@newhomeownerplanner: Remove the lower front access panel of your gas furnace, grab a flashlight, and look directly at the steel burner tubes where the blue gas flames shoot out. Are those metal tubes clean and smooth, or are they covered in heavy orange rust flakes, white crust, and partially blocked burner ports? When condensation from combustion drips onto unpainted steel burners year after year, rust scale builds up and chokes the tiny gas delivery ports. When your thermostat calls for heat, gas pools inside the dirty chamber for a split second longer before igniting with a loud "WHOOSH" or "BOOM" that shakes the entire metal cabinet. That explosive shockwave batters the thin metal heat exchanger until it develops hair-line cracks, leaking deadly carbon monoxide gas straight into your household air ducts. Full checklist: search 'newhomeownerplanner' on Selar Look inside your furnace burners tonight: Clean metal or heavy rust? Part 14 of 30 — follow so you don't land mid-series. #hvac #furnace #carbonmonoxide #homeinspection #firsthome #homeowner #safetyfirst #diyhome #hometips

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