Today’s lesson…Be sure you have good smoke AND carbon monoxide alarms!

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Today’s lesson is a weird one.

First, pretty much every house has a smoke alarm.

Second, most of you ignore them or don’t know anything about them.

It’s just one of those ubiquitous items that’s always there, always been there, and you only notice when you’re aggravated by it chirping or screeching at your cooking.

In my house we call it the oven timer. If it goes off, dinner’s done.

For this week’s lesson, I’ll be short and sweet. I’ll tell you why you should check yours, what you should have, and how to do easy maintenance.

Why you should check your alarms…

• If you already have alarms that your builder installed, they’re probably the cheapest ones available that he could buy in bulk or he bought the cheapest available at Lowe’s that would pass code.
• If you haven’t heard your alarms go off in awhile, not even the low battery chirp, you should test them.
• If you don’t know what kind of alarms you have, better find out now.

What should you have for fire alarms…

• Your alarm should be for both smoke…