Carbon Monoxide and escaping Natural Gas

Don’t let escaping gas like what happen in Italy’s Earthquake endanger your family.
The California Real Estate Inspection Association Recommends Annual Inspection of All Gas Fired Appliances for Safety— You can’t smell it or see it but carbon monoxide exposure at high levels is known as the “silent killer”. 80 persons annually expire from carbon monoxide poisoning according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Healthy people would feel fatigue, sleepiness or flue like symptoms. Higher concentrations of carbon monoxide can impair vision, coordination, headaches, dizziness, confusion, chest pain and nausea. Individuals can be killed in a short time from high concentrations of carbon monoxide. The symptoms disappear after leaving a house or area where carbon monoxide is present.Annual inspection of all gas fired appliances to ensure they are properly functioning and operable by a qualified professional inspector is recommended. Gas appliances including ovens, cooktops, ranges, wall heaters, central forced air heaters, floor furnaces, fireplaces, water heaters and barbecue grills are all potential sources of carbon monoxide (CO). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CPSC, and Gas Utility providers throughout the country all agree on the safety precautions of having an inspection. Having your gas appliances inspected annually before or during heating season is strongly advised.Ggas appliance inspection should be performed after a house is tented for termites. Vent caps are often damaged from the weight of a tent and can cause improper ventilation into a house. An unknowing appliance repairman can incorrectly identify an appliance as problematic when it is just the vent cap. Birds can build a nest in a vent without a cap which can also cause restriction of proper ventilation.Carbon monoxide detector alarms are very effective at alerting residents of potential dangers to CO exposures as they will sound an alarm at a very low level of exposure. These can be found as individual alarms or combined with a smoke detector alarm and are recommended for all homes with any gas systems.Chose a local certified qualified home inspection who is trained and experienced in home inspection and is a member of a professional association such as CREIA from the list below.

Certified CREIA Home Inspectors in the Stockton – Delta Area
Richard Allen Bonander, CCI

Eagle One Home Inspections
Phone: 209/620-6648
RABonander@eagleonehi.org


Kirk A. Randall, MCI

ProTECH Inspection Service
Phone: 800/204-7034 Fax: 209/208-1606
inspectorkirk@sonic.net


Dennis Meredith, CCI

Independent Home Inspection Services
Phone: 209/712-0839
Fax: 209/367-4154
dennis@indhomeinspection.com


Mark Bateman, CCI, CNCS

MDL Home Inspections
Phone: 209/736-2711
Fax: 209/736-2711
fallenlf@wildblue.net


Dennis D Hoffman, MCI

Hoffman Home Inspections
Phone: 800/960-0556
Fax: 209/369-0556
dennishoffman@comcast.net
www.hoffmaninspections.com


James Byrd, CCI

A Plus Home Inspections
Phone: 209/324-8963
Fax: byrdjames@sbcglobal.net


Sam Deabenderfer, CCI

Applied Inspection Services LLC
Phone: 209/896-7525
Fax: 209/863-1954
a-inspection@hotmail.com


Mark Harman, CCI

"The Inspector" Home Inspection Services
Phone: 209/324-3180
Fax: 209/883-0163
mark@theinspector-home.com


Gregory Henry, CCI

Henry Home Inspections
Phone: 209/823-3202
Fax: 209/823-3202
ghenry886@comcast.net


Matthew Irion, CCI

M K I Home Inspections
Phone: 209/545-1545 Fax: 209/545-1545
mirion209@msn.com
www.mkihomeinspections.com


Peter Nusser, CCI

A 2 Z Inspections Inc.Phone: 209/321-7235 Fax: 209/830-1992peter@a2zinspections.com
www.a2zinspections.com


Michael Dugan, MCI, CNCS

Focus Inspection Services
Phone: 800/450-6302
Fax: 209/832-4412
michael@focusinspectionservices.com
www.focusinspectionservices.com


David Smith, CCI

Professional Property Inspections
Phone: 209/586-0123 Fax: 209/586-4554
ppiinspections@wildblue.net