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Just moved into my new place on Monday. When I had gas turned on at my last place, the guy went through and thoroughly checked for leaks.
The guy at this place just rolled in, turned on the gas, checked the stove and left. Didn't even bother lighting the pilots, said I'd have to. (don't they have to check this stuff when they turn gas service on?!)
Anyways, 3 fucking am and the entire fire dept is here.
There's a natural gas leak in my living room (for whatever reason it's leaking bad the fire dept said, but there's no odor of the gas). I literally just replaced batteries in my Smoke/co2 detector this after. JUST fucking did it today. And it goes off tonight.
My fiance and son are okay now, they're off to my Mom's.
Pretty freaked out at what could've been had I not replaced those batteries.
Gas co. is on the way, hope they can just fix this shit tonight.
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Amazing coincidence, but you have to go with whatever works. Glad to hear you're alright and hope things end well!
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I'm glad that everyone is safe. That could be tremendously freaky to think about how disaster was averted by something as ostensibly trivial as replacing batteries. Just think about it this way: you're on a lucky streak! Go buy a lottery ticket or something. 
No, in all seriousness, that's a crazy story, and it's good to hear that it won't have a tragic ending.
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Damn, good thing you're safe. Bad shit could have happened ><
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Good to hear you are ok, you're really damn lucky to replace the batteries. Gas leaks kill a ton of people every year. Anyway when everything's sorted out and safe, file a complaint with the company, find the identity of the service guy and file a report with the state licensing board to demand he lose his license. Fucker deserves to be on the street for almost killing your family. You can also get a consult with an attorney to find out what legal recourse is possible from the corporation.
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Any experts? They're running a meter through and they're getting a reading of 26? 26 parts?
I have no idea, just curious about whats up.
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They killed the leaking pipe. Glad I wasn't able to sleep tonight. Man.
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That shits scary, this winter some snow blocked one of the exhaust vents of my house so It started getting backed up a bit, had to go out and clear it.
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well, you seem to have your shit together : ) Hope everything gets fixed ASAP ^^
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On April 27 2011 16:12 Clicker wrote: (for whatever reason it's leaking bad the fire dept said, but there's no odor of the gas).
From what I know methane is odorless, but in the UK they add a smell to it so that you know when there is a leak. Does this not happen in the US?
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I thought all commercial gas has an odor o.o
Good to hear you're okay though.
Reminds me of the time I had a blackout and I went outside to see if neighbouring houses were affected too, was about to sit down on one of those small power box (I don't really know what they are) things outside my house when it exploded right before I sat down. Fire was streaming out of it for the next 5 minutes lol
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On April 27 2011 18:24 bmml wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2011 16:12 Clicker wrote: (for whatever reason it's leaking bad the fire dept said, but there's no odor of the gas). From what I know methane is odorless, but in the UK they add a smell to it so that you know when there is a leak. Does this not happen in the US?
I was mistaken. Somehow only CO is leaking out of the gasline. I talked to my neighbor and he had told me that no one has lived in this house for almost a year. I had a really hard time getting gas to the water heater to the light the pilot. Took me about 10 total minutes of holding down the button the other day. I was told that the gas wasn't shut off properly so the gasline filled with air. Anyways, this particular gasline that was leaking leads to the heater that isn't being used. It just took it a few days to get to the line and start leaking.
Really kind of freaked out at how perfect the timing was with the co2 finally starting to leak and the whole battery change.
Anyways, thanks guys!
Edit: I meant CO, not CO2.
Just fixed it through an edit rather than bump the entire thing.
Thanks for the help/concern all.
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I would guess that its CO (Carbon Monoxide) as opposed to CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) While CO2 poisoning is possible, in CO poisoning is much more likely and widespread. Its generally as a result of a faulty appliance that uses natural gas (which seems to be the case here)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide#Indoor_pollution
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Ah, 26 parts refers to 26 parts per million as a fraction of molecules in the air, 50 ppm is toxic over 8 hrs of exposure, 100 is lethal. Almost positive it's carbon monoxide leaking.
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Wow, such luck. Thank God you guys haven't gone to sleep. It would've been bad.
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so it's 1am and they're here again. Wtf...
They 'fixed' the pipe that was leaking last time and now they can't locate the leak this time around.
Jesus. It's a bit stronger this time
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Wow, again? That is crazy. If I were in your shoes, I would have like seven detectors per room at this point. You have to be feeling a little paranoid, right?
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Yes, it's incredibly frustrating and horrifying at the same time. Actually went out and bought a dedicated CO alarm after last time.
I'm really, really just pissed at my landlord though. We paid a ridiculous deposit for this house and this keeps happening. I guess he didn't know, but what made me mad was that he blew off the immediate repair of the first leak because it was on the furnace. (we wouldn't need it for a few months was his justification).
They can't find the leak, and we're waiting for the gas co. again. They're thinking it's an...they're here brb
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Well, it was the oven this time. It was reading 110ppm around the oven when it was on. Luckily the oven and stove top had separate valves.
Needless to say, my fiance and I have had a horrible time renting our first house so far.
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