Thank God for CO2 Detectors

[Sturmgewehr]

Glad to hear you and your family are well. Very dangerous indeed. As I type this our wood burning stove is chugging along. I have 4 CO detectors scattered around our house. Along with smoke alarms, Carbon Monoxide detectors are a must in a home.

While we're on the subject of invisible toxic gases another one to be wary of is Radon. I highly recommend that everyone here buy a Radon detector. Especially so if your home is built on a basement foundation.

 

[Day2Day]

Thankful your family is safe, and prayers for you boy.

 

[huntertrw]

Thanks be to God that you, your family, and your pets survived!

 

[ziv]

Thank God that you, your family, and your pets survived!

We haven't heard about the cat though.

 

[DeaconPiper]

We haven't heard about the cat though.

Turns out we need a new fitting on the stove pipe. It's extremely windy here in Central Washington, and the fitting will help secure and prevent this situation from becoming a problem again.

Thank God, the cat survived!

 

[Bub]

I can tell you from personal experience that you can tell if the concentration of CO2 gets too high. I served on a diesel sub. I've seen the air get so bad that a match wouldn't stay lit, and guys would still try to light a cigarette. When the CO2 gets high, you can breath as hard as you like and still not get enough air. It's very uncomfortable.
According to our corpsman, it's the high CO2 not the lack of oxygen that you feel.

We had CO2 absorbent that could be spread out if needed but it never got that bad. When it got dark, we would raise the snorkel and the engines would draw fresh sea air in through the boat. God, that felt good.

 

[huntertrw]

I served on a diesel sub.

Ah, a smoke-boat sailor. Thank-you for your service, Sir!

 

[Bub]

Ah, a smoke-boat sailor. Thank-you for your service, Sir!

Well, I was once called a sewer pipe sailor.

 

[DesertDan]

Glad to hear you are all safe.
Saying prayers for your son.

 

[HeadMisfit]

The best pellet stove was Bixby brand. The exhaust pipe was part of the air intake pipe. TOtally self contained. And the cold outside air in the outisde pipe layer, kept the hot air on the inner layer from setting the house wall on fire..

I dont trust any smoke or co detectors. If you can have two people in a public bathroom smacking the dope cigs for half an hour at a time, and never go off...