Don't Invite an Invisible Killer to Your Home

You can't see it, touch it, smell it, or taste it, but it kills hundreds each year.  Poisoning by carbon monoxide is a real risk of modern life.  A professional inspection of fuel-burning appliances - including furnaces, stoves, fireplaces, clothes dryers, and space heaters - could prove to be a lifesaver.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends that the yearly, professional inspection include:

• Checking chimneys, flues, and vents for leakage and blockage by creosote and debris.
• Checking all vents, furnaces, water heaters, boilers, and other fuel-burning appliances to make sure they are not loose or disconnected.
• Inspecting vent pipes on heating systems.
• Inspecting appliances for adequate ventilation.  A supply of fresh air is important to help carry pollutants up the chimney, stovepipe or flue, and of necessary for the complete combustion of any fuel.
• Making sure ventilation air openings aren't blocked.

You can read more here to see how to protect your family from this dangerous, potentially lethal gas.