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Tips to Safely Heat Your Home This Winter

Annually, over 20,000 people end up in the emergency room because of carbon monoxide poisoning. This colorless, odorless gas is called the silent killer because it’s essentially undetectable without a carbon monoxide detector

Carbon monoxide, as confirmed by the CDC, is put off by stoves, gas ranges, boilers, furnaces, and fireplaces so it only makes sense that carbon monoxide poisoning increases during the heating months when people are trying to warm their homes. To help keep your family safe, Stevenson Service Experts is here with a couple tips to safety heat your home. 

  • Put in a CO detector on all floors of your home and swap out the batteries annually. 
  • Keep all possible sources of combustion, such as clothing, rugs, or bedding, a distance over three feet away from fireplaces, furnaces, stoves, or space heaters. 
  • Before starting a fire in the fireplace, make sure you check to verify the chimney damper is open and unobstructed. 
  • Do not leave portable heaters or fireplaces alone. Power off space heaters and ensure all embers in the fireplace are completely extinguished before leaving either heating source unattended. 
  • Space heaters should always be positioned on the floor, and on a hard, nonflammable surface, like porcelain tile. Keep children and furbabies away from space heaters. 
  • When purchasing a new space heater, invest in a model that shuts off automatically if the heater falls over. 
  • Do not use a stove to increase the temperature in your home. 
  • Have all stoves, fireplaces, chimneys, and all types of furnaces professionally examined and cleaned yearly. 

The ideal thing you can do for your heating system is to ensure it’s not only ready to keep your home warm all winter but also safe, is to call for your fall tune-up. During your heating tune-up, Stevenson Service Experts will check to make sure your heating system is operating safely with a complete multi-point inspection and cleaning. Call 614-334-3192 today and ask how you can save on a heating tune-up through November 25th. 

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