General Chat

came home from town yesterday to an awfull smell of gas in the front room,so i called the gas man out,he condemed our fire and boiler,so this morning gas men came to repair the fire and boiler apparantly its been burning carbon monoxide for a long while the fella said we are all lucky to be alive.he couldnt belive the state the fire was in! it explains all the headaches and sore throats we've been getting.i'll definatly be buying a tester today. merry christmas everyone tinaxx

Tina, thank goodness you are all Ok. You were so lucky - do you have a Guardian Angel?

trish hi yes just telling she we have a ghost and for the last couple of nights its been scaring the hell out of my hubby by pushing the living room door open now we know why,just glad its being sorted out tinaxx

So Glad that you are all okay and hope that you now have heat and hot water. Happy Christmas and peaceful New year Liz

Tina, So pleased you are all safe and can start recovering. Don't be surprised if it takes a few weeks to feel really OK. The same thing happened to my daughter and her children a few years ago. They were in a private rented house and felt ill from moving in. The owner showed Caroline a certificate to say all the gas had been checked.!! When I think what could have happened to my lovely daughter and darling grandchilden I go cold !!! Have a Very Happy Christmas.

Hi Tina Wow you are lucky that happened with my mums fire and it explained why we'd all been so sleepy when we got in form school/work its scary to think that your fire can do that and you don't know about it! I haven't got a gas fire just got central heating so I'm quite lucky Alaina

If you have central heating and have the boiler in the house then the safest type is a "balanced flue" where it is sealed from the house. Air for combustion is drawn in from outside through a sealed pipe and the flue gases vented the same way. I also dislike the practice of putting a gas oven on to warm the kitchen because that uses up the oxygen in the room. And at this time of the year particularly, check that any airbricks haven't been covered by decorations or presents!

Tina So pleased you're all ok. Good job you've got a persistant ghost! Daphne Glad your daughter and grandaughter are ok. We do refurbishments for landlords and offer gas safety certificates as part of the deal. We discovered a gas fitter that was working for us was issuing certificates with out actually checking the appliances. Fortunately, my partner had the foresight to go round after him checking. Needless to say he didn't get anymore work from us and I am pleased to say he is currently unemployed. I can't understand landlords that don't check the work they've had done. It wouldn't take five minutes of their precious time. There's too many people out there who want to make money for doing nothing. Jeanette

Tina,so glad it has turned out ok for you, and no one was hurt. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Brenda

hi everyone can't belive its such a common thing to happen! very frightening. the gas man said in a couple of weeks we'll feel so much better as it cauces deppression tiredness amongst other things.one of the fires he checked wasn't as bad as ours and it killed a young couple.he just could'nt get over that we were all still alive,so thankyou ghostyxx and im so very glad everyone else who's gone through simular are ok too. good point about the trimmings. tinaxxxx