What Safety Measures Have You Added

[Papelletman]

Just curious what safety precautions you have added with the use of a stove. I have added a smoke/co alarm in the stove room about 15 feet away, two digital co alarms outside of the bedroom areas, a co2 meter in the stove room/living room, and keep a fire extinguisher handy in stove room during burning season.

 

[DneprDave]

Nothing besides the smoke and CO alarms I already had in the house. I don't think any extra safety measures are necessary with a pellet stove.

Dave

 

[Pete Zahria]

Nothing extra.

 

[guidez]

I have a CO detector in the hallway near our bedrooms, but I got that due to all the CO scares in Maine last year, not because of the pellet stove. Otherwise nothing extra.

*Guidez edited CO2 to CO 'cause he is an idiot*

 

[begreen]

CO is carbon monoxide and what you want to monitor. CO2 is carbon dioxide and always present.

 

[guidez]

CO is carbon monoxide and what you want to monitor. CO2 is carbon dioxide and always present.

No idea what you are talking about. I did not edit my post to have the correct element. Nope. No sir-ee.

 

[Peterfield]

Are carbon monoxide detectors (I need to get some) mounted high like smoke detectors or lower. I thought I read somewhere the carbon monoxide gas is heavy and doesn't rise like smoke does. Is that true and if so, should those detectors be mounted lower?

 

[DneprDave]

Carbon monoxide is slightly lighter than air, so detectors should be mounted near the ceiling.

Dave

 

[xSpecBx]

I already have a CO detector at the bottom of my steps leading to the bedrooms connected to my alarm system and another at the top of my steps which is hardwired to the house. Im planning on putting one in the living room near the stove and I already have a fire extinguisher for the fireplace

 

[hossthehermit]

No idea what you are talking about. I did not edit my post to have the correct element. Nope. No sir-ee.

CO is a COMPOUND of TWO elements - C ( carbon ) and O (oxygen) ..............

 

[guidez]

CO is a COMPOUND of TWO elements - C ( carbon ) and O (oxygen) ..............

I was being facetious

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

Good reference for CO detectors:

http://www.homesafe.com/coalert/

 

[BrotherBart]

(broken link removed to http://carbonmonoxidemyths.com/where-to-locate-a-carbon-monoxide-detector.php)

 

[CTguy9230]

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Just curious what safety precautions you have added with the use of a stove. I have added a smoke/co alarm in the stove room about 15 feet away, two digital co alarms outside of the bedroom areas, a co2 meter in the stove room/living room, and keep a fire extinguisher handy in stove room during burning season.

just as a heads up...you may want to move your extinguisher out of the stove room and into another close by room, if anything were to happen to your
stove and ..god forbid you had a fire, you may not be able to get to it

 

[johneh]

CO and Smoke detector are mandatory in Ontario on each floor It's the law
and I have fire extinguishers at all exits

 

[Peterfield]

Great responses and thanks for clearing that up for me. Safety first.

 

[batchman]

Just curious what safety precautions you have added with the use of a stove.

I have smoke and CO detectors but am thinking of updating them. Need to work on improving extinguishers too. But the safety feature I did add right away was a UPS big enough to run the stove until the fire is out. Of course I'm still working on thermostat and cutting feed on power outage...

Cheers,
- Jeff

 

[bill3rail]

Nothing new, I have a 10Lb extinguisher mounted near the back door since we moved in. CO2 and smoke detectors were already mounted prior to the pellet stove.

Bill

 

[Mt Bob]

Nothing new.Agree on moving extinguisher,was always taught have that by a door to the outside,make sure you can escape before ever attempting anything.

 

[tjnamtiw]

just as a heads up...you may want to move your extinguisher out of the stove room and into another close by room, if anything were to happen to your
stove and ..god forbid you had a fire, you may not be able to get to it

I was going to say that too. You want to run INTO the fire WITH a fire extinguisher and not to GET a fire extinguisher!

 

[SMCSullyMan]

Are carbon monoxide detectors (I need to get some) mounted high like smoke detectors or lower. I thought I read somewhere the carbon monoxide gas is heavy and doesn't rise like smoke does. Is that true and if so, should those detectors be mounted lower?

Peter, you may be thinking of Carbon Dioxide, that second oxygen atom makes it slightly denser than air.

 

[Big papa]

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Just curious what safety precautions you have added with the use of a stove. I have added a smoke/co alarm in the stove room about 15 feet away, two digital co alarms outside of the bedroom areas, a co2 meter in the stove room/living room, and keep a fire extinguisher handy in stove room during burning season.

I put a parakeet in a cage by the stove.if he/she drops then I leave the room.oh and installed a water hose hook up right beside the stove and have hand mits

 

[Peterfield]

Peter, you may be thinking of Carbon Dioxide, that second oxygen atom makes it slightly denser than air.

I think it was my son who had told me that. Perhaps I remembered it wrong and he was referring to a different gas that's heavier than air.

 

[Polar Bear]

CO and Smoke detector are mandatory in Ontario on each floor It's the law
and I have fire extinguishers at all exits

Are you sure about the CO detectors being mandatory on every floor? As far as Bill 77 states, every home with a fuel burning appliance is required to have a CO detector. They RECOMMEND one on every floor.

 

[RKS130]

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Just curious what safety precautions you have added with the use of a stove. I have added a smoke/co alarm in the stove room about 15 feet away, two digital co alarms outside of the bedroom areas, a co2 meter in the stove room/living room, and keep a fire extinguisher handy in stove room during burning season.

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