Carbon Monoxide Testing in Leawood, KS
Carbon monoxide is colorless, odorless, and produced by every fuel-burning appliance in your home — which is exactly what makes it dangerous. You can’t see it or smell it, so a working detector and a periodic professional check are how you stay ahead of it. 7th Degree Heating and Air performs combustion analysis and carbon monoxide testing across Leawood and Johnson County, on furnaces, water heaters, and gas appliances, with calibrated instruments rather than guesswork.
Where CO Comes From in a Home
Any appliance that burns fuel — natural gas, propane, oil, wood — produces carbon monoxide as a byproduct of combustion, and is supposed to vent it safely outdoors. Problems arise when that doesn’t happen: a cracked furnace heat exchanger that lets CO into the airstream, a blocked or disconnected flue, a water heater that’s backdrafting instead of venting, or an appliance burning incompletely. We test by measuring CO air-free at the appliance and in the living space, analyzing combustion, and checking that everything vents the way it should. The goal is to catch a venting or combustion problem before it becomes a health emergency.
What Our Testing Covers
- Combustion analysis on your furnace, with an air-free CO measurement at the burners and supply air.
- Heat exchanger inspection — the cracked-exchanger pathway is a leading source of furnace CO.
- Venting and draft checks on the furnace and water heater, looking for blockages, disconnections, and backdrafting.
- Detector guidance — we’ll advise on having working CO alarms on every level and near sleeping areas, since testing is a snapshot and a detector is your around-the-clock watch.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What produces carbon monoxide in a home?
- Any fuel-burning appliance: a gas furnace, water heater, range, fireplace, or space heater. They all produce CO during combustion and are designed to vent it outside. Danger comes when something interferes with that — a cracked heat exchanger, a blocked flue, backdrafting, or incomplete combustion — which is what testing is designed to find.
- What are the symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure?
- Low-level exposure often feels like the flu without a fever — headache, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, and confusion — and symptoms that ease when you leave the house and return when you’re home are a classic warning sign. High levels are a medical emergency. If a CO alarm sounds or you suspect exposure, get to fresh air and call 911 first; appliance testing comes after everyone is safe.
- Do I need carbon monoxide detectors, and where?
- Yes — working CO alarms are essential because you can’t sense the gas yourself. The general guidance is one on every level of the home and near sleeping areas, tested regularly and replaced per the manufacturer’s lifespan. A detector is your continuous protection; our professional testing complements it by checking the appliances themselves.
- How do you test for carbon monoxide?
- With calibrated instruments. We measure CO air-free at the appliance and in the living space, perform combustion analysis on the furnace, inspect the heat exchanger, and verify that the furnace and water heater are drafting and venting properly. It’s a measured assessment of how your combustion appliances are actually behaving, not a visual guess.
- When should I have a CO test done?
- A combustion and CO check is a natural part of an annual furnace tune-up, which is the ideal time. Beyond that, it’s worth testing if you’ve added or replaced a gas appliance, notice symptoms that track with being home, smell unusual odors near the furnace, or simply want peace of mind in an older home. We can fold it into seasonal maintenance.
Contact 7th Degree Heating and Air
Serving Leawood, Overland Park, Prairie Village, Mission, Merriam, and Lenexa with combustion safety testing and 24/7 emergency service.
- Emergency Line (24/7): (913) 354-6552
- Address: 12720 Catalina St, Leawood, KS 66209
- Email: info@7thdegreeheatingandair.xyz
- Johnson County Class “DM” Mechanical License: DM-24-11873
- EPA Section 608 Universal: EPA-608-U-457921
Office Hours
- Emergency Service: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Office Staff: Monday – Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: By appointment
- Closed: Holidays (emergency line always active)