Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

Carbon Monoxide Detector Placement: Stay Safe at Home! #shorts

6 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Derek Cole. This content was uploaded by Derek Cole. This is a YouTube short titled "Carbon Monoxide Detector Placement: Stay Safe at Home! #shorts" (created 2025-11-06, last edited 2026-01-28). It is a single-speaker instructional/safety clip advising homeowners with gas appliances to install carbon monoxide detectors at floor level (near floor outlets) because carbon monoxide is heavier and will accumulate low; it also notes that combination smoke/CO detectors mounted high are fine for smoke but not effective for CO detection.

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If you have a gas appliance in the home at all, stove, furnace, anything in the home running off of gas, you should have a carbon monoxide detector in the home. A lot of clients we go to have a combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector in the house. The problem is with the CO part of it, or the carbon monoxide part is that when it's up high on the ceiling, it's not doing you any good whatsoever because carbon monoxide is heavy. So the best thing to do is put it on floor level with the outlets on the floor on the wall. That is where it needs to go. If it's up there high in the ceiling, on top of the wall, it's good for a smoke alarm, but it's not good for a CO alarm.