Why You Need a Furnace Tune-Up - Safety and Savings
When it comes to home heating systems, an ounce of prevention is truly worth a pound of cure. To avert total breakdowns, discomfort, and high utility bills, you need a heating system tune-up every year.
Like a car, your furnace or boiler needs to be maintained over it's lifetime to keep it running at top efficiency. When systems aren't cleaned and tuned properly, they become ineffective, unsafe, and costly. Old or cracked igniters, filthy heat exchangers and burners, and blocked flues can cause leaks, affect indoor air quality, and make your furnace or boiler as much as 50% inefficient!
To check if your furnace or boiler is running at maximum efficiency, call a professional contractor such as GreenHomes America. We'll conduct a 25-point precision tuneup - from fan belts, to bearings, to air filters, we'll thoroughly clean, oil, and tune your furnace or boiler and make sure you are ready for the heating season to start.
Now, if your furnace or boiler is more than 10 years old, however, it might just be time for a new one. Whether you use gas or electricity, statistics show most home heating systems that are 10 years or older are not as efficient as they should be. This means as much as 40 percent of the energy being burned is not heating your home. It's like filling up your car and having almost half of the gas leak out of the tank! What a waste of money and energy!
GreenHomes can help determine if you need to replace your furnace or boiler with a new, highefficiency unit. We can recommend a properly-sized unit, install it, and also seal the ducts to make sure the air flows correctly and evenly throughout the house.
As an award-winning contractor in the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® program, Green-Homes will also perform a comprehensive home comfort and energy assessment. Besides your furnace or boiler, we'll inspect all your combustion equipment to ensure it is operating safely and efficiently. We'll also check for air leaks, duct leaks, missing insulation, and more. Once testing is complete, a set of detailed recommendations tailored for your home is provided.
Because of this extra service, we're often able to recommend a smaller, less expensive unit because the rest of the house is so much more efficient than before. You'll be repaid for your investment in energy savings, fewer breakdowns and service calls, and increased equipment longevity. Most importantly, however, is the peace of mind you'll receive knowing that your heating system, and your home, will be operating safely and efficiently for the upcoming winter.
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