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Furnace Repair | Get Yourself A Furnace Tune Up
This is a common scenario: winter ends, and people are too excited with the warmer weather, they don’t even think about furnace repair. They turn off the furnace, and don’t give it another thought until summer is over, and that familiar chill hits the air, and they go to turn their furnace back on, and it won’t start up.
All too often, furnace repair companies like Hot To Cold hear from customers in this exact situation. Their furnace could use some servicing before being turned off for months, but it doesn’t happen, and now it won’t work. The worst part is now that it’s cold, everyone needs their furnace fixed, and companies can’t repair them fast enough. You end up being in the cold for hours or more, because of a lack of planning.
Furnace Tune Up At The End Of Winter
Don’t let this happen to you! Instead, contact Hot to Cold to help service your furnace, so that after months of disuse, there’s no worry that it won’t start back up again. The best time to do this is just at the beginning of spring, when the furnace has taken you through the deepest parts of winter. Hot to Cold says that problems start to happen before the entire furnace stops working.
The key is to get a company like Hot to Cold look at the furnace on a schedule, so they can see these smaller things, and fix them to help keep your furnace running longer, without needing furnace repair. The types of things that start to wear out or break before your furnace stops is: snapped wired, burnt out igniters, elements cracking and the fan motors stop. If these are replaced, your furnace will have to work less hard to heat your home and will wear out less often.
Prevent Deadly Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
And while it’s important to get your furnace checked, many people may not know just how vital it is. A malfunctioning furnace can start venting carbon monoxide, a colourless, odourless, and deadly gas. The furnace repair company will bring equipment to ensure this is not happening, while fixing the other component parts of the furnace at the same time.
While it might seem frustrating to call a furnace company in right at the beginning of summer, says Hot to Cold, but the alternative could be turning on your furnace when winter starts and having absolutely no heat. A great way to remember to book your furnace check, is to have it coincide with the first day of autumn, September 20. Or book it around thanksgiving or Halloween.
Furnace Repair | Prevent Your Furnace from Breaking Down
Not only could this help you prevent your furnace from breaking down, it will help you delay when you will need to replace your furnace. By fixing the smaller parts, the furnace will last longer. But even more importantly, it can actually help save your family by preventing even small carbon monoxide leaks. Which should give you peace of mind and save you money.
To prepare for the furnace tune up or repair company coming in, you should first ensure that you’ve booked the appointment. You can call, email, or book conveniently online. Our courteous and skilled technicians will show up on time and be ready to service your furnace.
Getting Ready For Service
The next thing that homeowners should do is ensure that the path to the furnace is clear. While people may not have to get to their furnace all the time, stuff can accumulate around it. This will make getting to the furnace and servicing it harder. Clear that path ahead of time, and avoid the last minute scramble when the technician arrives.
Third, ensure you have a furnace filter on hand. While our technician will have no problem installing it for you. However, your furnace will work its best when the existing furnace filter is changed about four times a year. An easy way to remember it, is whenever there is a change of the season, it’s time to change your furnace filter. Schedule this around vacuuming out your bathroom fan and changing the batteries in your smoke detector to make it even easier to remember!
Have Your Furnace Questions Handy
Lastly, to help avoid any unnecessary furnace repair in the future, ensure you make (and have handy) a list of anything you’ve noticed about your furnace in the last year. Making odd sounds? Smells? Turning off at unusual times? Even if you don’t have any issues, but you have questions about the operation of your furnace, our technicians will check out your furnace, or take the time to answer your questions. The more you know about your furnace, the more likely you will take good care of it!
Contact Us!
After the service appointment, the technicians will let you know what’s going on with your furnace. If parts will need to be replaced, they will let you know. If parts will need to be replaced in the future, they will let you know that as well. With timely furnace repairs and tune-ups, homeowners can avoid having their furnace stop working on the coldest day of the year, and ensure they keep their furnace working for as long as possible. Call Hot to Cold today to schedule yours!
