1. WHO IS TLC HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC.?  FOR OVER 36 YEARS TLC HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC. HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE HOME REMODELING INDUSTRY SERVING THE LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY AREAS.  WE HAVE BUILT OUR EXCELLENT REPUTATION OVER THE YEARS BY PUTTING OUR HEARTS AND PASSION INTO EVERY PROJECT WE TAKE ON.  WE TREAT EVERY PROJECT AS IF IT WERE ON OUR HOME.  PERFECTION IS THE STANDARD PRACTICE WHEN WE TAKE ON A PROJECT AND COMPLETE SATISFACTION IS WHAT WE EXPECT AND GUARANTEE!

2. According to the Center for Disease Control, unintentional Carbon Monoxide exposure accounts for an estimated 15,000 ER visits and 500 unintentional deaths in the United States each year (statistics current through 2004). California alone had 115 deaths from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning between 1999-2004 Recent Statistics of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

3. What is carbon monoxide? Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous, colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. Although it has no detectable odor, CO is often mixed with other gases that do have an odor. That means that you can inhale carbon monoxide right along with gases that you can smell and not even know that CO is present. CO is a common industrial hazard resulting from the incomplete burning of natural gas and any other material containing carbon such as gasoline, kerosene, oil, propane, coal, or wood. Forges, blast furnaces and cooking ovens produce CO. One of the most common sources of exposure in the workplace is the internal combustion engine.

4. Carbon monoxide exposure and poisoning occur more during the fall and winter, when people are more likely to use gas furnaces, heaters and generators in their homes. The Center for Disease Control Study found that adults over the age 65, were most at risk for contracting carbon monoxide poisoning, and that the average daily number of carbon monoxide related deaths occur in January, due to an increase of gas- powered furnaces in the cold, winter months. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Highest During Cold Weather

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6. Required By Law A New State Law Has Passed! California’s Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2010, requires that all residential properties with fossil fuel burning appliances, fireplaces or attached garages be equipped with an approved carbon monoxide alarm. All single family homes must be equipped with a carbon monoxide alarm by July, 2011. All other residential units must have a carbon monoxide alarm by January 2013. Only carbon monoxide alarms that are approved by the California State Fire Marshall can be used. Use of carbon monoxide Alarms will be required.

7. Poisoning Of Carbon Monoxide How does CO harm you?  Carbon monoxide is harmful when inhaled because it displaces oxygen in the blood and deprives the heart, brain, and other vital organs of oxygen. Large amounts of CO can overcome you in minutes without warning—causing you to lose consciousness and suffocate. Help prevent CO Poisoning  Install an effective ventilation system that will remove CO.  Maintain equipment and appliances (e.g., water heaters, space heaters, cooking ranges) that can produce CO in good working order to promote their safe operation and to reduce CO formation.

8. Carbon monoxide is everywhere