April 2014

For many individuals, very little general maintenance occurs to the heating and cooling unit until it stops functioning properly. Outside of replacing the air filter, nothing else is ever really done to the equipment until it no longer works correctly, which usually occurs during the middle of the summer months right in the peak of repair season, which in turn forces the homeowner to wait in the hot, sticky house, for days, if not weeks, until the repair specialist has time to come out and service the equipment. That is exactly why, in order to avoid expensive heating and cooling repair bills, homeowners need to have a professional HVAC company come out and regularly inspect the equipment. There are many benefits associated with regular heating and cooling maintenance, including the reduction of monthly utility bills, thanks to how efficiently the equipment runs after the repair, the ability to avoid downtime due to breakage, and cleaner air circulated throughout the home, which remains essential for individuals with airborne allergies. During inspection, a heating and cooling contractor comes out and looks over the entire heating and cooling unit. This doesn’t just occur with the air conditioner and the furnace, but also with the air ducts and everything else associated with the system. Throughout the course of a year, all sorts of different problems can form. The vents might no longer be perfectly aligned, which in turn causes a loss in treated air, as the cooled air from the AC unit leaks out of these…