Gas appliances are great, but there are blatant health hazards if you’re not careful. A lot of people suppose about the danger of gas line leaks, especially if you live in an home building or a dense subdivision with houses crammed in next to a single another. Gas combustion from a breach down the road could cause the entire gas line to go up in flames. But there are other dangers present with gas appliances that aren’t readily evident to human detection through sight, sound, as well as stink. If a gas appliance fails to completely combust the gas going through it, the resulting byproduct is carbon monoxide. It has no stink or color of any kind, so you’d die before finding the leak if you weren’t smart to have carbon monoxide detectors present in your home. This is partially why I tend to care about electric furnaces if you can find a strong machine. You just don’t have to worry about carbon monoxide or the detectors that alert you of its presence. There’s no worry about forgetting to replace a battery as well as inadvertently killing yourself as well as your family in your sleep. Electric furnaces do not necessarily have to be inefficient. Some people use them with attic ductwork as well as are shocked with the heat loss. Heat rises, you can’t entirely blast it downward from the ceiling as well as expect that to be an efficient use of energy. My electric furnace is separate from our a/c plan as well as is in our basement while the a/c is in the attic. The heater’s ventilation plan is inside the floor, which lets the heat rise into the home naturally. This is the best way to experience an electric fan-forced furnace.