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Keeping Safe
12 April 2016, 19:08,
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Keeping Safe
No, not about security doors, locks etc., OH and I have spent a well-used hour today checking out fire precautions. Do you have open fires or woodburners in your property? Then you need to carry out a few precautions.

We have checked and fitted fire extinguishers upstairs and downstairs; fitted a fireproof blanket in an accessible spot (near the kitchen stove); and have checked and rebatteried the carbon monoxide alarms in bedrooms. This is an old house and, although we have oil-fired central heating, our main heating in winter consists of an open fire and a woodburner. We are lucky to have really enormous chimneys so the updraught is excellent, but the brickwork can be a bit leaky if there is a lot of smoke and fumes could be a problem. Always worth checking.

To make sure that chimneys are clear I always have them swept at the end of Summer. Our sweep also gives us a certificate we can keep as proof, if necessary. It's best to leave sweeping chimeys until after nesting season is over so any debris from hopeful birds can be swept away. Even with cowl protectors some debris always seems to find its way into the upper part of the chimeys, and of course it could be a fire hazard. Best to be safe.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Keeping Safe - by MaryN - 12 April 2016, 19:08
RE: Keeping Safe - by Straight Shooter - 12 April 2016, 19:49
RE: Keeping Safe - by MaryN - 12 April 2016, 20:15
RE: Keeping Safe - by Lightspeed - 13 April 2016, 08:15

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