The best time to prepare your home for winter is before temperatures begin to show signs of dropping. Whether it’s scheduling a home furnace repair to get your heating equipment ready for winter or applying new weather stripping, it’s important to do it before it becomes too cold.
Here’s some advice on the right way to prep your furnace for the winter season.
Your furnace is meant to function as quietly as possible. In other words, you should feel it its presence more than you hear it. In some cases, however, having a noisy furnace can be a problematic situation for a homeowner. Even if the noise doesn’t mean anything serious, home furnace repair experts understand that it can be bothersome. There are also cases where unusual noises coming from your furnace are a sign of bigger issues to come.
Has your furnace been making strange noises? Cooper Brothers, Inc. shares some possible explanations.
Heating and cooling are critical components of a comfortable home life. Without an HVAC system, your winters would be unbearably cold and your summers swelteringly hot. Your HVAC unit works quietly in the background, keeping your home warm and toasty or cool and comfortable, but even the best systems can encounter problems in the long term. Sometimes, HVAC units break down prematurely, which means you could need an air conditioner replacement in the middle of searing summer heat. In most of these cases, it’s not a problem with the HVAC system itself, but rather a matter of upkeep–or more accurately, the lack thereof.
To help you maintain your HVAC equipment and enjoy its benefits for as long as possible, it’s important to have a basic understanding of thermodynamics, the branch of physical science that has to do with how heat interacts with other forms of energy. Your HVAC system–and truly, your entire home–is a prime example of that interaction.
Here are the principles you should be aware of that will enable you to take better care of your heating and cooling equipment.
Your heater and air conditioner draw in outdoor air that can contain dirt, dust, pollen, mold and other harmful particles. When regularly replaced, the air filters are usually able to catch these contaminants. If you don’t change filters at least once every three months, though, the inside of your HVAC system will become dirty.
Having pets at home means frequently running your vacuum cleaner to clean up fur and dander. However, you also need to be mindful of your HVAC system when you have furry friends.
