Air qulity assessment?

[arib]

Aliza and I have noticed that we're feeling fairly crummy when were at home. I'm getting headaches, and Aliza's generally feeling nauseous and icky.

Generally, when were at work, we feel fine. Things get particularly lousy when the heating turns on.

The only thing I know for sure is that our apartment has a fairly new carbon monoxide detector, which has not gone off.

Anyone know how to go about checking air quality in a dwelling?

Comments

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

I suppose the simple expedient of buying a canary hasn't occurred to you? :-)

Seriously, though, why don't you try opening up all the windows one or two days and wearing coats, just to do the "get some fresh air in here" experiment. It might also be worth investing in your own CO monitor, one with a numerical readout instead of the alarm/no alarm condition. If things are dusty, or humid, and the CO monitor in place is not very new, it may not actually be functioning properly. If you are in any real doubt about CO as the cause, leave the windows closed, let the heat come on, then call the fire department and tell them that while your CO monitor hasn't gone off, you've been having this issue, and could they send someone over with their monitor to check it out. We called them one night because of a single monitor in the house that had gone off, and they were very nice about it (if you ignore the hullabaloo that goes with having a ladder truck show up in front of your house). One got the sense that they were glad for something to do that didn't involve actual risk to their lives.