Most households depend utterly on their heating system during the cold months.

Why risk the failure of your system by being lazy or scrimping about checking on its performance and maintaining it? Seventy-five percent of all wintertime no-heat calls result from insufficient or poor maintenance. That’s where a professional furnace checkup comes into the picture.

Having your furnace professionally checked and maintained regularly has essential advantages:

1. It prolongs the life of your system

A poorly maintained furnace runs less efficiently and has to work harder, using more energy and increasing costs. Additionally, a poorly maintained heating system is at greater risk of malfunctioning and starting a fire.

2. It decreases the risk of carbon monoxide leaks

These are hard to detect because the poisonous gas is colorless and odorless.

Opinions vary on how often such maintenance checks should be performed. Some professionals maintain that furnaces under ten years old need checking every other year. Most dealers, however, suggest a yearly checkup, and the warranties with most heating systems stipulate that damage to units caused by insufficient or improper maintenance is not covered.

When you contact your Albuquerque Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling professional, ask about what is covered in the checkup. You may not need every service offered at every checkup, so costs may vary.

Meanwhile, there are some things you can do yourself:

1. Change the furnace filter every three months.
This is vital to efficient performance. If you have an electrostatic or electronic filter, it must be washed regularly.

2. Check thermostat settings to check whether the system is operating correctly.

3. Before turning your furnace on in the fall, move any tools or appliances you may have stored beside it during the summer. Such intimacy invites fires or explosions.

4. Turn the furnace on and run it for a while before that first cold morning to ensure everything is in order.

Contact Albuquerque Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Today!

Albuquerque Plumbing, Heating & Cooling is the company to call regarding furnace and heater checkups! Each of our 5-star furnace technicians has the training, experience, and knowledge needed to handle any tune-up, checkup, repair, replacement, or installation job they come across. So, what are you waiting for? Contact us today!

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