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Cleaning A Dryer Vent When you consider that 15,000 fires start in the laundry room every year and that these fires are mostly due to lint build up in the clothes dryer or a clogged dryer duct it makes you wonder why we don’t do something about it. Annual dryer duct cleaning will ensure you avoid these…
Fire Sprinklers in Residential Construction Smoke detectors help alert you to smoke and fire and may save your life, but not always. Residential fire sprinklers put the fire out or seriously control or delay it ~ which saves lives and property. In 2009, there were 356,200 residential fires reported in the United States. These fires caused 2,480 deaths,…
Image: CMS.firehouse.com Home Fire Sprinkler System Recently my brother, [Scott Robillard Plumbing & Heating out of Waltham], told me of a recent job where he installed one fire sprinkler head over a persons furnace. Seems that this person had a furnace fire before and wanted the added protection. My brother explained to me how simple…
Lennox Industries Recalls to Repair Garage Heaters Due to Fire Hazard Name of Product: Garage heaters Units: About 440 Distributor: Lennox Industries Inc., of Richardson, Texas Manufacturer: Lennox Industries Inc., of Richardson, Texas or Advanced Distributor Products (ADP) LLC, of Grenada, Miss. Hazard: Some heaters were manufactured without a required flame rollout switch, which is…
How much do you know about home fire sprinkler systems? If you’re reading this at work, chances are pretty good there is a fire sprinkler in the ceiling over your head. That’s because automatic fire sprinkler technology has been protecting industrial, commercial and high-rise properties since the late 1800s. But did you know that same…
ADP Recalls to Repair Unit Heaters Due to Fire Hazard Name of Product: ADP FOA series unit heaters Units: About 400 Distributor: Advanced Distributor Products (ADP) LLC, of Grenada, Miss. Manufacturer: Lennox Industries Inc., of Richardson, Texas or Advanced Distributor Products (ADP) LLC, of Grenada, Miss. Hazard: Some heaters were manufactured without a required flame…
Fire Sprinklers Fire sprinklers are your best chance of surviving a house fire. My prediction is during the next decade residential fire sprinkler systems will be more standard in home building and major remodels. Just like the introduction of seat belt laws, vehicle airbags, anti-lock brakes and stability control systems have all worked their way…
At the International Builders show in Orlando, Florida this year I visited the Tyco booth to learn more about fire suppression systems. Studies have shown that installing a fire suppression system in a home indicate that the installation of residential fire sprinkler systems could have saved thousands of lives; prevented a large portion of those…
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