Tips to Safely Heat Your Home This Winter
Each year over 20,000 people go to the ER due to carbon monoxide poisoning. This odorless and colorless gas is referred to as the silent killer because it’s virtually undetectable without a carbon monoxide detector.
Carbon monoxide, as specified by the CDC, is produced by fireplaces, boilers, furnaces, stoves, and gas ranges so it only makes sense that carbon monoxide poisoning rises during the heating months when people are trying to keep their homes heated. To help keep you safe, Winnipeg Supply Service Experts is here with a couple tips to safety heat your home.
- Place a CO detector on every floor of your home and replace the batteries every year.
- Keep all likely sources of combustion, such as bedding, paper, or clothing, a minimum of three feet away from furnaces, space heaters, fire places, or stoves.
- Before starting a fire in the fireplace, be sure to check to confirm the chimney damper is open and unblocked.
- Never leave portable heaters or fireplaces unwatched. Turn off space heaters and ensure all embers in the fireplace are totally extinguished before leaving either heating source unattended.
- Space heaters should always be placed on the floor, and on a hard, fire-resistant surface, like ceramic tile. Keep children and furbabies away from space heaters.
- When buying a new space heater, purchase a model that shuts off automatically if the heater tumbles over.
- Don’t use a cooking range to increase the temperature in your home.
- Have wood and coal stoves, fireplaces, chimneys and gas or oil furnaces professionally examined and cleaned annually.
The ideal thing you can do for your heating system is to be sure it’s not only all set to keep you warm all winter but also safe, is to schedule your fall tune-up. During your heating tune-up, Winnipeg Supply Service Experts will check to ensure your heating system is operating safely with a total multi-point inspection and cleaning. Call 204-800-0613 today and ask how you can save on a heating tune-up through November 25th.
