Re: Shop safety
 

I will add a safety word for regular shop system maintenance.

We built our shop in 2004 and installed a modulating boiler with hydronic heat in the floor. For years it has been a great operation. Then this year I fired the system up, so my wife could refinish some furniture in a nice warm place.

It wasn't a couple of hours later that she was almost collasping and complaining of a severe headache. I bought a CO detector and set it up in the shop. The recorded level of CO in the building was more than 250ppm inside and the exhaust level was 8,000ppm. We had to air the shop out, just to investigate the problem with the boiler.

We ended up having a professional out to clean and tune the boiler. $270 later and the shop is back in the safe zone with the CO level at 0ppm.

I never thought about CO poisoning in the shop, but won't go without a detector in there now. Even running your car in an enclosed area can spike the CO levels in a very short period.

You can't be too careful.

Blair

Re: Shop safety
 

This is an important thread.

We all have stories about cutting a few corners and risking too much.

Ryan

Re: Shop safety
 

I have had a CO detector in my shop for a few years now and am amazed at how many times we set it off. Most times I never would have noticed it (pre detector) and just kept on working as we had no symptoms. Prolonged exposure is not good either so now we pay attention when it goes off.

Re: Shop safety
 

One of our Son's has a Masters Degree in OSHA Safety from Murray State Univ., he works as a safety engineer for a major construction Co. that is nationwide, his job is to keep the workers safe ,but odly enough most the workers don't like the safety guy that is there to keep them alive.