Heating equipment, while necessary for your home’s comfort, can create a safety risk in your home if it isn’t used properly. We have seen many safety problems with heaters over the years that could have been avoided, and we want to share our top tips for staying safe when you heat your home:
- Keep anything that can burn at least several feet away from your heaters, as well as your fireplace, portable space heater, or wood stove.
- If you use space heaters or open fires in your home, make sure your children are aware of the dangers and supervised when these systems are in use. You should also make sure your children are not allowed to play near any heating equipment.
- Have our professional team come in and install any new heaters or equipment according to the manufacturer’s instruction and local codes so your home stays safe. Turning to our qualified team will also ensure the efficiency and reliability of your new equipment.
- When you go to bed, leave the room, or leave your home, make sure you turn any portable heaters all the way off.
- If your home’s heating system runs off of gas or oil, never use an alternative fuel to run the appliance. This can result in system malfunctions and danger to your home.
- If your home has a fireplace, make sure it has a sturdy screen on it to keep sparks from flying into the room. You should also make sure any ashes are completely cool before placing them in a metal container for disposal.
- Test your smoke alarms regularly (once a month is recommended).
I do like how you mentioned that it’s essential to have professionals to install one’s heating units to be able to avoid potential hazards and complications in the future. That is an advice I will be sure to heed as it should be perfect for my plan to have a heating system installed in our new home. Hopefully, the contractors or professionals I would be able to get are reliable and competent for the job. Additionally, specializing in my heater’s unit would be great too. Thanks!
This is some really good information about heating systems. I liked that you pointed out that if your system uses oil you should never use an alternative fuel to run it. That is a good thing for me to be aware of because my home needs to use a heating oil.
That’s good to know that if your home uses gas or oil for the heating system that you can’t change the fuel used. My mom’s home uses heating oil so she was wondering if she can change it. I’ll have to tell her that she can’t and instead help her find a heating oil service she can use to refuel her heater before winter comes.
I like your advice on keeping anything flammable clear of your home heaters. The last thing you want is for something to catch fire without you noticing. Another piece of advice is not running space heaters with nobody home.
Thanks for sharing this safety tips for air conditioners. Help me to understand the precautions.
My mom has a heating system that is heating up too much and getting to hot too fast. It could be really helpful for her to be able to get some maintenance from a professional. I’ll be sure to tell her that she should make sure that her kids are not allowed to play near any heating equipment.
Thank you for your tip to turn off any portable heaters that are on before you go to bed or leave your home. The heating system in my home has been acting up lately and I want it to be fixed before fall hits. I will make sure to keep this tip in mind to keep my family safe from fires.
It’s interesting to know that you need to replace the filter in your HVAC unit every 90 days to keep it working properly. My mother is looking for advice about how to give proper maintenance to her HVAC units. I will call a professional HVAC contractor to help my mother to replace her unit filter.
As a person who is allergic to coldness, my heater can never go broken. I find this blog helpful because I can consider using alternative fuel to keep them running. Although, hiring a professional is a much better option to check if my heater and its parts are working fine because if not I might consider replacing it to ensure it’s working come winter.
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Thank you for mentioning that you should turn off heaters all the way off. One of my friends just moved and said she needs an HVAC system. In my opinion, she should look into having a professional do it.
Thanks for alerting us to keep flammable materials away from the furnace. My godfather just moved to a new house, and he needs to install a heater. I’ll advise him about this once he gest his furnace installed.
This is what I needed. Winter is coming and I need to be prepared to make my family feel comfortable this winter season. Should I call a professional HVAC contractor to check my HVAC system? Or just check it myself?
I want to get a heater installed in my living room. I like how you mention keeping flammable products and anything that can burn away from heaters. Thank you for the advice this will help avoid damages and issues.
I am thinking I am going to need a new heater for the coming winter. It is getting cold out and I have noticed my home is not heating as well as I want it to. I really appreciate your advice for having a professional install any new heaters so I make sure it works efficiently! I am not a big fan of being cold so I am very excited to find a professional to help me!
You made a great point about keeping anything that can burn at least several feet away from heaters. My husband and I are looking to get a new heating oil furnace that can help us keep warm this winter. We will keep these tips in mind as we search for a professional that can help us best.
Ah, thank you for the tip to be sure your children are aware of the dangers of fire if you have a space heater in your home. Actually, I’m hoping to get our furnace maintained a little. It’s been way too cold this year, and we need some heat in this home.
Do not plug any other electrical devices into the same outlet as the heater.Keep up the great work! Thank you so much for sharing a great posts.
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I found it interesting when you said that if your heating system runs out of fuel to don’t use any other type of fuel but the one that is required. My dad told me that his heating system isn’t working and he wanted to refill the fuel tank. I will suggest to him to hire a professional company to find out what the problem is.
The heater in our apartment got broken for the first time in years so we don’t have any idea how to handle it. My husband is looking for some tricks he could do, but I appreciate how you emphasized on calling a professional for help. I agree that having an expert will ensure the efficiency and reliability of the work that should be done. I might look around for nearby heating contractors to have our equipment fixed as soon as possible.
Great Tip. The leakage from electrical devices are always dangerous for anyone.
We should make sure there is not leakage and proper insulation of electrical appliances.
Thank you!! We will follow these steps.
Cheers!!
Thanks for explaining that you should find heating appliances that runs off the same system as your home’s heating system, whether it be gas or oil. I think our heating system runs off propane, so I wonder if we could get some heated steps that run off propane as well. We want to make sure that we don’t have to shovel our walkways each winter now that we are getting older.