in which homeowner stuff is like the icon says

One carbon monoxide detector going off this morning...ignored it, because it was the flaky oversensitive one. When the *second* CO2 detector in the basement started going off at noon as well... >_< Got the heating/cooling repair guy out. So far he's not finding anything wrong, but even their CO2 sensor is showing we've got some for some reason. Argh argh argh. He's calling out another guy to help him check, but if they don't find a reason, I'll have to call the gas utility company to see if they can find out what's causing this (water heater? stove?). Cold in here though, from turning the furnace off and opening the windows at first. :<

Speaking of the water heater, have to schedule someone to come look at that, too. : / It's been seeping, and I know sometimes you get a little from condensation, but it's not summer and therefore definitely not humid--and it's a constant slow leak now. Ffffffff. Every time one of these things happens, I'll remember how I always wanted to just rent, and the usual him insisted we buy a house. Blargh.

aHA

So it's the oven/stove. >_< Seems like the furnace/AC tech's detectors were picking up carbon monoxide from the burners that ranged from about 5ppm spiking up to 50-60ppm, and the oven itself is getting values around 200ppm when turned on. WTHIF. Calling in an appliance tech to service that obviously. >_o At least we've got the microwave to use.

The furnace is okay, though, and there's a plumber coming Wednesday am to check the water heater situation and help us set up for a replacement if needed (probably needed, highly likely it's rusted underneath and leaking from that). And now we have a sparkly high-quality carbon monoxide detector that's much better than the hardware store sorts we had (not flaky, sensitive to much lower values, etc).

And _amalthea is very right--I so meant CO and not CO2 earlier. >_> I used to be an intelligent person, I swear!