When both of us decided to build our house, both of us also decided to have a gas oil furnace installed in our house… Both of us were convinced that using a gas oil furnace was a lot less upscale than using an electric oil furnace, plus it would be easier to hook up a generator to use a gas oil furnace rather than an electric oil furnace.
Our gas oil furnace is located in the attic, but both of us have an unusually big attic; The gas lines for our oil furnace run on top of the flooring, which means that both of us have to be careful to avoid tripping over or breaking the pipes that lead to the oil furnace, then for numerous years, both of us had never had trouble with our oil furnace.
That was until Last week. It was the end of summer, as well as it was finally time to carry the a/c upstairs as well as switch to the oil furnace shortly, and while carrying the a/c upstairs, I was having a hard time seeing where I was walking. I usually put the a/c close to the door, but my wife had put something there instead; As I was carrying the a/c, I tripped genuinely hard on the gas line to the oil furnace, breaking the seal. Immediately, the smell of natural gas flooded the attic. I closed the door as well as ran downstairs, trying to call the Heating as well as A/C worker to come instantly. I knew that natural gas could cause an explosion in our house. The Heating as well as A/C worker came out shortly, fixed the oil furnace, as well as reminded me to be careful in the future. It wasn’t my fault that I had to put the a/c in a current location