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the other week (like a month ago actually....) there would be a weird smell coming from the vents whenever someone took a long shower... i called maintainance and they said it was probably nothing as they tested the hot water heater vent and it was venting properly.

Okay... so after a couple weeks of this i kind of get worried and buy a carbon monoxide detecter... sure as hell.. the thing is going off all the time. I called today and raised hell with the property managers... looks like they're putting me and my roommate up in a hotel or something tonight.

great.

Arg.

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Okay... so on mon they come and decide that the CO is too high to live there. They put me and my roommate up in a best western. The place is freakin disugsting. I called tue and was like wtf you HAVE to fix this... so they come out and basically turn the gas off to the hot water heater.. which means I have to take showers at the gym shower at the apartment complex.

Which is also freaking disgusting. think public showers.


So, I have stayed in a disgusting hotel mon night, have no hot water, and have been inhaling CO for who knows how long.


Should I get a reduction in rent, or am I asking too much? I suppose it's not really their fault something went screwed in my townhouse...
 
Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: NatePo717
carbon monoxide is oderless...
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I also believe carbon monoxide is odorless too.
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but when mixed with the exhaust of what ever was burning to generate it, it isn't alway the Carbon Monoxide that he was smelling.
 
Originally posted by: jdini76
Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: NatePo717
carbon monoxide is oderless...
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I also believe carbon monoxide is odorless too.
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but when mixed with the exhaust of what ever was burning to generate it, it isn't alway the Carbon Monoxide that he was smelling.
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exactly. the only gas appliance is the hot water heater... so i guess they're going to replace it
 
likely when the place was built or renovated they cheaped out and just vented the exhaust from the bathroom into the main stack from the furnace/hot water heater (which I would assume in the US is highly illegal as it is in Canada). So when the furnace or HWT fires, those gasses can go out through your other exhaust vents.
 
Did you by chance get a detector that had a display on it that indicated what its reading is? I've had more than one detector fail before...
 
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Did you by chance get a detector that had a display on it that indicated what its reading is? I've had more than one detector fail before...
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no... but they sent a company out to check the readings... apparently it was "in the 25-30 range..." wtfever that means.
 
Originally posted by: armatron
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Did you by chance get a detector that had a display on it that indicated what its reading is? I've had more than one detector fail before...
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no... but they sent a company out to check the readings... apparently it was "in the 25-30 range..." wtfever that means.
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probably measured in parts per million...
 
Originally posted by: armatron
exactly. the only gas appliance is the hot water heater... so i guess they're going to replace it
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I really hate it when places are like that - only the water heater is gas. Gas is at times slightly cheaper than electricity. But then add in the ~$15 a month meter reading/billing fees and you spend tripple the amount you would spend if you had an electric water heater. Or is your gas bill covered by the apartment?

Plus then you have to deal with hazzardous/explosive gas in your home and the potential for CO.
 
go to a doctor and ask for advice. if your health has been affected (showing symptoms of CO poisoning?) then sue and try to get a settlement or something.
 
Originally posted by: bonkers325
go to a doctor and ask for advice. if your health has been affected (showing symptoms of CO poisoning?) then sue and try to get a settlement or something.
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CO has no lasting effects. Its only significant effect is to displace oxygen. Your red blood cells pick up the CO instead of O2. Thus you sufficate to death. As soon as you get out of the CO rich atmosphere into a normal one, you breath the CO out, and you are back to normal.

So the question becomes: did you get a severe brain injury? By his ability to post here, the answer is probably: no.

A doctor's test for CO is useless after you leave the area for more than a couple of hours since there is no longer any trace of CO in your body.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: bonkers325
go to a doctor and ask for advice. if your health has been affected (showing symptoms of CO poisoning?) then sue and try to get a settlement or something.
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CO has no lasting effects. Its only significant effect is to displace oxygen. Your red blood cells pick up the CO instead of O2. Thus you sufficate to death. As soon as you get out of the CO rich atmosphere into a normal one, you breath the CO out, and you are back to normal.

So the question becomes: did you get a severe brain injury? By his ability to post here, the answer is probably: no.

A doctor's test for CO is useless after you leave the area for more than a couple of hours since there is no longer any trace of CO in your body.
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The binding between CO and Haemoglobin is permanent, the CO can't be replaced with O2.
 
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