Tips to Safely Heat Your Home This Winter

Every year over 20,000 people end up in the emergency room due to carbon monoxide poisoning. This odorless and colorless gas is known as the silent killer because it’s practically undetectable without a carbon monoxide detector. 

Carbon monoxide, according to the CDC, is produced by fireplaces, boilers, furnaces, stoves, and gas ranges so it only makes sense that carbon monoxide poisoning increases during the winter months when people are trying to warm their homes. To help keep your home safe, Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing is here with some tips to safety heat your home. 

  • Place a CO detector on all floors of your home and change the batteries yearly. 
  • Keep all potential sources of combustion, such as paper, clothing, bedding, or rugs, a minimum of three feet away from furnaces, space heaters, fire places, or stoves. 
  • Before starting a fire in the fireplace, make sure you check to ensure the chimney damper is open and unblocked. 
  • Never leave portable heaters or fireplaces alone. Turn off space heaters and be sure all embers in the fireplace are totally extinguished before leaving the area. 
  • Space heaters should always be positioned on the floor, and on a hard, incombustible surface, like concrete or tile. Keep children and furbabies away from space heaters. 
  • When buying a new space heater, buy a model that shuts off automatically if the heater tumbles over. 
  • Do not use a stove to warm your home. 
  • Have fireplaces, chimneys, gas or oil furnaces, and coal and wood stoves professionally checked and cleaned annually. 

The ideal thing you can do for your heating system is to ensure it’s not only up to the task of keeping your home warm all winter but also safe, is to call for your heating tune-up. During your fall tune-up, Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing will check to ensure your heating equipment is operating safely with a complete multi-point inspection and cleaning. Call 866-397-3787 today and find out how you can save on a fall tune-up through November 25th. 

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