My house has an electric boiler that I’ve regularly made sure is well-took care of by the local Heating and A/C professional, i didn’t do it to ensure the heating system reMained functional. That was just a plus of involving the Heating and A/C repairman, but the real reason is that I feared a malfunction would either shock me or burn me to death. I avoided houses with any other type of Heating and A/C unit that I felt would threaten my safety. Boilers, for example, are in a type of heating technology that I would want to avoid living with. I thought about possible carbon monoxide poisoning, as well as that was enough to induce a panic attack. My parents home used a boiler for heating, as well as my dad was once a heating as well as cooling provider, so every boiler/heater tune-up as well as boiler filter cleaning as well as upgradement was done on a routine, as well as my good friend and I never had to worry. I’d live in a house with a central heating system too, but all the houses in my part have installed other possibilities for a modern heating as well as cooling system. I had work away from my hometown as well as was hosted by a legitimately kind family my parents knew from university. It was just before winter season heat, so the afternoons kept getting colder, as well as their boiler was on for a lot longer than on warmer afternoons. I remember my good friend and I were eating dinner when the smoke alarm went off. I have never panicked as much as I did then. The heating contractor was called to diagnose as well as service the problem since the fire response team had also found that to be the smoke alarm trigger. It was something to do with excessive oil in the combustion chamber, as well as for me, those sound like fire hazards I’d rather avoid.