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England | Responsibilities and Liabilities (England) | Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms (England)

C02 Alarms

12 Sep 2022 | 4 comments

HI Guildy,

I have read conflicting information, we have a number of gas boilers in kitchens. Am I right in that we install a Co2 alarm in a kitchen (there is conflicting information that says not as the steam etc can effect the alarm)

We also have one property with the boiler in a cupboard in a bathroom – should we install an alarm there also?

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4 Comments

  1. guildy
    guildy on 12/09/2022 at 2:11 pm

    Yes, it would be needed in the kitchen. The only time it’s not required in the kitchen is if there’s only a gas cooker and no other fixed combustion appliance.

    A bathroom or lavatory is to be treated as a room used as living accommodation, so a CO alarm is needed if the boiler is in a bathroom or toilet.

  2. Openhouse
    Openhouse on 12/09/2022 at 2:18 pm

    Thank you very much, just for confirmation gas cooker or gas hob is not required?

  3. guildy
    guildy on 12/09/2022 at 2:34 pm

    Although not defined in the regulations, the guidance says:

    Gas cooker refers to any apparatus heated by gas and used for cooking food.

    This would therefore include both a cooker and hob in our view.

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