With spring fast approaching, it’s time to think about when to schedule your HVAC tune-up in Beckley, WV. Completing HVAC maintenance before spring arrives ensures your HVAC system is prepared to heat and cool your home while ensuring efficiency all year long. Here are nine reasons you should complete an HVAC tune-up before spring.
1. Improved Indoor Air Quality
Spring brings new growth and with it, allergens and other contaminants. At the same time, dirt, dust, microorganisms, and other common pollutants build up on your HVAC filter, your air conditioner and heater components, your ducts, your vents, and your registers. Accumulated dust and other debris can cause your indoor air quality to plummet.
An HVAC tune-up before the spring can improve your indoor air quality by eliminating contaminants from your heating and cooling systems. Our team will thoroughly clean the interior components in your system to improve the quality of the air you breathe. This can reduce allergies and respiratory symptoms for you and your family. Fewer contaminants and dust in the air also means less dust buildup on your furniture and surfaces.
2. Lower Energy Bills
Neglecting maintenance of your air conditioner or furnace can lead to the use of additional energy to make up for air resistance issues and meet your family’s temperature demands. When your HVAC system works harder, it translates into higher energy bills. Several steps taken during your HVAC tune-up can result in more efficient functioning and lower cooling and heating bills, including:
- Cleaning the coils
- Calibrating the thermostat
- Lubricating moving components
- Identifying and replacing worn parts
These actions improve your HVAC system’s heat exchange process, prevent unnecessary cooling or heating, reduce friction, and prevent air loss.
3. Reduced Repair Needs
HVAC maintenance involves a thorough inspection of the different components of your system. This inspection allows our team to identify and correct minor problems before they worsen. Eventually, they can turn into major issues that require expensive repairs. For example, your technician will check and recharge your air conditioner’s refrigerant levels to keep it operating properly and to ensure your family will stay cool during the warmer months. They will also inspect the blower motor and clean and adjust it to prevent future problems.
4. Easier to Schedule
Many homeowners schedule HVAC maintenance in the spring to prepare their air conditioners for the summer months. As a result, HVAC technicians have a busy schedule. If you wait until spring has arrived to schedule your HVAC tune-up, it might take more time to receive assistance.
5. Increased HVAC Lifespan
Regular HVAC maintenance helps to increase your HVAC system’s lifespan. You can typically expect your air conditioner to last up to 15 years and your furnace up to 25 if routine maintenance is utilized on an ongoing basis. Since your HVAC system is a large investment, it’s optimal that you avoid the need for a premature replacement.
In general, we recommend that homeowners schedule HVAC maintenance twice per year. This includes before they need to turn their furnace on for the winter and again in the spring before they need to rely on their air conditioner. In addition to inspecting and cleaning your HVAC system, your technician will also check its electrical connections and tighten anything that has become loose over time. Loose connections can cause HVAC system breakdowns and malfunctions, not to mention increase your risk of electrocution and fire. Balancing your HVAC system’s blower motor keeps it working properly and reduces strain.
6. Reduced Noise
If your HVAC is noisy, the constant sound can interfere with your ability to quietly enjoy your home. During your HVAC maintenance visit, your technician will inspect your HVAC system’s blower assembly. It can be noisy if it is misaligned or dirty. When we clean the blower assembly components and adjust them, air can circulate more quietly. Lubrication also reduces friction and resulting noise. Finally, tightening up loose parts eliminates rattling and vibrations. Other sources of rattling and banging sounds while your HVAC system is running can include damage to your ductwork. In addition to routine maintenance, we can also perform a duct inspection, seal your ductwork, and clean it.
An HVAC tune-up also identifies other sources of noise. This includes vibrating, humming, or hissing sounds.
7. Improved Safety
Maintaining your HVAC system before spring also helps to improve your family’s safety. For example, if your air conditioner or furnace has a loose electrical connection, it can put your family at risk of electrical shock or fire. If you have a gas furnace, a crack in the heat exchanger could risk carbon monoxide leaks that are potentially deadly to your family and pets.
Improving your indoor air quality by way of routine HVAC maintenance is essential if you or someone in your household suffers from allergies, asthma, or a chronic health condition. It’s essential that you’re taking appropriate steps to reduce particulate matter in your indoor air and lower levels of volatile organic compounds in your indoor air.
8. More Environmentally Friendly
When your HVAC system operates as intended, it is more efficient. A system that runs with peak efficiency reduces your energy consumption and your carbon footprint. This means you’ll have a smaller impact on the environment and decrease your reliance on fossil fuels.
If your inspection determines that your equipment is leaking refrigerant, this is an issue that should be addressed professionally and as quickly as possible. If your system still uses a refrigerant such as R-410A, it may be worthwhile considering upgrading your equipment soon. It’s becoming more difficult and expensive to source R-410A.
9. Protecting Your Warranty
HVAC system warranties typically require regular maintenance. You should review your warranty to see the required minimum number of scheduled maintenance visits you need to complete each year. When you fail to schedule regular maintenance, you could void your warranty. Working on your HVAC system yourself can also void your warranty, as DIY maintenance is not permitted.
Keep records of all scheduled HVAC maintenance visits in case you need them for a warranty claim. Ask your technician for a detailed receipt and file it after each maintenance visit. These records serve as evidence that you have complied with your warranty’s requirements. Your receipt should include information about the tasks your HVAC technician performed, any corrective action they took, and when the appointment occurred.
Contact an HVAC Professional
Scheduling your HVAC tune-up before spring can keep your family comfortable regardless of the season. It’s important to choose a reliable HVAC company to perform maintenance services in Beckley. At Childers Air Plumbing & Electric, we are a full-service company that offers everything you need to keep your home running as it should. In addition to HVAC maintenance services, we also offer furnace and air conditioner repair and replacements, indoor air quality services, ductwork, commercial HVAC services, electrical, rewiring, generators, surge protection, plumbing repairs, pipe repairs, and more.
To learn more about our services and to schedule your HVAC tune-up, call us at Childers Air Plumbing & Electric in Beckley today!
