Our CO detector started going off last night and would not stop. I have read that this could be caused by a gas furnace (which we have) and sometimes by a refrigerator (which we have). We do not have a gas water heater or stove or clothes dryer and the propane furnace and electric hot water heater are in our basement. Last week we had the big East Coast snowstorm and we were housebound for several days. During that time we both suffered headaches and I have developed a very scratchy throat and cough, which I attributed to the dry air inside. We thought about calling the fire department to come out with one of their hand held detectors last night when this first started, but we were worried that they would put us out of our house in the middle of the night with two dogs and nowhere to go. Right now we have the furnace turned off, the fans going and the windows cracked. I'm going to call the furnace repair people tomorrow to come have a look and see if our furnace isn't working properly and I have ordered a digital CO detector on Amazon that will be here Tuesday. Has anyone had experience with this sort of thing and can you give us some guidance on what else to look for that could be causing this to happen? Are we overlooking something important? I realize this is a serious situation, but we live in a remote area and do not want to leave our home unattended, but then we don't want to die from CO poisoning either. Thanks in advance for any replies/advice. This is all new to us.
Submitted January 31, 2016 at 11:01PM by OneIrishRover http://ift.tt/1QQvbJM DIY
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