Gas & Carbon Monoxide Alarms

Part of our standard snagging checks include a check on the vents and gas connections to the boiler and we have only ever one gas leak on all the checks on RODA

Today on 3b we found a boiler with a low levels carbon monoxide gas leaking into the kitchen, again the first time that we have seen this defect on RODA

The boiler could be heard labouring which suggests it was being starved of air or that the vents were blocked

One of our standard recomendations is that a  battery powered Carbon Monoxide alarm and smoke alarm be fitted in the kitchen and makers such as KIdde make these, cost in the UK around 50 pounds

Please make sure that you fit one of these in your property

They are about €99 in Leroy Merlin in Murcia and easy to fit.

Kidde smoke and carbon detectors are £29.99 at B&Q

Here's a good one for you.  I had mains plug in type carbon monoxide detectors in properties in uk and they are very good at picking up carbon monoxide and...........alcohol.  My plumber suggests using the card type and replacing them the reccommended after 3 months.  I know it's a pain but you don't want renters having a booze -up then calling every two minutes screeming they are getting gassed.

The problem with the card type is that they do not provide a audable alarm just change colour which is not a lot of good if a leak is overnight whdn the cnetrak heating is running

I think that I would rather have the screaming and safe however I have not seen the booze thing

Just one tip on the boilers and again on todays snagging check on phase 3b there was no leak but the air vent was blocked 

One way to tell is to make sure when you do a snagging inspection that you run the central heating, turn on all the rads, and then run taps in the kitchen and bathroom and listen to the boiler

If you can hear the boiler struggling and not running continually, almost what I would describe as a clonking noise from the boiler, there is a problem

The vents can sometimes be blocked with builders rubble which means they will run OK untill they are put under some load when they struggle 

The person that we were checking for were staying in phase 3a and were having the same problem plus a number of leaking radiators so you should always check the heating and AC as part of the first inspection if the utilities are connected