Increasingly colder days and nights make it difficult for us to apartments and houses, the heating season begins. In the case of buildings using the district heating network with the exact moment of commissioning heating is decided by the manager of a given property. In most buildings the heating is already working.

People living in single-family houses or apartments with their own heating system decide on the inclusion of the source of heating. Regardless of what fuel and equipment is used in a given property, before at the beginning of the heating season, it is worth taking care of their technical condition - check the efficiency of the devices and the patency of chimney ducts.

Silent Killer – carbon monoxide

Periodic inspections carried out by persons holding Appropriate permissions allow you to significantly reduce the risk of equipment failure heating and carbon monoxide poisoning, a gas called the "silent killer". It is extremely dangerous to life - it has no smell, color or taste. Blocks access oxygen into the body by taking its place in the red blood cells, consequently causing death by suffocation.

What is worth talking about Remember?

Having your own heating source - such as a boiler gas, pellet stove, fireplace, solid fuel stove – it is worth remembering about:

• check technical condition of equipment used for space heating or water, primarily gas appliances,
• periodic chimney sweep inspection,
• ensuring that the supply of an adequate amount of air,
• check the patency of the ventilation system and the condition of the drainage ducts exhaust gas. Do not clog the ventilation and inlet openings air vents, ventilation grilles and door openings,
• replacement/repair inoperable heating equipment by persons with appropriate permissions.

In rooms where devices are installed heating system, it is worth installing a carbon monoxide sensor – it is small and cheap a device that can save lives when a threat is detected.