by Elizabeth Guy | Mar 10, 2017 | Carbon Monoxide
Every time you light a fire in your fireplace, carbon monoxide is produced as one of the byproducts of combustion. This toxic gas is also present any time you burn fuel in stoves, furnaces, gas ranges, grills, automobiles, and other appliances. What makes carbon...
by Elizabeth Guy | Oct 16, 2014 | Carbon Monoxide
Known as the silent killer, carbon monoxide poisoning kills 170 people on average every year in the United States, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The carbon monoxide that caused these deaths were not produced by automobiles, but by...
by Elizabeth Guy | Jul 15, 2014 | Carbon Monoxide
With carbon monoxide poisoning cases on the rise, we at Blue Ridge Chimney Services have been asked a few common questions about what carbon monoxide is and what your fireplace and chimney have to do with it leaking into your home. According to the Chimney Safety...