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There's a danger of carbon monoxide poisoning in the bathroom???
by chmars 13y ago
There's a danger of carbon monoxide poisoning in the bathroom???
- jacquesm 13y agoIf you have a gas fired bath water heater in there, yes. Not as common today as they once were but there are still plenty of them.
- greedo 13y agoIn the US? Perhaps in other countries, but in the US, I've never seen a water heater in a bathroom.
- OvidNaso 13y agoAbsolutely. Certainly not common, but I've seen a few in the desert.
- richardjordan 13y agoright - I live in the US nowadays and nobody has them - but back in the UK they're all over the place - stay at someone's house and there's a good chance they have one
- manarth 13y agoI've never heard of such a thing, let alone actually seen one in a bathroom. I've lived in the UK for all (bar a couple of years) of my life. [edit] I found an academic paper that discusses the safety of these heaters - dated 1973. I'd guess that they've gradually disappeared thanks to better heating systems and improved safety regulations. The paper: http://hej.sagepub.com/content/32/4/120.abstract http://hej.sagepub.com/content/32/4/120.abstract
- SimHacker 13y agoAll the people who had them died of CO poisoning.
- benev 13y agoI have one and I live in the UK, so the definitely do exist. Of course, I may be unique.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoThey are still alive and well in slum housing. I know several people who have gas heaters in the shared bathroom of their block of bedsits.
- to3m 13y agoYou presumably have central heating in your house, and hot water? If so, you probably have a boiler. And this boiler probably runs on gas!
- chmars 13y agoWe have central heating but the boiler runs with a heat pump driven by electricity. You are of course right in pointing out that central heating often goes along with central water heating and that heating is often based on fossil fuels such as gas.
- manarth 13y agoThe comment was referring to "gas fired bath water heaters", which appears to be a specific type of heater fitted in bathrooms for heating the bath water…hence the potential for increased CO risk in the bathroom. My hot-water + heating system is gas-fired, but the boiler is in a utility closet vented to the outside.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoIn Poland quite common 'till very recently; I still have one (just reminded me to buy a CO detctor). My two friends actually got poisoned by CO - one when taking a bath, the other when trying to rescue her - because the landlord didn't bother to maintain ventilation properly.
- jacquesm 13y agoI've had one blow up in Poland. Ul. Winklera, Poznan. I'll never forget that. My s.o. was about to use the (common for three apartments) bath and the thing blasted its outer cover clear across the room. She ran into the hallway totally forgetting her state of dress or lack thereof. The neighbours, alerted by the explosion that something was up, all piled into the hallway and sure appreciated the view. Fortunately she was only scared but otherwise ok. Quite the bang, I've had a healthy respect for old Junckers products that have gas lines fed into them since.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoGood that nothing happened to her except getting a bit scared. Jacques, if you happen to come to Poland again, shoot me an e-mail, I'll buy you a beer :).
- jacquesm 13y agoDeal :) That might be quite soon actually. I'll be travelling to Krakow and on another trip I'll be going to Bialestok.
- chmars 13y agoThanks for your explanation, I have never lived in a home with water heaters directly in the bathroom.