Carbon monoxide safety in Oldbury homes: what to do if your CO alarm sounds, the symptoms to know, and how to keep your boiler and gas appliances safe.
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Ventilate, switch off if safe, get out and ring 0800 111 999.
Headache, dizziness, nausea, breathlessness or confusion need urgent medical help.
Never block air vents or box in a flue during building work.
An annual service catches burning and venting problems early.
Fit a CO alarm in the same room as the boiler and in sleeping areas, and test it.
Carbon monoxide is a gas you cannot see or smell, and it is produced when appliances that burn gas or other fuel do not burn properly or cannot vent their fumes. A working alarm is your early warning, and when it sounds, safety comes before anything else.
If the alarm goes off, open doors and windows, turn off gas appliances if it is safe to do so, and leave the house with everyone. Then phone the National Gas Emergency number, 0800 111 999. Anyone with a headache, dizziness, nausea, breathlessness or confusion needs medical help straight away, so call 999. Wait outside until you are told it is safe.
In Oldbury we find most CO problems with gas fires and boilers that have missed their annual service, and with flues that have been boxed in or blocked during home improvements. Keeping appliances serviced and flues clear is what keeps families safe.
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Learn more →Leave the house with everyone, opening windows and doors as you go and turning off gas appliances if safe. Ring 0800 111 999 from outside, and 999 if anybody feels unwell.
Check the date on the back. Most last around seven to ten years.
Yes. Appliances need air to burn properly, so blocked vents and flues are a risk.
The appliance must be repaired by a gas engineer before it is used. Ring us to arrange it.
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