Comments on: Are carbon monoxide detectors required if your stove is electric & you use Radiant Heat from a boiler?

By: kittyluvr0223

kittyluvr0223 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:47:07 +0000

you probably don’t need one, but it would be a good idea to have a CO detector anyway because you live in an apartment. someone else in your apartment building may have a fire or something and because CO is invisible and has no scent, you wouldn’t even realize you were breathing in the poisonous fumes.

By: ata31254

ata31254 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:47:07 +0000

its a gray area the problem is is the heater and hot water tank heated by gas?are they vented thru a chimminy?if not then no you don’t need a co detector

By: richard Alvarado

richard Alvarado — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:47:07 +0000

If you don’t have any gas in your home then you aren’t making any carbon monoxide. What you need to find out is if the vent stack from the apartment boiler is in anyway connected with your apartment ventillation system. If the answer is no, then the only carbon monoxide that might be generated in your apartment is if you smoke cigarettes.