Red Rock Mechanical, LLC Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Heating Maintenance’

Let’s Keep Your Heating an Energy-Saver through the Winter

Monday, December 12th, 2016

No question about it… winter has already arrived here in Vermont. It doesn’t matter that the actual start date of winter is December 21. Vermont’s winter snow doesn’t follow any timetable!

If you’ve already had heating maintenance done for your furnace or heat pump (make sure to do this every fall), then you are already off to a good start with a heating system that will work at the highest energy efficiency throughout the season. But there are more steps you can take now that the winter is here to see that the heater gives you the best value for your comfort until spring arrives:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I Didn’t Schedule Heating Maintenance This Fall, Is It Too Late to Do It Now?

Monday, January 11th, 2016

Routine maintenance inspections and tune-ups for heating systems are something that HVAC technicians strongly recommend homeowners schedule each and every fall. If you stick to annual maintenance visits, you can expect to receive a longer service life from your heater that will meet or exceed its manufacturer’s estimate lifespan. Maintenance also reduces the number of repairs the system might need, protects its energy efficiency from plunging, and will help stop sudden and unpleasant breakdowns in the middle of winter.

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Give Your Furnace a “Test Run” This Fall

Monday, October 26th, 2015

The cold weather hasn’t arrived in Burlington, VT yet, but we all know that it’s coming. Now is the best time to find out if your home heating system needs repairs or replacements done so you can have the heater ready to go when the temperature drops.

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A Reminder for Heating Season: You Still Need to Change the Air Filter

Monday, October 19th, 2015

As we come closer and closer to the cold weather of heating season, it’s important to schedule maintenance and any necessary repairs that your heater might require, no matter what type of system you use for winter weather comfort. One important task that you must take care of during the coming winter is to change the air filter for your forced-air heater (such as a furnace or heat pump) once a month. If your heating system uses a permanent filter, you need to remove it and clean it each month.

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