Regular maintenance is an excellent way to keep your home heating and cooling system working great for years. For most forced air heating and air conditioning systems, scheduled service by an HVAC professional twice a year will help the system operate at peak efficiency through the summer and winter cooling and heating seasons.
Some homeowners either forget to schedule their service or skip regular service calls because their heating and cooling system seems to be working well they don’t see the need to spend the money on scheduled service. Over time, however, regular service can save you money on your energy bills and on repairs.
Just like any mechanical equipment, your heating and cooling system will slowly become less efficient. This happens so slowly that most homeowners are not even aware of it. As the system loses efficiency, energy bills slowly rise and again, the homeowner doesn’t notice it or attributes it to something else.
Since the system is not working as efficiently as it can, it has to run longer to keep the home comfortably warm or cold. Running longer means that the system is working harder than it should and inevitably it will break down sooner than it should.
Fortunately, most HVAC contractors offer residential HVAC maintenance agreements that help assure the heating and cooling system is in top condition. In many cases, the homeowner will not only get a break on the cost of a regular service visit, but they will not have to remember to schedule service. The HVAC contractor will automatically schedule service when it is time.
With a residential maintenance agreement, your HVAC system will get the regular service it needs to operate at peak efficiency and to last for years.
