Seattle (AP) - A new requirement, in Washington home carbon monoxide detector effective January 1.
State law requirements in the new building started in 2011 alarm. 2013 years of law, all the existing housing, including apartment, apartment, hotel, house agency dormitory and the detector.
Single family house owners will need, detector, their home is sold or reshape their licence applications.
Washington real estate broker organizations usually against point-of-sale requirements, but its work and legislation, in order to help protect the client from the poisonous gas alarm supporters, Gorton, said the government affairs director.
The seller will need to ensure that the alarm before closing at home, he said.
"We don't think it is not reasonable," Gorton said Tuesday.
In the state legislature of building an orderly change, from December 2006 storm in the puget sound area, causing hundreds of others are being treated carbon monoxide poisoning after large area blackout. Eight deaths are blamed on use generator or lighting barbecue, in their home lampblack.
Seattle fire, education experts, CATTS, "Dana said:" these types of tragedy, make they required in residential building in alarm.
"Because in our region's winter storm frequency, it is very important to carbon monoxide alarm, because you cannot see or smell it."
Lampblack is home has been seal for saving energy.
She said: "home today is set up so closely with outside air exchange a lot,"
Risk, if they have been well ventilated house or indoor charcoal traditional cooking culture and family from immigration, CATTS said.
It can happen to anyone who brought the wrong type of heating, such as barbecue equipment, or generator, "she said."
Like smoke detector, co alarm will save lives, CATTS said.
"This is just another kind of important safety device, this will help remind people," she said. "You don't know what it happen, until you get similar symptoms of influenza.
Similar to the carbon monoxide alarm, smoke alarm. They can be hardwired or battery power supply. They sell sales and some model, combining with the smoke alarm smoke alarm. Price from $25 to forty dollars.
According to the installation guide for installation, but generally should set alarm outside the bedroom, a family each level a alarm.




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