I was talking to an Heating, Ventilation & A/C worker who was a neighbor of my Mom’s.
I told him my wonderful friend and I had a gas boiler that was getting older, plus asked what the probability of our getting carbon monoxide in our condo was.
He looked at me like there was something wrong with me. He told me that in order to have carbon monoxide poison in the house, he had to have a cracked heat exchanger. As long as the heat exchanger was in wonderful condition, there was little likelihood of there being carbon monoxide. I asked him what had to happen for formaldehyde to get into the house. He told me the heat exchanger was where all the off gasses usually came from, however you could get formaldehyde plus carbon monoxide from an oil heater, a coal heater, or any heating source under the right conditions. I asked him if he had ever seen someone with carbon monoxide poisoning. He told me he had seen one once, plus then he turned his full attention on me. He asked why I had so several questions, plus I asked him to follow me. My neighbor’s door wasn’t totally shut, plus he was sitting in his chair. The Heating, Ventilation & A/C worker told me to call an ambulance plus then the fire corporation. He went in plus dragged the guy outside. His face was an different shade of red, plus the Heating, Ventilation & A/C worker told me that is what someone with carbon monoxide poisoning looks like. Luckily, our buddy is okay, although he needed a modern boiler for the house.