With all the chores on your home improvement list, it may feel like a stretch to add another, but this one could save your life: upgrading home fire safety equipment. It’s easy to take smoke alarms for granted, and if yours are over 10 years old, there’s a 30 percent chance that, thanks to age...
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A disturbing new investigative report by NBC News reveals that popular smoke detectors found in millions of homes across the country may not protect your family in a fire. The report comes on the heels of a Texas A&M University experiment that found some smoke detectors will not sound the alarm...
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