Routine furnace maintenance is a doctor’s appointment just for your HVAC system—it ensures top health and peak performance. But you don’t have to be a doctor to tune up certain parts of your system. Here are some smaller maintenance items you can do yourself, and Professional Heating and Cooling is here to walk you through them.
Your DIY Furnace Maintenance Checklist
Replace Your Furnace Filter
Dust, dirt, and other airborne contaminants flow through your home’s ductwork every second of everyday. Your filter’s job is to trap those pollutants before you have the chance to breathe them in. These filters get rather dirty in the process. Filters should be changed regularly, we recommend changing them (every one to three months for standard filters), dirty filters can block airflow and cause problems for both your health and your heating system’s health. Clean filters ensure better air quality and a well working furnace.
Clean Inside Your Vents
Contaminants like dirt and dust can settle and build up inside your ducts and vents. These can block airflow, which will put more stress on your furnace to push air past the blockages. Rather than risk a system breakdown, use your vacuum cleaner’s hose to clear out those contaminants sitting inside your vents. This simple step goes a long way to improving your indoor air quality as well as your heating system’s operation. This can only do so much since your household vacuum can only reach so far. To properly clean your vents a Professional Duct Clean is recommended.
Test Out Your Thermostat
Your furnace is responsible for keeping you warm, but your thermostat is the furnace “on” switch. To ensure your ready for winter you can:
Taking the face off and cleaning the inside of the casing.
Turning up the temperature to ensure the furnace turns on correctly.
Replace the thermostat batteries.
A routine clean and tune up from the Pros at Professional Heating and Cooling will take care of these steps and much more. We make sure every part in your furnace is in good working condition, optimize your system's energy efficiency, and reduce the likeliness of having a break down with unexpected repairs. Regular service also keeps your furnace’s warranty valid in case of an untimely breakdown.
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