All heaters need professional maintenance, from brand-new systems to ones that are 20 years or older. Professional maintenance is the key that unlocks a variety of benefits for both your home and your family…at the top of this list: Peace of mind.
Give the team at Shafer a call for your professional heater maintenance appointment ahead of the winter season. Our team is happy to help with all of your heating needs, plus you’ll enjoy a service guarantee for even greater peace of mind. You can keep reading to learn more about how professional care can help you prevent high-cost repairs, keep your system running efficiently, and maintain your warranty.
Homeowner Heating Maintenance
Your heater isn’t a system that simply runs on its own without any help. The TLC that you can provide as a homeowner makes perhaps the biggest difference in how your heater operates. Your responsibilities include:
- Changing out the air filter on time – usually every one to three months
- Cleaning the condensate drain line if your heater has one
- Wiping down the inside of the cabinet to reduce the buildup
- Paying attention to signs of problems and calling for service when something is wrong
Professional Heating Maintenance
More detailed maintenance tasks should be handled by a team of professionals with HVAC expertise. We can clean and maintain even the most intricate components inside a heater and make tweaks to boost operation and energy efficiency. Other steps included in professional maintenance are:
- Tightening screws and bolts throughout
- Inspecting and cleaning the heat exchanger
- Cleaning around the pilot light, burners, or heating elements
- Testing gas pressure valves
- Checking the thermostat calibration
- Wiping down the blower motor and fan blades
- Testing the flame sensor
- Testing the burner flame color, which should be bright blue
- Lubricating bearings, motors, and pulleys
- Sealing any air leaks
- Reviewing electrical connections to ensure they’re secure
Our goal is to take our time and do the job right the first time. It’s why we offer a guarantee on our work. The list above isn’t all-inclusive. Each heater is unique and there are almost always other tasks we need to complete in addition to what is outlined above.
Benefits of Professional Maintenance
Professional maintenance makes the biggest difference when you invest in the service consistently. Yet if you’ve skipped out on the appointment in recent years, it’s not too late to prioritize it now. Benefits of professional heater maintenance include:
- Improving safety so you can have peace of mind
- Having lower energy costs
- Boosting comfort by providing more consistent heating
- Saving money on what could be more expensive repairs later on
- Extending your heater’s lifespan so it can last longer than average
- Reducing the chances of unexpected breakdowns
- Improving indoor air quality
You may be tempted to skip out on professional if it seems like your heater is running well and there aren’t any obvious signs of problems. Maintenance is the trick to keeping your heater operating great without any issues. Expensive heater repairs don’t appear overnight without any previous symptoms.
Problems start quietly until they go unnoticed for long enough to be loud or obvious. Annual professional maintenance is the best way to catch problems early when they are small. Investing in proactive service now can save you time and money in the years to come.
Shafer Heating & Cooling, LLC: You are just one call away from the comfort and savings you deserve! Schedule an appointment today for your professional heating maintenance.