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Home improvement tips and techniques about Home Safety.
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The combustion process when wood is burned is never complete. The smoke from a wood fire usually contains a dark brown or black substance which has an unpleasant odor. This tar-like substance is called creosote and is found almost anywhere in a wood heating system.
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If constructed properly, fireplaces will perform safely and dependably. Fireplaces, just like anything else, wear over a period of years and need to be maintained to extend their life. Here are check lists to follow for safely installing, maintaining and operating a fireplace.
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Radon (Rn) is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas. Radon is produced when trace amounts of uranium and radium in the soil or rocks decay. The radon gas will then also decay into radioactive solid particles, called radon daughters or radon progenitors.
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If a stove or fireplace is letting smoke into the house first make sure that the flue gas dampers are open. If the dampers are open, then the best way to solve the immediate problem is to open a window or door on the first floor or basement while at the same time close all openings in the upper parts of the house.
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Water include items of natural origin and those resulting from human activities. Common reasons for testing water may be the presence of unusual taste, appearance or odor, or the need to check the suitability of a new water supply for drinking, irrigation or other uses.
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The hazards of heating with a wood stove include fires started by heat radiated or conducted by the stove, stove pipe or chimney to walls, floors and other combustible materials; fires started by sparks and glowing coals falling out of front loading stoves when opened, and fires started by flames leaking out of faulty chimneys or burning or glowing material coming out of the top of the chimney.
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