Fuel- burning appliances - including furnaces, stoves, fireplaces, clothes dryers, water heaters, and space heaters
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Fuel-burning appliances can produce deadly carbon monoxide under certain conditions, though they are safe when properly installed and maintained. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends that every home have a carbon monoxide alarm. Additionally, consumers should have the vent pipes on their heating systems inspected, as approximately 250,000 high-temperature plastic (HTPV) vent pipe systems attached to gas or propane furnaces or boilers may be defective. These HTPV pipes could crack or separate at the joints, potentially leaking carbon monoxide into homes.
The affected vent pipes are plastic and colored gray or black, with names such as "Plexvent®," "Plexvent®II," or "Ultravent®" stamped or stickered on them. For furnaces, only horizontal HTPV systems that pass through sidewalls are part of the recall program; for boilers, all HTPV systems are included. Other plastic vent pipes like white PVC or CPVC are not involved. The record states that consumers should have their vent pipes inspected to determine if they are part of the recall program, under which defective pipes would be replaced free of charge.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
Under certain conditions, fuel-burning appliances can produce deadly CO. However, with proper installation and maintenance, they are safe to use.
Consumers should also have the vent pipes on their heating systems inspected. In 1998, virtually the entire furnace and boiler industry together with the manufacturers of high-temperature plastic vent (HTPV) pipes joined with CPSC to announce a vent pipe recall program. The program's purpose is to replace, free of charge, an estimated 250,000 HTPV pipe systems attached to gas or propane furnaces or boilers in consumers' homes. The HTPV pipes could crack or separate at the joints and leak CO.
Consumers can check the vent pipes attached to their natural gas or propane furnaces or boilers to determine if they are part of this recall. They can be identified as follows: the vent pipes are plastic; the vent pipes are colored gray or black; and the vent pipes have the names "Plexvent®," "Plexvent®II" or "Ultravent®" stamped on the vent pipe or printed on stickers placed on pieces used to connect the vent pipes together. Consumers should also check the location of these vent pipes. For furnaces, only HTPV systems that have vent pipes that go through the sidewalls of structures (horizontal systems) are subject to this program. For boilers, all HTPV systems are subject to this program. Other plastic vent pipes, such as white PVC or CPVC, are not involved in this program.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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