New furnace units or old furnace heating systems, gas furnaces, or oil furnaces – no matter what type of HVAC system you use for heat in your Cincinnati home, one thing is certain: annual furnace maintenance is a service you should never skip! With a regular maintenance furnace tune-up along with DIY furnace maintenance performed between each tune-up, your HVAC unit will receive the care it needs to keep running efficiently.
Preventive maintenance aims to stop furnace problems before they create issues in your home, minimizes the risk of breakdowns and repairs, continues the proper function of heating and cooling systems, increases indoor comfort, creates cleaner air and better indoor air quality, keeps energy bills low, and maximizes the lifespan of the furnace and air conditioner. Thomas & Galbraith Heating, Cooling & Plumbing offers professional furnace maintenance services so you can enjoy these great benefits year-round.
We tune up all furnace equipment brands and models using our proven furnace maintenance checklist to address all vital parts throughout the entire furnace. Schedule your furnace maintenance service now!
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*New clients only, please. No breakdown during current season. Must be able to start unit. One unit only. If system breakdown occurs credit will be provided for the price of tune up. Not valid on geothermal, boilers, or oil furnaces. See dealer for details, discounts, warranties and guarantees. Some restrictions apply. Normal business hours only. Residential owner-occupied only. Existing residential only. Must be presented at time of service. Cannot combine with other offers or discounts. Not valid on previous purchases. Special financing available for qualified buyers only. Must be in service area. Expires one month upon receipt. OH HVAC HV-49040, KY HVAC HM01276, OH Plumbing PL.49661, KY Plumbing M5308
Cincinnati area homeowners hear a lot of different info regarding ways to protect the furnace, cut energy consumption, and save on heating energy bills. While many of these heating tips and tricks can be helpful, there’s one bit of advice that can maximize those benefits and more – have a furnace tune-up performed each year by a licensed furnace maintenance technician.
Regular furnace maintenance is performed by a professional service that examines all critical furnace components. Service tasks are completed based on Thomas & Galbraith’s furnace maintenance checklist to minimize the damage of wear and tear as well as limit the likelihood of a malfunction happening later on during the heating season. Specific elements of your furnace are tested, observed, and measured, then corrected or adjusted as necessary to ensure the electric, oil, or gas furnace can deliver efficient heat for your household.
Thomas & Galbraith Heating, Cooling & Plumbing has put together a comprehensive furnace maintenance checklist to ensure all critical aspects of the heating system are properly addressed during a furnace tune-up. Without proper maintenance, wear and tear damage as well as developing faults will reduce the efficiency of your furnace, potentially creating the need for costly furnace repairs or even replacement.
Gas furnaces, oil furnace systems, and electric furnaces have many working parts that all must work at their best for the furnace to deliver efficient and affordable heat to your house. Our furnace maintenance checklist addresses individual furnace elements – the tune-up steps we complete during professional furnace maintenance include:
Air conditioning and heating system manufacturers state that any air conditioning unit or furnace should receive annual servicing from a licensed HVAC technician. One time per year, your system will need a furnace tune-up to keep it running efficiently, no matter what type of fuel supply it uses to generate heat.
Anytime you have a furnace tune-up done and the furnace maintenance checklist completed, your heating system is going to benefit. Technically, a furnace tune-up can be performed at any point throughout the year. However, choosing to schedule your furnace maintenance tune-up for the early fall can be highly advantageous as we move closer to the heating season.
Why schedule your professional furnace tune-up early in the fall? First off, it ensures all steps of the furnace maintenance checklist are completed before starting the furnace this season. In addition to the many clear benefits regular maintenance offers in terms of better comfort, lower energy bills, and improving the home’s air quality, the plus of reducing future repair needs is highlighted at this time.
During the furnace tune-up, a professional closely examines all parts of the system. The tune-up creates the perfect opportunity to get trained eyes on every part of your furnace – if there is something amiss with any component, your technician is going to catch it. Knowledge is power, and when a problem is known, it can be corrected. Minor furnace flaws are fixed before the time to start running the heating system – this way, they don’t snowball into large problems that inflict costly damage to your heating unit throughout normal operation.
Professional annual furnace maintenance goes a long way toward caring for the functionality and longevity of your heater, but it isn’t the only maintenance service needed to preserve your system. Between annual servicing, there are steps you need to take to protect the furnace and enhance its efficiency.
Furnace filters are extremely helpful in removing particle pollutants from the home’s air supply. Many people think furnaces have air filters just to benefit indoor air quality, but that’s just a secondary benefit. The main function of air filters is to protect the sensitive parts inside a furnace or air conditioning unit from debris buildup tracked into the system by circulating air. Loose material like this can restrict component performance and efficiency as well as damage delicate parts.
You need to replace furnace filters on a regular basis – most furnace systems use a disposable air filter. How often new air filters are needed depends on the manufacturer’s recommendation, furnace use, and the home’s indoor air quality. You may need to install a new air filter more often during the coldest period of winter and the hottest point of summer versus the spring and fall seasons when temperatures are mild, and the furnace and air conditioner get a break. If your household includes various sources of air pollution, like smoking cigarettes or housing inside pets, air filters will naturally fill up faster.
Closing supply floor registers to cut off heat in specific areas of the home is an HVAC old wives’ tale spread to homeowners hoping to reduce energy costs. It doesn’t work because the furnace in your home is made to heat every connected part. Closing off a vent does not signal the furnace to create less heat.
Open vents keep air moving through the house and back to the furnace for superior heating. Regularly check all supply and return vents and make sure they are open and are not obstructed. If louvered vent covers stick and obstruct airflow, remove floor registers and clean them to hopefully free up the slats for adjustment – if cleaning doesn’t work, replace the cover. Don’t set large furniture over or in front of vents and remove rugs that cover floor vents.
If you use natural gas or oil heat, carbon monoxide detectors should be installed in the home. When the fuel supply doesn’t completely combust in the furnace, carbon monoxide naturally forms. Proper maintenance keeps combustion gases sealed in the heat exchanger and flue so they aren’t mixing with the air supply, but problems like a cracked heat exchanger could allow air and carbon monoxide to mix and make their way into your living areas.
Maintain carbon monoxide alarms so you’ll be alerted to the presence of this gas should this issue occur in your home. Each month, press the test button and verify the alarm will sound. Replace batteries in each unit every six months. If the carbon monoxide detector fails to sound when you perform a test, replace it right away – otherwise, replace each unit every five to seven years.
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