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Summary of Hazard Number 6 Carbon Monoxide and fuel combustion products



Example NumberSourceProperty DateStorey/LocationProperty TypeSummary InformationHazardLink
1IDeA19522 storeyEnd Terrace houseThe hazard relates to a sealed solid fuel heating appliance with back boiler in the living room. There is no permanent ventilation and the installation has not been checked for 4 years.DExample 1
2IDeA19232 storeyMid terrace houseThe hazard relates to wall mounted gas fires in the ground floor front and rear living rooms, one of which is in poor condition, has no valid gas certificate and no permanent ventilation to the room.DExample 2
3CLG1890s1st floor of 3 storeyVictorian Terraced house converted to 4 non self contained flatsIn the kitchen/diner there is a gas instantaneous water heater over the sink. A crude metal plate and horizontal cowel have been fixed on the wall above the unflued water heater, but this has not prevented the wall and ceiling becoming stained by the gasses emitted. There is limited ventilation, and there are no carbon monoxide detectors in the dwelling. From the staining on the walls and ceiling it is clear that the heater is emitting a substantial volume of hot and potentially dangerous gases.D-Example 3
4CLGc. 19002 storeyTerraced houseThe sole source of heating in the principal rear living room is a fixed gas fire. The central radiant has burnt through, and the fire burns with a reddish flame (indicating incomplete combustion). Ventilation is extremely limited. Incomplete combustion indicates that there is likely to be elevated levels of carbon monoxide and other gases, if the fire is used for prolonged periods of time.CExample 4
5CLG1900sFirst floor bedsiitMid Terrace house - 4 storey inc Base and atticThe gas cooker in the bed-sit is old, and the high-level grill burns with a reddish flame (indicating incomplete combustion). There is no permanent ventilation, which means that oxides of nitrogen accumulate in the roomCExample 5
6CLG19th century2 StoreyStone cottageThe cottage is in an exposed rural area, when windy, smoke and fumes from the flue of the solid fuel boiler are blown back into the room. There is no permanent ventilation to the room. The likelihood of sulphur dioxide fumes and smoke being blown back into the room is significantly greater than the average.EExample 6
7BCC19082 StoreyHouseA gas central heating installation from a back-boiler which has not been recently serviced. There is evidence of incomplete combustion from a gas fire and the back boiler with poor ventilation of the house.EExample 7



Key
BCC – Bristol City Council
CLG – Department of Communities and Local Government
IDeA- Improvement and Development Agency (for Local Government)

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