KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The weather this fall has been warmer than usual, but that’s about to change with freezing temperatures forecast for later this week.
That means it’s time to swap out your furnace filters, take the window air conditioners out and get ready for winter, if you haven’t already.
Kalamazoo city commissioner Chris Praedel, who also operates Homeworks, a local agency that helps homeowners with repairs, recommends installing a carbon monoxide detector.
He says the ones that give real-time readouts are preferable to the ones that just alarm because they reveal leaks that cheaper ones may miss.
“It could very well be a slow leak in your house that’s been going on for weeks and by the time that you know it you would be visibly and physically sick and have flu like symptoms that could be irreparable.”
His advice comes from his own personal experience.
“It happens more than you think. It’s happened to my family and I see in my day job that it happens to other families quite frequently so, please just know that your furnace can be a hazard.”
He says it could save your life.
Praedel says emergency furnace replacements are a priority for his agency this time of the year.
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