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Colorado CO Alarm Law
A new state law in Colorado effective July 1, 2009 requires the seller of every residence to be responsible for having carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in the home prior to closing.
The detector(s) must be installed in all homes with a fuel-fired heater ar appliance, a fireplace (both wood burning & gas log), or an attached garage. Additionally, a CO detector must be installed within 15 feet of the entrance to each room lawfully used for sleeping. The installation may be at ceiling height as well as pluged in above a baseboard. All hardwired and plug-in detectors should have a battery backup.
CO detectors are a great idea, but I’m sure more lives are saved by smoke alarms, that ironically are not required for a real estate sale.
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I can tell you from actual experience the importance of CO detectors. I had a client that needed to sell their four unit building because their son had suffered a mysterious illness recently. The parents/co-owners were out of state and couldn’t handle the day to day operation with their son no longer able to perform the manager duties. The illness was sudden and total memory loss and total personality change. Well we got the listing under contract and during the inspections, we found one furnance in the building was pumping out 40,000 btu’s of carbon monoxide directly into the unit. This was the owners’ son’s unit. From the actual experience I know share the importance of installing WORKING Co monitors because no one should ever have the pain this family went through all because they didn’t have a co monitor. I’ve shared more about this on my blog at http://www.cofinestrealty.com. Thanks for letting me share with you my experience and the importance of this law.