Am I required to measure the carbon monoxide levels in a property for a pregnant tenant?

Am I required to measure the carbon monoxide levels in a property for a pregnant tenant?

9:50 AM, 9th August 2024, About 9 hours ago 7

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Hi, I have a pregnant tenant who has raised a question of how do we ensure that the carbon monoxide levels in the house are at the required level.

As her CO level has been measured by the hospital and was at 13 parts per million (ppm). For a non-smoking person it should be around 3ppm. Is this my responsibility to measure this and who would do it? The property has just had a new gas certificate issued in May 2024, which is valid until May 2025.

Thanks,

Steven


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Caroline Crute

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10:27 AM, 9th August 2024, About 8 hours ago

They do a CO test at early antenatal appointments. From what I understand the common reason for raised levels is being a smoker or passive smoking

Fred M BARRETT

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10:38 AM, 9th August 2024, About 8 hours ago

There should be Carbon Monoxide meters in all rental properties as directed by regulation. If they have gas central heating, gas cooker (or log burner to be safe). In heavy traffic areas however they can and have been triggered by opening the window. Islington near the Business Centre in a flat next to the main road did it for a resident. May be better now with changes the council made.

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11:19 AM, 9th August 2024, About 7 hours ago

Is your tenant a smoker ?

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13:05 PM, 9th August 2024, About 6 hours ago

Surly the answer to this is just a straight no. You do the gas certs and provide a meter. That’s all.

Peter Collard

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13:57 PM, 9th August 2024, About 5 hours ago

Gas cookers are a source of CO as they are unflued. There should be a CO alarm near there.

Open and wood fires should also have a CO alarm nearby.

As others have said traffic fumes and smoking can be very significant.

Next gas check you could ask your engineer to cast his eye around to see if neighbours have any suspect flues. There were issues with covered passageways a few years ago.

Simon M

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15:47 PM, 9th August 2024, About 3 hours ago

As already stated, you have a legal obligation to fit CO alarms where required.

I now install Aico. It has a feature called audiolink where a snapshot of the status is transmitted to a mobile phone. I can grab a report when I'm there. A tenant can check for themselves and send you the report too. It works well for me.

yl2006

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16:47 PM, 9th August 2024, About 2 hours ago

You are responsible for the safety of any appliances you supply, so you should have monitors for any gas boilers/cookers/hobs/fires etc that you supply. Have a CO monitor for each one. The tenant is responsible for the safety of their own appliances so if they have a gas cooker, etc that's not your responsibility.

As has been said, elevated CO levels could be caused by several factors outside your control and being able to evidence the safety of your supplied appliances would exonerate you.

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