Are your appliances ready for winter?

AUTUMN will soon be in full swing, and it won’t be long before the central heating is cranked up in many homes. 

But as well as warming people up, the big switch-on could also bring with it a silent killer.

Faulty appliances that use fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil or wood) can produce carbon monoxide, a difficult to detect colourless, odourless and tasteless gas — which can also cause sudden collapse, loss of consciousness and even death.