Dustin and I made a video discussing window film, hazardous locations for glass, and other s
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"Where can I find the requirement for an anti-tip bracket on a range?" This question comes from another home inspector.
Read MoreIf work is being performed in an existing dwelling that requires a permit, and such work triggers the requirement to bring the smoke alarms up to today's standards for a new dwelling, the new smoke alarms must meet the requirements listed above.
Read MoreI blogged about the new Minnesota building code last January, but one important change that I never mentioned was the addition of window fall protection.
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Get photoelectric smoke alarms if you don't already have them. There are two types of smoke alarms available, ionization and photoelectric, and there is a huge difference between the two.
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Reader: "I personally think that the HVAC businesses have a great scam going by locking-out people's furnaces without any measurable evidence that the CO levels are above normal."
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The vast majority of residential smoke alarms are ionization alarms, which take a long time to respond to smoldering fires. In many cases, they respond too late.
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UL Listed carbon monoxide alarms will not alert you to low levels of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide alarms keep people from dying; they don't eliminate all health risks.
Read MoreThe vast majority of smoke alarms in use today are the ionization type... but they're no longer allowed as the only type of residential smoke alarms in Iowa, Vermont, and Massachusetts.
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