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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

I Bet You Didn’t Know You’re Supposed To Clean This Tiny Furnace Part – Skip It, and You Could Lose Heat on the Coldest Night

A small baseboard radiator, mounted under a very large arched window in a living room, overlooking green fields. .

The furnace is the hero of a house in winter. But there’s one tiny part inside it that most homeowners don’t even know exists, let alone realize they’re supposed to clean – the flame sensor.

Left unchecked, this small but crucial component could shut off your furnace when you need it most, leaving you shivering and with a potentially eye-watering emergency call-out bill.

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