Carbon dioxide detector

[eandg]

Scottish Regs require a carbon dioxide detector to be installed in the principal bedroom We have one planned for our ring alongside the heat and smoke alarms, with cable pulled through for it in the ceiling. I'm now looking for a detector but can only find a few on the market, all wall mounted. Can anyone point me in the direction of where I'd get a ceiling mounted one? 

[Kelvin]

I didn’t think they could be ceiling mounted. Ours are planned to be wall mounted. 

[TonyT]

Aico 

[eandg]

18 minutes ago, Kelvin said:

I didn’t think they could be ceiling mounted. Ours are planned to be wall mounted. 

 

That might explain the difficulty finding anything - was a presumption on our part that might bite us on the backside. 

 

15 minutes ago, TonyT said:

Aico 

 

Can't find anything but any links would be appreciated, thanks. 

[MR10]

Carbon dioxide is denser than air so probably best not to have the detector at ceiling height.

[JohnMo]

Read the regs they are very explicit on what type of meter you need and placement. Look for CO2 meter Scottish building regs on Google.

[jamieled]

It's not so much a detector (as with Carbon Monoxide) as just a sensor with some kind of visual indicator of the CO2 level. I'm pretty sure they can't be ceiling mounted, because the occupants need to be able to look at them and see what they're telling you (not that you probably will in practice, but hey ho). Second the comments above. Ours is a Deta.

[TonyT]

11 hours ago, eandg said:

 

That might explain the difficulty finding anything - was a presumption on our part that might bite us on the backside. 

 

 

Can't find anything but any links would be appreciated, thanks. 

https://www.aico.co.uk
 

 

[JohnMo]

24 minutes ago, TonyT said:

https://www.aico.co.uk
 

 

Don't think that would comply with Scottish regs, has to display the following  - CO2 now, average over 8 and 24hrs and peak in last 24 hrs

[TonyT]

41 minutes ago, JohnMo said:

Don't think that would comply with Scottish regs, has to display the following  - CO2 now, average over 8 and 24hrs and peak in last 24 hrs

I didn’t link any product just the main page of their website

[JohnMo]

2 hours ago, TonyT said:

I didn’t link any product just the main page of their website

But I did search their website and only found one CO2 unit, which doesn't have a screen.

[jamieled]

Yeah I don't think anything AICO produce looks like it fits the bill. To the OP this may also be of use:

Building standards - Carbon dioxide monitors standard 3.14: letter to local authority verifiers - 22 January 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)