Water heater danger?

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Jennifer

My family recently turned our garage into a room fo our uncle to move in. Because of the position of the water heater, there was no way to avoid the heater not being in the room. My uncle has lived in there for the past year or so with no problems at all, but now he's moving out, and I'm being pushed out there to allow my younger brothers to have their own rooms. I am INCREDIBLY paranoid about something happening to the water heater... A fire, gas leak, or carbon monoxide leak, all which can kill me in my sleep. We already have a smoke detector in there, but I plan on getting a CO detector and a natural gas detector just to be safe. There is a window in there, which I plan on keeping cracked open at all times to allow fresh air into the room. Am I being overly paranoid? What are the chances of a water heater catching fire or leaking carbon monoxide or natural gas?

Answer
I would say just a bit paranoid.

The CO detector is an excellent idea. Should not be a problem if the heater is properly maintained, but the detector is a small expense compared to the possible danger.

Gas leaks are always possible, but not likely. There are safety features built into the heater in case of a failure in the ignition system. Gas pipes usually don't develop new leaks, so not much to worry about there.

Get the CO detector, gas detector if you must. Chill out and enjoy life.

What the hec happened to my boyfriend and I last night??

K A

This morning when my boyfriend and I woke up (in bed together) we both realized that neither one of us could remember the point in which we would've gone to sleep?! This may sound like a very simple scenario in which one would think that we simply just knocked out...but there are several weird factors:
1. Both of us felt confused when we woke up - we equally wondered how/when we fell asleep
2. Both of us could recall our last memory at the exact same point, no further - which was me asking him if he could shut off the light - neither of us remembers the point in which the light actually turned off - our memory just stops at the point where he is reaching for the lamp.
3. My boyfriend and I have certain 'routines' when we go to sleep - we do not recall any of those routines being done (i.e. we have certain sleeping positions that we ALWAYS get into, we always announce that we are going to sleep by saying "goodnight", etc)
4. Neither of us were intoxicated, overtired, we didn't have nookie - nothing!
5. This was the second night in a row that my bf experienced this memory loss at bed time (we were not in bed together the night before)
6. This has never happened to us before - we have always kind of had an idea as to when/how we go to sleep.
7. My bf was extremely fatigued the entire day (today), which is unlike him - plus he (apparently) slept the entire mysterious night - btw, I wasn't tired.
8. I had a weird dream about us last night that took place in our room that we were in - kinda sexual - in the "dream" all I remember was that he got up to go to the washroom...I think we had been making out in the dream just before he went into the washroom because I remember I wanted him to "do me" so I was getting frustrated - and I told him to hurry up and come back, and he looked at me and said hold on and closed the washroom door...that's all I remember though...but the strange thing is that the dream took place in present time and in the present location.

We're both stumped, confused and of course we start jumping to hypothetical scenarios (like alien abduction kind of stuff - as nuts as it may sound)

I know this is a long shot, but can anyone help us figure out how to solve this one??
P.S. Although the Carbon Monoxide idea is a very wise one (thank you) it is working fine.

Answer
well, aside from alien abduction, could their be any weird fumes in your room? i'd go out ASAP and get a carbon monoxide detector, and maybe an air purifier. i'm not a doctor or an environmental expert, but passing out like that can't be normal.

if you're renting, i'd go to the person/company you rent from asap and ask them to have the air quality tested. if you're passing out like that, you could easily not wake up if there were an emergency.

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