Comments on: No Major Damage After Home Furnace Fire Reported http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/no-major-damage-after-home-furnace-fire-reported Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Big Bopper http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/no-major-damage-after-home-furnace-fire-reported/comment-page-1#comment-104556 Big Bopper Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:12:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=71930#comment-104556 @SHO NUFF Guilty as charged, I buy the cheap filters but I won't be doing that anymore Thanks for the Tip! @SHO NUFF

Guilty as charged, I buy the cheap filters but I won’t be doing that anymore
Thanks for the Tip!

]]> By: SHO-NUFF http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/no-major-damage-after-home-furnace-fire-reported/comment-page-1#comment-104498 SHO-NUFF Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:06:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=71930#comment-104498 Keep your'e filters changed and don't use the cheap fiberglass angel hair ones either. They let too much dust past the air handler, and it cakes up on the heater coils and in the duct work. Fire up the heat, after running the A/C all summer and it just burns off most of the time. Thus the "Smell" you get. It is the accumulated burning dust you smell. But if there is enough build up, it can catch the whole system on fire. Buy the good "pleated" filters. Cost twice as much as the cheap ones, but last three times as long. House is cleaner because of less dust, and you won't have this problem. "Spend a little more, and save a lot"! Keep your’e filters changed and don’t use the cheap fiberglass angel hair ones either. They let too much dust past the air handler, and it cakes up on the heater coils and in the duct work. Fire up the heat, after running the A/C all summer and it just burns off most of the time. Thus the “Smell” you get.
It is the accumulated burning dust you smell. But if there is enough build up, it can catch the whole system on fire.

Buy the good “pleated” filters. Cost twice as much as the cheap ones, but last three times as long. House is cleaner because of less dust, and you won’t have this problem. “Spend a little more, and save a lot”!

]]> By: Big Bopper http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/no-major-damage-after-home-furnace-fire-reported/comment-page-1#comment-104426 Big Bopper Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:39:32 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=71930#comment-104426 Very good advice Oversight I hope the home owner is not one of the people out of job and just has an old system they can't afford to replace. Good luck folks and best wishes for the upcoming holidays this year. Very good advice Oversight

I hope the home owner is not one of the people out of job and just
has an old system they can’t afford to replace. Good luck folks and
best wishes for the upcoming holidays this year.

]]> By: Oversight http://www.northescambia.com/2011/10/no-major-damage-after-home-furnace-fire-reported/comment-page-1#comment-104422 Oversight Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:46:23 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=71930#comment-104422 This article should be a wake-up call for folks because furnaces need to be professionally checked before using them following a long period of inactivity. And don't forget to change the batteries your smoke detectors; it's that time of year again! This article should be a wake-up call for folks because furnaces need to be professionally checked before using them following a long period of inactivity. And don’t forget to change the batteries your smoke detectors; it’s that time of year again!

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