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Dust settles on heat exchangers and burners all summer, and the first firing burns it off with that unmistakable toasted smell. An hour of ventilation clears it. A smell that persists for days, or anything electrical, breaks the pattern and earns a call the same week.
Keep heat at 55 or above even when away, open cabinet doors on exterior wall plumbing, and let vulnerable faucets drip through deep cold. Know your main shutoff before you need it. Heating failures during cold snaps get priority scheduling exactly because frozen pipes multiply the damage.
Modest savings, honestly. Boilers respond slowly, so aggressive smart setbacks recover sluggishly and frustrate people. The win comes from consistent scheduling and remote control rather than clever algorithms. Outdoor reset controls on the boiler itself usually save more than any thermostat, which few homeowners hear.
Rate and delivery charges lead the list in Massachusetts. Equipment aging into inefficiency, duct leaks, and thermostat creep stack on top. Compare therms used against last year rather than dollars, to separate the utility's share from the system's share. Therms up means the house changed.
Converting before failure beats converting during a January breakdown, and the math agrees. Planned conversions capture full Mass Save rebates, allow proper sizing, and schedule on your calendar. A dead boiler in deep cold compresses every decision into the worst week. The assessment prices the path while choice still exists.
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