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A Silent Killer in Your Hurricane Home?

Published on November 04, 2015
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Service Experts Heating and Air Conditioning surveyed 1,000 homeowners in the U.S. and Canada on their understanding of carbon monoxide (CO). According to The Centers for Disease Control, carbon monoxide poisoning is a top cause of unintentional poisoning deaths – causing around 15,000 emergency room visits and about 500 deaths every year in the United States1. There are startling gaps in what homeowners do and don’t know about remaining safe.

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Many common household appliances release carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that can build to unsafe levels in your home when fuel-burning devices are not correctly vented, operated or maintained. Inhaling CO can cause carbon monoxide poisoning which attacks the nervous system, heart and could be fatal. It’s critical to have your home tested for carbon monoxide regularly to help ensure safe air quality.

Common sources of CO in homes include certain:

  • Furnaces
  • Stoves
  • Space heaters
  • Fireplaces
  • Water heaters
  • Clothes dryers

What do you know about CO?

Our survey results reveal the surprising lack of information homeowners have about the hazards of carbon monoxide:

  • 66% don’t know if they would recognize the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning (headache, nausea, dizziness, or confusion).
  • 94% of homeowners know that the furnace can give off deadly carbon monoxide gas, but more than half (54%) don’t get an annual furnace tune-up, a simple step that can help ensure good furnace operation and venting.
  • 54% don’t know the ideal place in the home to install a carbon monoxide detector (the Consumer Product Safety Commission suggests a detector outside of each separate sleeping area).
  • More than half of homeowners (54%) don’t know that the clothes dryer can be a source of carbon monoxide; 25% don’t know that that fireplace also could be a source. Other possible sources include gas water heaters, gas ranges, charcoal grills, gas space heaters and wood burning stoves.
  • Over one third of homeowners (34%) don’t have or can’t be sure if they have a carbon monoxide detector in their home; 41% say they never change their carbon monoxide detector, or they aren’t sure how often it is replaced.

Determine your home’s CO risk

With a basic home comfort analysis, Teays Valley Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning in Hurricane could help keep your family safe this winter. Visit ServiceExperts.com/CO-Safety, call 304-760-5088 or use our online scheduler to set up an analysis of CO and other hazardous indoor air pollutant levels.

1http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5650a1.htm

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