Tomorrow, I'll be changing another apartment over to electric heat. Here in Ohio, I have been changing our rentals to electric baseboard heat for three reasons.
The first reason is that the gas company can't seem to get their act together. Tenants often have their utilities shut off when they don't pay their utility bill. The problem occurs when the gas company comes to turn it back on and then frequently have some reason that they won't turn it back on. I'm 100% for having safety standards, but the gas company doesn't seem to know what they are. It always comes down to which gas company technician comes to turn it on. So, to get rid of this constant annoyance, changing over to electric heat (all electric) makes sense.
The second reason for converting to all electric is that any gas work MUST be done by a state certified gas technician. Therefore, even things that I could easily fix require the expensive service of a certified gas technician.
Finally, and most importantly, tenants WANT electric heat. Gas bills have gone up dramatically in the past few years and gas heat has a really bad reputation. When tenants call to ask about a rental, they often ask what kind of heat it has. I can tell you for a fact, that apartments with gas heat are MUCH harder to rent than all electric apartments.
So.... tomorrow another apartment will be changed to electric heat!
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