Portland’s “Arctic Blast” claimed one life yesterday and left a woman in the hospital reports KGW. The cause: carbon monoxide from a natural gas heater that wasn’t vented properly. I wrote this post last year after a family of four was killed by carbon monoxide in Colorado. I bought our detector after writing that post.… Continue reading Carbon Monoxide Death in Portland

Do you have to have carbon monoxide detectors when selling a home in Oregon?  Yes.  As of April 1, 2011 House Bill 3450 requires that carbon monoxide detectors be provided by the seller of Oregon real estate:

I’m almost finished with writing a post on a different subject but this is more important. In real estate, we test and test and test through the transaction; oil tanks, radon, pests, and the list goes on. Oregon real estate law has a provision for smoke detectors. Carbon monoxide? It’s rarely mentioned in real estate.… Continue reading Carbon Monoxide Kills Family of Four