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Carbon monoxide safety in the home
It is that time of year again, when we turn on our heating systems to help warm us up against the chill outside. It is also vital that during that time we all take special care to ensure that your home is as carbon monoxide safe as possible.
It is also vital that during that time we all take special care to ensure that your home is as carbon monoxide safe as possible. So what is carbon monoxide and why do you need to minimise the amount emitted by your boiler?
Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that is produced by the combustion of general fossil fuels, so fuels that include gas, wood, coal, oil, etc. Generally your boiler will not emit enough carbon monoxide to become an issue, but if you would like to make double sure, here are some tips for minimising your boiler's (and other carbon monoxide emitting appliances like gas ovens, open fires, etc) carbon monoxide output.
- If you are installing a new gas appliance double check that the person installing it is a registered Gas Safe heating engineer.
- You have to have your gas appliances serviced at least once a year. When you do have them serviced you will once again need to make sure that you contact a registered Gas Safe engineers. A handy solution to this is to have heateam, the experienced Baxi boiler repair team, do your annual service.
- Never block any provided ventilation areas around your boiler parts.
- If you want it can also be a good idea to buy a carbon monoxide detector so that you know exactly when the levels being emitted become hazardous.
That is how simple it is to keep your carbon monoxide emissions to a minimum, if you would like more information regarding the topic or extended warrantees feel free to visit the Baxi boiler repair site.
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