{"id":1776,"date":"2016-10-31T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2016-10-28T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T21:38:17","slug":"4-ways-you-might-compromise-your-furnace-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/4-ways-you-might-compromise-your-furnace-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways You Might Compromise Your Furnace This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve enjoyed steady warmth and reliable performance from your gas furnace during the previous winters, you may start to think that the system is in excellent shape and that won\u2019t change. But there are ways you can compromise your furnace through neglect and other simple mistakes\u2014and they can lead to a broken-down heater or even one that\u2019s developing safety hazards. We\u2019re going to examine 4 ways that you might compromise your furnace this coming winter.<\/p>\n

1) Allowing it to go without maintenance<\/h3>\n

This is often the first furnace task that people neglect. A regular fall inspection and tune-up from an HVAC professional<\/a> is a necessity to ensure that a system works for as long as possible in peak condition. Missing even one annual maintenance visit allows age to get a hold on a furnace and lower its energy efficiency and life expectancy. It can also permit repair issues to escape detection.<\/p>\n

2) Leaving the same filter in place all season<\/h3>\n

A maintenance technician changes the furnace\u2019s filter for the start of the season, but you also need to change it at least once during the rest of the winter. A clogged filter not only threatens to lower a furnace\u2019s efficiency, it can also cause damage from dust and dirt infiltration and make the furnace overheat. Ask your technician about the best schedule for regular furnace filter replacement.<\/p>\n

3) Blocking vents<\/h3>\n

Moving around furniture and redecorating rooms can lead to accidentally blocking the vents from the ventilation system. This forces the furnace to labor harder than it should, and the increase in pressure within the ducts can create other kinds of damage. Do an inventory of the vents in your house to make sure that none of them are obstructed.<\/p>\n

4) Delaying repairs<\/h3>\n

We can\u2019t stress this enough: never allow a gas furnace to continue to run if you know there is something wrong with it. Shut off the heating system and notify our repair experts ASAP<\/a>. We\u2019ll have the furnace back to working again in no time, or we\u2019ll help you arrange for a replacement.<\/p>\n

Purl\u2019s Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning has served Fresno, CA and the rest of the Central Valley since 1952.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are ways you can compromise your furnace through neglect and other simple mistakes\u2014and they can lead to a broken-down heater or even one that\u2019s developing safety hazards. We\u2019re going to examine 4 ways that you might compromise your furnace this coming winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[87,195,88],"vertical":[],"segment":[],"service":[],"class_list":["post-1776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-fresno","tag-furnace-repair","tag-heating-maintenance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1777,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776\/revisions\/1777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1776"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=1776"},{"taxonomy":"segment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/segment?post=1776"},{"taxonomy":"service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service?post=1776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}