They Should Have Been Dead

Wisconsin mandates CO2 detectors along with smoke alarms..Yicks..this "deferred maintenance" could have been fatal !

Michael Thornton This is not my field but I too am amaze that no one died base on the picture. 

I don't know Michael noting that a little Duct tape couldn't cure.  Of course I wouldn't want to live there...

I was called once to inspect a house before the children who inherited it from their recently passed mother put it on the market.  She died in January, over the course of a few months, with an undiagnosed illness beginning in October.  During my inspection I found the back side of the furnace rusted open and holes clearly visible.  It was against the wall and hard to see, but I wanted a look anyway.

Turns out that had they called me in September to do an inspection I might have found that and saved the lady's life.

Her bedroom, and bed, were directly over that furnace.

Nuff said.

Oh, and many combo smoke/CO detectors have been recalled.  The first was System Sensor, recalled by CPSC in February 2015, and then most, if not all, of the other manufacturers voluntarily recalled theirs. 

Watch out for what the Nannies mandate!  In addition to Big Brother, we have Big Nanny.

I don't pretend to understand all this technical stuff about HVAC systems, but this sounded very scary!

Michael-That is pretty scary. Thankfully no one died.

These surely looked cracked to me Michael. Glad to hear no one was harmed here.

Good morning Michael. Your title says it all. How very very scary.

Michael these people were lucky this was pointed out to them now.  This could of had a very bad ending for them.

Michael,

SOmeone was looking out for these folks thank goodness! What is the difference between a monitor and detector maybe you could do a blog. THis is important stuff!

Michael that is a direct fired flame into the air stream.  How lucky that they are all well.

Michael Thornton 

Scary looking!  I have run across several cracked heat exchangers in the last several years, including one in the house we were buying last year. The furnace was not working and we negotiated a credit for replacing the furnace before moving in

California mandates CO detectors and smoke detectors, thank goodness.

Jeff

Michael

The cracked heat exchangers is a scary condition . . . . And they the should be replaced ASAP.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Regular checkups are important for this reason and to make sure that they units are working at their top efficiency. Our new units are operating just like they should.

Wow!

That is far beyond a cracked heat exchanger, it is good that it is being repaired now before someone does die.

We inspect our cars but not our heat xchangers.