Safety

11/8/2019 (Permalink)

Everyone wants to keep there home warm during the winter months. Here are some safety tips to follow: 

- Never use the oven, range, or stove to heat your home

- Never burn trash, paper or green wood in your fireplace. These items cause heavy green wood in your fireplace. These items cause heavy  creosote build-up, which could eventually start fire in your chimney

- Only buy heaters evaluated by a nationally recognized laboratory, such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

- Purchase electric heaters with a thermostat control mechanism that will switch off should the heater tip over

- Never use electric heaters to dry clothes or other objects

- Keep Space heaters at least three feet away from combustibles

- Plug your electric heater directly into the wall. Do not use an extension cord or a power strip. 

- Always unplug your electric heater when it is not in use