Winter, with both snow and cold, has arrived with notice and many now want to heat up their homes a little extra. At the same time, heating can become a costly affair, especially when electricity prices skyrocket to record levels.
However, there are those who are lucky enough to have some kind of fireplace in their home and can thereby generate some extra heat during the cold winter months.
But whoever plans to light a fire in the future is right to check when the last fire safety inspection was done.
– These checks are done at slightly different intervals depending on how often you fire, says Anders Lundbergfire engineer at the unit for fire and rescue at The authority for social protection and preparednessto News24.
– But what we fear is that people who have perhaps made new installations or people who have moved to older houses with fireplaces and who think that “perfect, we can use this one and fire in it now when it gets cold” might forget to check about it is fire safety controlled. Previous owners may not have fired in it for twenty years.
Through a fire safety inspection, faults and defects in and around your fireplace can be discovered and rectified before it is too late. In addition, the controller can see if you fire incorrectly.
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