You may not realize it, but your home is practically a carbon monoxide (CO) factory. Fireplaces, heaters, hot water heaters, gas stoves and ovens, grills, and even the car in your garage can all create CO where you live. Generate enough CO and you've got a real health hazard on your hands.
CO is created when fossil fuels are burned (gas, coal, wood, oil, etc.). While nearly all appliances and systems in your home are designed to produce a minimal amount of this poisonous gas, if these systems malfunction, the result can be deadly. And because you can't see, smell or taste CO, this menace is even more mischievous.
You can protect your family by having a carbon monoxide detector installed. It's one of those HVAC products you rarely think about. Working much like a smoke detector, a CO detector senses when an unsafe level of the gas is in the air and sounds an alarm. And also like a smoke alarm, you'd be wise to hard wire your detector into your home's electrical wiring, have multiple units throughout your home, and test them all monthly.
As winter is the time where more of these CO producing products are in use than any other time of the year, now is the perfect time to have your local ARS heating and cooling installation professional devise a carbon monoxide detection system for your home. Schedule an appointment with ARS today.
