Search Results for: carbon monoxide

The problem with NEST Protect & other Carbon Monoxide Detectors

03/12/2013 By SLS 3 Comments

Recently NEST released a combination Fire / Smoke & CO Detector called the “Protect.” As many of you may recall NEST set many an “energy geeks” hearts & their associated blogs a flutter with their new programmable thermostat over a year ago. Personally I thought they were all a little nuts (about the thermostat) but […]

Turkeys, Pies, & Carbon Monoxide (CO)?

19/11/2013 By SLS Leave a Comment

Wow how quickly this year has passed; with most of us getting ready to sit down and enjoy a great Thanksgiving dinner next week followed up by the Christmas Baking season. With that we would like to remind everyone with a gas stove to please use the exhaust vent (or open a window if it […]

Carbon Monoxide

21/11/2012 By SLS

Carbon Monoxide or CO is a colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas produced by the incomplete burning of a fuel. For More

Safety Sunday: Another senseless death while others live… (Carbon Monoxide)

21/08/2011 By SLS 4 Comments

Generally, one doesn’t start seeing news reports like this until late into October or early November… August 8th Raleigh, NC — A woman died Sunday and her husband was in an area hospital Monday after police say someone accidentally left a vehicle running in the closed garage at their Raleigh home… It appears that in […]

Monday Musings: Electrify This…

17/06/2019 By SLS 5 Comments

#ElectrifyEverything or should I rephrase it as; Gas or Electric is fast becoming the new Paper or Plastic it seems… I couldn’t help but shake my head at the newest headline on one of the forums I frequent “The problem with Gas Stoves” with a single simple minded comment with a link to a piece […]

FAQ: Humidifiers – To humidify or not…

29/12/2017 By SLS Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again when the air is drier which can lead frizzy hair, static shock &/or for those in older homes, the doors to finally shut properly. It is also cold & flu season with many doctors recommending humidifiers be run at night for kids who get sick. For many the questions […]

First Look – The 2015 IRC Changes

22/02/2016 By SLS Leave a Comment

This is part two of our series on the 2015 code changes. The first one dealt mainly with the Energy portion (2015 IECC) while this one will focus more on the building side. As many know the Building Code & Energy Codes are updated every three years. Every code update cycle seems to focus around or is […]

OSHA’s New Confined Spaces Rule – The Who & What

29/07/2015 By SLS 2 Comments

If you have been in construction for any length of time, you are bound to have one story about working in an attic or crawl space; maybe it is the 140° degree heat or coming face to face with some animal or snake. Unfortunately for some, they don’t get to tell their tale… Say hello OSHA – On […]

FAQ: Smoke Detectors, Batteries, & DST?

07/03/2014 By SLS Leave a Comment

I am not sure you have caught it yet on the news or around the water cooler, but this Sunday marks the start of Daylight Savings Time (DST.) You can almost be guaranteed a piece on a clock shop & a reminder to change out your smoke detectors batteries. Amazingly most forget to mention your carbon monoxide batteries. When […]