to warm the concrete. We thought we had it vented properly, but some of the fumes drifted into the house and set off the detector. It scares me to think what would have happened without the detector.
One on every floor and one in our master bedroom. Not sure why we did this like 30 years ago
We have one on every floor.
We don’t have natural gas as we have no gas lines in our neighborhood, but we do have a propane tank outside for our gas stove as well as a wood burning fireplace.
One per floor is what we have and what is recommended.
We replaced them all along with all new fire detectors last year.
With our bedroom being redone due to the electrical burning in our attic 3 months ago, and an old furnace, I think it’s time to just replace the CO’s and smoke detectors throughout. That really spooked me.
We have what the NYS code requires for post 2008 buildings though ours was built in 1924.
915.2.3.1.1.1 A carbon monoxide alarm shall be provided on each story containing a sleeping area, within 15 feet of the sleeping area. More than one carbon monoxide alarm shall be provided where necessary to assure that no sleeping area on such story is more than 15 feet away from a carbon monoxide alarm.
915.2.3.1.1.2 A carbon monoxide alarm shall be provided on each story that contains a carbon monoxide source.
We have one per floor - in the basement near the furnace, first floor near the fireplace, second floor outside the laundry room, and in the third floor bedroom. They are wired in with the smoke detectors and security system.
One in the basement by the furnace and one on the small wall between ours and the guest/baby room.
@romanigypsyeyes , we just had the HVAC guy out yesterday. He said the detectors should not be right next to the furnace. He told me why, but I wasn’t listening because ours aren’t there anyway. Something you might want to research.
We have one, at the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor.
Where required by code. Also in bedrooms where people sleep and which have heater vents.
We have 2. One in the hall outside the kids bedrooms and the other at the top of a flight of stairs outside our master bedroom. I think they should be replaced every 10 years. We just recently replaced.
We have smoke detectors in every bedroom and every hallway. We also have fire sprinklers which I’m thankful we haven’t had to use.
I know we have 2 stand-alone ones. I’m pretty sure our ceiling mounted detectors on each floor are combo smoke/CO.
I guess we need one more…we have one in the landing outside of the bedrooms. The only gas source we have is a vented fireplace which is on the first floor. Guess we should have one there.
Smoke detectors in every bedroom, on the upper landing, in the hall that adjoins the kitchen, and in the basement which is a finished one.
Besides fuel burning appliances, an attached garage with any ventilation connection to the house can also be a CO hazard if someone leaves a non-electric car on in there with the garage door closed.