May 1, 2009 Deadline Approaching for Remedy Change in Recall Program; Consumers
Urged to Replace Dangerous Home Heating Vent Pipes
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and various home heating
furnace, boiler, and high-temperature plastic vent pipe (HTPV) manufacturers are urging home owners who have not
yet responded to the previously-announced 1998 recall, to do so immediately. After May 1, 2009, the remedy
consumers receive will change.
The recall originally included about 250,000 Plexvent and Ultravent HTPV pipe systems attached to gas or propane mid-
efficiency furnaces and boilers in homes. The HTPV pipes can crack or separate at the joints and leak deadly carbon
monoxide (CO) gas. After checking the vent pipes, consumers should call (800) 758-3688 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.
ET Monday through Friday to sign up for HTPV pipe system replacement. Read more...
