If we had to guess, we’d assume that you have no trouble maintaining your car a couple times a year. It’s an important investment, after all. It’s probably one that you can’t imagine being without for very long, so
you want to take care of, right? Besides, without routine tune-ups, wouldn’t be safe to operate.
Well, this logic needs to be applied to your heating system, too. This is especially true in regards to a gas-powered furnace. However, many homeowners still neglect this and skip their furnace tune-up. Your heating system needs love and care though in the form of a quality Nashville maintenance program. Be sure to schedule your maintenance, and in the meantime, check out the following reasons why furnace tune-ups are so important.
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You Can’t Afford Not To Have Maintenance Done
Of course, heating maintenance comes at a cost. However, that cost can be quickly offset by what you save over the years with added longevity to your furnace. Here are a few ways that routine maintenance can help you save:
- Lowers Your Monthly Energy Bills: Routine system maintenance involves a tune-up of the furnace that can help the system retain 95% of its original efficiency throughout most of its lifespan. This means lower energy bills for you.
- Helps Detect Problems Early: The major service involved during professional furnace maintenance is a complete tune-up of the heating system. This helps our technicians detect small problems before they grow bigger, so you can schedule repairs ASAP. This may sound like an extra thing to pay for, but the fact of the matter is, this step prevents a heater repair need from worsening and
affecting other components and/or turning into an emergency breakdown of your heater.
Each Maintenance Session Adds To Your Furnace Lifespan
With every tune-up you receive, you could be adding to the system’s lifespan. Thorough maintenance tune-ups help keep the components in the best shape possible. And as you probably know from experience, keeping an appliance or piece of machinery clean and maintained is the best way
to help it last as long as possible and avoid furnace repairs.
Furnaces that receive routine maintenance each year, particularly right before the heating season, can live months or even years longer than systems that never receive maintenance.
How To Avoid Furnace Emergencies
As your furnace ages, it becomes more and more susceptible to problems, even with careful maintenance. Natural wear and tear impacts all parts of the furnace, including a very important part called the heat
exchanger. This is a clamshell-shaped component responsible for heating the air that enters your home. It produces gasses such as carbon monoxide, which is safely vented outside via the furnace flue.
When a furnace becomes older, though, this heat exchanger can develop cracks which could release carbon monoxide into your home, instead of safely outside. This is an extremely dangerous occurrence and one you want to avoid. During maintenance, this is one of the many safety checks our technicians make. You can rest assured with the peace of mind that we’ll be looking at this each and every year during your furnace maintenance appointment to make sure you’re in good shape.
