Preventative HVAC Maintenance in Heating Season

Molly White • October 25, 2016

 

Your cooling system is probably the LAST thing you’re thinking about with the pending winter, but winter is a great time to upgrade, repair, or reset your system! A cooling adjustment during heating season offers two large advantages to customers: our Arnie’s certified HVAC technicians have more availability in the off-season and a tune-up during fall/winter will help you avoid a costly summertime emergency!

 

hvac If we could offer one piece of advice to all homeowners, it would be to stick to your preventative maintenance schedules. Small things such as routine cleanings can have HUGE impacts on energy efficiency and costs. Having a dirty condenser coil in your HVAC system can increase energy consumption by 30%. Not to mention, unfiltered air bypasses the dirty or clogged filters altogether and deposits grime on the system, which is much harder to clean and more costly than a filter is to replace.

 

9-signs-that-your-hvac-system-needs-maintenance We tell people that your filters should be checked once a month, depending on the type of filter. Some only need to be changed every 90 days or even six months. Cleaning your condenser coil can be a DIY project, as you can purchase coil cleaners and hose off the coils. BUT, the evaporator coils are inside the unit, so you have to remove panels to access it for cleaning. We obviously recommend a licensed contractor, as this task can get complicated quickly!

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