Combustion Safety Testing

Combustion safety is an often-overlooked but important issue in today's homes.  If you have a gas water heater, gas furnace, gas range, gas stove or gas logs, you have a combustion appliance and it produces combustion gasses.  These combustion gasses include carbon dioxide, particulates, nitrogen dioxide, water vapor and, if there is incomplete combustion, carbon monoxide.

Combustion by-products have many adverse effects on health including:

• Eye, nose and throat irritation
• Possibility of early termination of pregnancy
• Possibility of impaired lung function and respiratory problems in young children

However, the major problem is carbon monoxide - at low levels it can produce nausea, dizziness and flu-like symptoms.  At higher levels carbon monoxide can be fatal.   (Click here for more information about combustion safety)

Combustion safety testing is part of our energy audits and can also be a stand-alone service.