Well, you'd have to know my friends. He's a contractor who tied in with a realtor and they'd go around buying houses (realtor's money) and fixing them (friend's money) and then selling for profit. When they bought this house, they had just given up the lease on the duplex they had and needed a place to stay. So with the fixer-upper mentality, don't think they'd have worried with an inspector. And they're not the brightest with money or business matters. Most people up here purchase houses pending the inspector's report. And yes, CO detectors are well used up here, but not by everyone. I have one in my house. Just hate it when they conk out. When they conk out why can't they just conk out instead of alarming in the middle of the night!!
BTW - was disappointed in my smoke detector last night. Put some brussels sprouts on to cook and then got on the computer. smelled something burning and ran back to kitchen to find little charcoal pieces in the pot, 1-2 feet of smoke on the ceiling and no alarm.
Brenda
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2006 1:17 pm
Subject: Re: OT: CO poisoning WAS bread
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I'm amazed that when they bought the house they didn't have an inspector who
caught this horrible problem. If they DID have an inspector who DIDN'T
catch the problem I'd be chewing that one out big time! Also, here many
people install CO detectors...have they not caught on in Canada? Something
I would consider on a par with a smoke detector now that they are more
reliable than when first introduced.
Debbie
BRENDA PINK
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:18 PM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: OT: bread
The real sad thing was that they bought the house because the elderly person
that lived there had died early in the year, in the house. The family
closed up the house (and likely shut down the furnace) until my friends
bought it and moved in. After that, we were wondering if this elderly
person had died from CO poisoning. With elderly people they usually don't
do autopsies. My friends wondered whether they should contact the family to
tell them and I said probably not, would probably just make them feel bad to
know that might have been the cause of death.
Brenda
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2006 10:55 am
Subject: Re: OT: bread
> almost couldn't wake their 15 year old son.
> Oh, my God.
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A garden is never so good as it will be next year.
~~Thomas Cooper
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A garden is never so good as it will be next year.
~~Thomas Cooper
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The ones that work on heat are useless becasue the room can fill with smoke before it gets hot enough to set them off. THat's all I know. From experience with government - surprise - going with lowest bidder and putting heat detectors in our labs. Big mistake.
I WILL have to check the batteries though.
Brenda
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2006 2:49 pm
Subject: Re: OT: CO poisoning WAS bread
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~~Thomas Cooper
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Smoke/fire detectors work different ways. I found that out when I was
trying to decide what we wanted for this house. Some work on =
temperature,
some have infrared sensors for light, etc. Maybe you need a new =
detector.
George could tell you a lot more about this, I know.
Elizabeth
tiarella@bellsouth.net
Zone 6, KY
Gardens Listowner
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-Gardening
=A0
BRENDA
PINK
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:44 PM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: OT: CO poisoning WAS bread
{snip}
BTW - was disappointed in my smoke detector last night. Put some =
brussels
sprouts on to cook and then got on the computer. smelled something =
burning
and ran back to kitchen to find little charcoal pieces in the pot, 1-2 =
feet
of smoke on the ceiling and no alarm.
Brenda
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A garden is never so good as it will be next year.
~~Thomas Cooper
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Well, it sounds like they could have ended up on the Darwin awards list if
they move into old houses in the winter without checking out the soundness
of the heating system...
BRENDA PINK
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:44 PM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: OT: CO poisoning WAS bread
Well, you'd have to know my friends. He's a contractor who tied in with a
realtor and they'd go around buying houses (realtor's money) and fixing them
(friend's money) and then selling for profit. When they bought this house,
they had just given up the lease on the duplex they had and needed a place
to stay. So with the fixer-upper mentality, don't think they'd have worried
with an inspector. And they're not the brightest with money or business
matters. Most people up here purchase houses pending the inspector's
report. And yes, CO detectors are well used up here, but not by everyone. I
have one in my house. Just hate it when they conk out. When they conk out
why can't they just conk out instead of alarming in the middle of the
night!!
BTW - was disappointed in my smoke detector last night. Put some brussels
sprouts on to cook and then got on the computer. smelled something burning
and ran back to kitchen to find little charcoal pieces in the pot, 1-2 feet
of smoke on the ceiling and no alarm.
Brenda
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A garden is never so good as it will be next year.
~~Thomas Cooper
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George says always get a smoke detector, heat detectors aren't much good
in homes. We have two, one within ten feet of the kitchen stove, another
in the bedroom(s) hallway. Never put one in the kitchen or within ten
feet of a bathroom (hot showers with steam escaping mess up the
detector). Change the batteries every time there's a time change, spring
and fall, test the detector once a month to ensure it is working. All
the ones sold in the US have test buttons. Some jurisdictions require
that the detector be wired into the household circuit. If yours does get
an extra one or two that are battery operated, sometimes the electricity
goes off before the wired one sounds then where are you. Stay alive is
the name of the game. If you have kids, handicapped people in the house,
etc. set up an escape plan with a designated place for everyone to go,
do a headcount when you get there to make sure all are out. Run a drill
at odd times two or three or even four times a year. It may save your
life. Also, don't forget a CO (Carbon Monoxide) detector, they save a
lot of lives every winter.
George, taking off his safety helmet
Elizabeth wrote:
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