gas carbon monoxide meter?

wesley · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:53

hi guys

every morning i get to work and get very strong smell of gas carbon monoxide, in the last few months, they had problem with the gas boiler, the manager asked the director to sort it out but he seems to ignored it.

one of the colleague took a long term sick leave due serious lack of sleeping. i thought it mite be linked to the carbon monoxide

is there any cheapo gas carbon monoxide i could get and test the level of gas.

cheers

PS. is it illegal for the director to ignore it?

fatiain · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:54

You can't smell carbon monoxide.

Melm0 · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:55

fatiain said:
You can't smell carbon monoxide.

Im sure there will be a detector for it though

titchard · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:56

I think you mean you can smell just regualar gas, as stated, monoxide is odourless which is why it fills the house and can kill as no one knows.

Rich

Ak!ta · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:58

You can buy Carbon Monoxide detectors... there only cheap - they look similar to Smoke detectors...

fatiain · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:59

Melm0 said:
Im sure there will be a detector for it though

Yes you can, you get them in DIY stores.

That crap competitor that never has anything in stock sell them too.

wesley · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:59

didnt realise we couldnt smell carbon monoxide, my mistake, so what is it? just gas?

fatiain · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:00

And carbon monoxide won't stop you sleeping. Just the opposite.

fatiain · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:00

wesley said:
didnt realise we couldnt smell carbon monoxide, my mistake, so what is it? just gas?

Is it a sulphury smell (bit eggy)? Then it's gas.

MATTeL · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:01

wesley said:
didnt realise we couldnt smell carbon monoxide, my mistake, so what is it? just gas?

Yup just plain old exploding gas.

You can get CO meters from almost anywhere now, even large supermarkets sell them these days.

Pudney · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:04

MATTeL said:
Yup just plain old exploding gas.

You can get CO meters from almost anywhere now, even large supermarkets sell them these days.

Plain old gas doesn't have an odour either. The addititives put into it to make it smell do have an odour though

Loki · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:23

Pudney@work said:
Plain old gas doesn't have an odour either. The addititives put into it to make it smell do have an odour though

Quoted for the Truth. Same as Propane, Butane and Dissolved Acetylene as well. Although the additive is different for Propane/Butane, it's supposed to smell like fish, DA is supposed to have a Garlic additive

singist · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:24

MATTeL said:
Yup just plain old exploding gas.

You can get CO meters from almost anywhere now, even large supermarkets sell them these days.

I think you mean "detectors" not "meters"; meters are quite expensive, detectors, less so.

To the OP; if it's gas, (or even if not

) ring the gas board, or whoever (transco) and say you can smell a leak ..... let them check it out.

Phog · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:25

Definitely want to get it looked at aswell!

Pudney · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:26

I'd suggest lighting a match in various places around the building. If there's an explosion, then there's probably a leak and you should call someone out to have a look at it. If there's not an explosion, then find the source of the smell and tell them to wash more frequently.

The_Blue_Dragon · 13 Mar 2006 at 11:28

We get ours from british gas. They come back ever year to replace it

Stringy · 13 Mar 2006 at 11:51

Somebody order a CO detector?

Messiah Khan · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:22

Stringy said:
Somebody order a CO detector?

LOL.. Harsh but funny

fatiain · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:30

messiah khan said:
LOL.. Harsh but funny

And wrong, it was canaries they used!

Stringy · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:37

Bah, budgies would work just as well.