Engineering360: "Four Common Home Heating Problems and How to Handle Them"

I would like to add that anybody that has a gas or oil furnace needs a carbon monoxide detector installed in the house...The heat exchanger can crack and send fumes into the air space causing headaches and drowsiness....as carbon monoxide is odorless, it is a silent killer....Have your furnace checked and serviced every year....

Furnace safety (CO monitor, and/or new optical smoke detectors) is only a part of fire safety in the home, but a key one. SE brings up laser spot on points as usual.

It is time to check.

Around our house, it is usually the first sign of a cold day, when wifey turns on the heat, and it smells like pyrolyzing, toasting lint. That is one of my least favorite things.

It truly means winter is upon me, and I am once again caught in the lurches.