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BE ADVISED: RECALL ON BOILER PARTS
RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE HAZARD

A recall has been issued by the manufacturer of automatic electronic vent dampers, a part found on nearly all steam and hot water boilers, sold between August 2007 and July 2008.
Popular boiler manufacturers that use this part include the following:
Weil-McLain, HydroTherm, Crown, Lochinvar, Smith, New Yorker, Burnham, Peerless, Laars and others. Please follow the link below for complete list.

Please note that under this program the installing contractor is not responsible for providing free replacement vent dampers. Responsibility lies with the homeowner to follow the instructions provided through the recall program.
Effikal, the manufacturer, has set up a special website and hotline to handle this. Please see below.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09008.html

Gateway Plumbing and Heating will replace the vent dampers free of charge for its clients where they installed those units meeting the criteria for replacement.
We ask that the client pre-arrange for the new damper to be on site at the time of our arrival. We also ask if you haven’t yet scheduled your paid annual maintenance service, or your free first year service, you have the new vent damper on site for that date.

If you have questions about this program or the recalled part, please do not call our office. Rather, call the number in the recall notice or post your questions here as others may have the same concerns.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09008.html

Thank you for your cooperation.
John Cataneo
(Master Plvmber)
VP
Gateway Plumbing and Heating
www.GatewayPlumbing.com