- If your property uses gas go ahead and schedule a gas delivery before it gets cold.
- Make sure all garden hoses are detached and drained before freezing weather hits.
- If freezing weather occurs keep a faucet dripping (slow)...this will prevent pipes from freezing.
- To keep utility costs down make sure to keep your thermostat around 68 degrees during waking hours and lower while asleep.
- If using a space heater make sure it has a working safety light, alarm, automatic shut-off switch, and a cut-off device to prevent overheating. Keep all objects, people and pets at least three feet away from the space heater. Never use a space heater in your bathroom. Water and electric appliances don't mix.
- If your property has a working fireplace don't "over build" your fire using too much paper. You could ignite the soot in your chimney. Never burn charcoal in your fireplace. It gives off deadly carbon monoxide. Keep your damper open if there are hot ashes in your fireplace. Closing the damper could enable hot ashes to heat up and cause a damaging fire. Let ashes cool in a sealed metal container.
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