{"id":498,"date":"2020-10-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2022-07-28T14:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T21:15:08","slug":"whats-the-best-way-to-prevent-furnace-repair-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/heating-service\/whats-the-best-way-to-prevent-furnace-repair-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Best Way to Prevent Furnace Repair Needs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all want our HVAC systems to last forever, right? While\nthis may not be the case, it <em>is <\/em>possible\nfor you to help it last as long as possible and prevent furnace repair needs at\nthe same time. How\u2019s that? By scheduling maintenance! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heating maintenance is vital for your heater\u2019s energy efficiency, longevity, and power. There are a number of tasks involved with this maintenance, and they should only ever be conducted by a professional. Why? Because we have the training and the expertise to do your tune-up as it should be done. What exactly happens during this maintenance appointment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>Here&#8217;s What We Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>We do a safety check, looking for things like a cracked heat exchanger that can leak carbon monoxide gas into your home. <\/li><li>We check your air filter to see if it needs to be changed. This is actually something homeowners should do every 1-3 months during heavy periods of HVAC use. <\/li><li>We check and test the combustion chamber of your furnace as well as the above-mentioned heat exchanger for functionality. <\/li><li>We clean the system thoroughly, including the burner compartment, and check the pilot safety timer, or the flame sensor. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just some of the steps we take, and there are a\nnumber of benefits <em>to <\/em>these steps,\nincluding: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Monetary Savings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you ever consider something like routine heating maintenance a long-term investment? If not, you should! We understand sometimes it\u2019s hard to part with finances when paying for a service for your heater that it doesn\u2019t <em>seem <\/em>like you need. If your heater is running, then it is working just fine, right? Maintenance is elective! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, you could have that attitude, but you\u2019d actually be\nlosing out on money. Maintenance isn\u2019t going to magically raise the efficiency\nlevel of your furnace, but what it <em>does <\/em>do\nit help our team catch small repair needs before they become bigger, which\nmeans you\u2019ll be <em>spending <\/em>less on\nrepairs, and you won\u2019t be due for an expensive replacement years before you\nshould need it\u2014thus saving you money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Improved Comfort<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no way your heater can ever perform at its peak operating levels if it\u2019s not properly cared for\u2014meaning, if it\u2019s not regularly maintained. Your heating system probably won\u2019t break down on you completely just because you missed a single tune-up. However, its overall performance quality will be impaired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You deserve the very best in comfort in your home! If you want this, then you need to schedule routine maintenance. Otherwise, your system will start experiencing problems, and you\u2019ll find that you\u2019re paying <em>more <\/em>for <em>less <\/em>comfort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>System Protection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the biggest benefit of regular heating system\nmaintenance is the fact that it actually protects the furnace itself. The last\nthing you need is to suffer a heating breakdown on the coldest night of the\nyear, right? Of course not! This is exactly why we recommend you let us tune-up\nyour furnace on an annual basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>For quality maintenance and <a href=\"\/service-areas\/martinez-ac-heating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">furnace repair in Martinez, CA<\/a>, contact <a href=\"\/contact\/send-a-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Hometown Heating and Air Conditioning<\/a> today!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heating maintenance is vital for your heater\u2019s energy efficiency, longevity, and power. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[100,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownheatingandair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}