Turning your heat on for the first time when cold weather hits shouldn’t be a thriller. It shouldn’t be a gamble. You don’t want to be wondering if it will actually work, and you certainly don’t want to discover that your furnace is making a strange or terrible smell!
What’s causing that odor? Is it an emergency? Do you need urgent heating repairs, or is your furnace okay? We’ll explain the different smells you might notice coming from your heating system, and help you figure out if you have a serious problem or not.
Are you using a gas-powered furnace in your household? This comes as no surprise: gas furnaces are the most popular heaters found in homes in our area, let alone around the country. They’re great for climates like ours that get more than a bit chilly in the winter!
It goes without saying that there is a certain standard by which you hold your home’s heating system—you want it to offer your household enough warmth to raise the indoor temperature to a comfortable level. After all, that’s what your heater is for, right?
It’s, of course, something you never want to happen, but sometimes it is just inevitable. Your furnace breaks down with no warning. It goes from seemingly performing great all day and night to either stopping or not turning on at all. Of course, the risk of this occurring is less if you invested in heater maintenance this fall. But even with this service, the need for 
Temperatures in our neck of the woods are still chilly enough for homeowners to be using their heaters on a regular basis. But spring will be here soon enough, and the warm weather that comes with it can hit hard. You’ll find yourself switching from using your heater to using your AC system regularly in the blink of an eye.