When temperatures plummet in the middle of winter, the last thing you want to happen is for your gas furnace to suddenly quit working. Although you can call for emergency repairs, you’re still in for an uncomfortable wait… especially if many other homeowners are experiencing the same problem. The best strategy when it comes to repairing a furnace is to have the repairs done as soon as you notice anything wrong with the furnace, even if it’s minor. A furnace rarely suffers a complete breakdown without some warning. We’ve put together some specific warnings to watch for during the late fall when your furnace starts to run regularly.
Red Rock Mechanical, LLC Blog: Archive for the ‘Heating’ Category
Does Your Furnace Have a Repair Hangover from Last Winter?
Monday, October 10th, 2016
Here’s a situation that you don’t want to run into when the first chilly day of winter arrives: a furnace that breaks and stops working almost as soon as it turns on. You might think, “What’s the chance of that happening?” But if you let your heating end the previous winter with possible repair issues left unattended, you’re taking a big chance that it won’t work when you need it from the coming winter.
Take Your Furnace for a Test Run
Monday, October 3rd, 2016
Now that it’s October and we’re fully into the fall season, getting ready for the coming cold weather is a major priority. Have you already scheduled your annual heating maintenance with our professionals? If you haven’t, contact us and have it arranged as soon as possible. If you think that you may need a new furnace, as we talked about last week, you should also make arrangements with us right away.
To Replace or Not to Replace? That Is the Annual Furnace Question
Monday, September 26th, 2016
This is a topic we bring up at the start of each fall, because it’s important for homeowners to keep tabs on the furnaces that heat their homes through the winter. Each fall, you need to ask if your furnace will make it through the next winter in good shape, performing at high energy efficiency levels, and without safety concerns. Eventually, you will need to have the furnace replaced—no mechanical device can last forever—and maybe this is the year to schedule the replacement job with our HVAC professionals.
How Maintenance Benefits a Gas Furnace
Monday, September 12th, 2016
If we had to guess the type of heater that you have in your home for winter comfort, we’d pick a gas furnace—and stand a good chance of being correct. Gas furnaces are the most common type of residential heating system in the country, and in a place like the Plattsburgh area they are highly effective at creating the heating levels necessary to keep back extreme cold.
Summer’s End Means Time to Think about Heating Maintenance
Monday, September 5th, 2016
With Labor Day behind us, the summer is starting to come to an end. The weather is still pleasant—sometimes even hot—but this won’t last much longer. The heating system in your home that has lain dormant for the past few months will get back to work in the near future… and it’s important for your comfort that it’s ready for its winter work routine.
Is It Too Early to Think about Scheduling Heating Maintenance?
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
We’re enjoying pleasant weather in Vermont right now, with days in the upper 70s and low 80s. With such temperatures, it’s hard to imagine that in only a few months we’ll start dealing with the onset of the cold season when we’ll need to turn on our home heaters. Nonetheless, it isn’t too early to start planning your annual heating system inspection and tune-up.
Is It Too Late to Bother with Heating Repairs?
Monday, April 18th, 2016
It’s spring, and summer is around the corner… but we’re still experiencing cold days here in Plattsburgh and Northwest Vermont. April is never a sure thing when it comes to weather, and you probably know that if you’ve lived here for a year or more. And that means you may still need your heater for a few more weeks before you shift over to the warmer part of the year.
How Often Should You Change Your HVAC System’s Air Filter?
Monday, February 29th, 2016
We’re not out winter yet, although spring is starting to peek up over the edge of the calendar. Soon it’ll be time to schedule your routine air conditioning maintenance to prepare the system for the higher temperatures of the summer.
More Facts on Furnace Efficiency: The Sealed Combustion Chamber Difference
Monday, February 8th, 2016
Even though the furnace is the oldest type of home heating system, going back to the days when people hooked up pipes to their stoves to spread warmth through the other rooms, they remain a competitive type of comfort system. This is because furnace technology advances every year, with new engineering helping the next generation of models to achieve improved energy efficiency, performance, and safety. There has never been a better time to replace an aging furnace with a new unit that excels in every department.
