Selling Your Steamboat Home? New Law Goes In Effect July 1, 2009
If you have your Steamboat area home listed for sale or are thinking of selling, you need to be aware of a new law that will go into effect on July 1, 2009.
Colorado law HB-1091, requires all existing single-family and multi-family housing units offered for sale, transfer or rent, including all new residential construction to have carbon monoxide detectors.
Carbon Monoxide Alarms must be:
- Installed in all homes with a fuel-fired heater or appliance, a fireplace, or an attached garage;
- Installed within 15 feet of the entrance to each room lawfully used for sleeping.
A Carbon Monoxide Alarm:
- Detects Carbon Monoxide and produces a distinct, audible alarm;
- Conforms to standards recognized by independent product-safety testing laboratories;
- Is battery powered, plugs into a home’s electrical outlet and has a battery backup, or is connected
- to an electrical system via an electrical panel;
- May be combined with a smoke detecting device if the combined device has signals that clearly
- differentiate between the two hazards.
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Posted: June 17th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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