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Vincent’s Heating & May 2019 VINCENT’S NEWS The ‘Van-Go’ Gallery

O WNER ’ S C ORNER “Wherever you see a ‘Vincent’s Van Go’ you INSIDE THIS ISSUE: know the job will be a work of art.” T HROUGH M Y Your E YES Through Your Eyes 1 This month I Water Heater Safety 1 find it am ‘stepping aside’ interesting VHP Gives Back 1 to let you hear from other Vincent’s and Word Search 4 News readers. Here informative.” Humor 4 are a few of the Ralph Knotts comments we received on the Drawing entry forms “Look forward that were sent in. to reading — Daniel Squires because its informative and good Here is Brendan performing testing on a “I look forward to the water heater to make certain it is performing as Congratulations to this newsletter every stories.” intended and not making too much . month, it has been very Roxanne Ball years Vincent’s News informing” very happy customer.” Drawing Winners: Sharon Snyder “I learn a great deal from Daniel McGuire reading your articles. I

1st - Jessica Strickland of “Don't usually read ad enjoy your puzzles and Continued Page 3 Algonac stuff but I read yours. I jokes. Long time satisfied, (Aprilaire ) Water Heater Safety & Maintenance – Part 4 of 4 2nd - Linda Cox of North Street (NSI 3000 Low-Level If you have a natural technical, when a your through CO Monitor) draft gas water heater is working as the chimney, which it is very important to planned, there is a prevents the exhaust 3rd – Judy Heyser of Marine make certain that pressure difference – from exiting. Instead, City (Germicidal UV Air your chimney is the draft – that pulls the water heater Purifier) working correctly and the exhaust from your exhaust leaks into venting the water water heater and expels your and heater exhaust from it outside your house. contaminates the air your house. If it isn’t, The natural direction of you breathe. then the water heater flow is from inside the One of the causes of a exhaust products - house to outside the backdraft is a house including carbon house. However, there that is ‘too tight’. This monoxide - will ‘dump’ are factors that can may be a surprise to into your home and reverse this and create some people, who put you at risk. a ‘backdraft’. In this Without getting too case outside air enters Continued Page 2 Page 2

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listened to all the messages putting you at risk.) urging us to seal up our Testing to make certain that and replace our your water heater is venting ‘leaky’ in order to correctly to get rid of water save energy and reduce our heater exhaust is important to bills. However, a house your safety and should be just can’t be sealed up done on an annual basis. If without considering the need your water heater isn’t venting for ventilation. Ventilation is correctly, it needs to be needed to let your house corrected through ventilation – dilute and expel indoor which is, by the way, the ‘V’ in pollutants that can have a ‘HVAC’. negative impact on your health – pollutants like The amount of carbon Recently we discovered a charred detergent odors, cleaning monoxide that a gas water electric water heater - chemicals, from heater produces should also it had caught due to faulty electrical connections. carpets and other man-made be measured on an annual products - including excess basis to make certain it is hazards. within acceptable safe limits. . • On tankless heaters the Even assuming that the water slightest amount of Ventilation also plays a role heater exhaust products are scaling in the narrow in whether your chimney will being vented correctly today, water passages can work correctly, Consider: what happens if the chimney dramatically reduce where does the air come gets plugged? – like if a performance. An annual from to ‘make up’ for the air squirrel builds a nest in it? (Not flush is necessary to lost when you turn on your an uncommon occurrence.) ensure that it will perform or exhaust There are no water heater as intended. or when you use your safeties to protect against fireplace when your house is dangerous levels of carbon These are some of the tasks sealed up tight? Unless monoxide. This is why we that we take care of in our there is an alternate source include combustion testing on Plumbing & Home Safety of make-up air, your water water heaters as part of a Service with our water heater heater chimney will be a water heater inspection with a safety and maintenance channel to let air into the Plumbing & Home Safety procedures – along with the house instead of letting the Service visit. other tasks that I have exhaust out. This is a described in Parts 1, 2 and 3 dangerous condition. Other procedures include: of this series over the past (As a side note, if you are • On electric water heaters, it three months. is important to examine the constantly having to deal For a full list of water heater wiring and all the electrical with dust in your house, this maintenance procedures see connections for signs of can be a symptom of a ‘too the enclosed insert. tight’ house that can be scorching and other electric –Daniel Squires Page 3 Through Your Eyes (Continued from Page 1)

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