{"id":1975,"date":"2017-11-20T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2017-11-17T14:01:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:01:10","slug":"hvac-winter-maintenance-not-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/hvac-winter-maintenance-not-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not Too Late for Your HVAC Maintenance for Winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1976 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hands-opening-heating-cabinet-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"hands-opening-heating-cabinet\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hands-opening-heating-cabinet-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hands-opening-heating-cabinet.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/>It looks like we\u2019re going to enjoy a warm\u2014or at least moderately cool\u2014Thanksgiving here in the Central Valley. We can\u2019t expect this to last, of course. By the end of December, the heating systems in our homes will be working regularly, and they\u2019ll keep up their hard work through until April.<\/p>\n<p>The takeaway from this is that you still have time left to have major problems with your heating system fixed before the heater gets down its the hard winter work. And, if you haven\u2019t yet scheduled regular fall maintenance for your heating system, it\u2019s still fall and not too late to have it done. Simply put, you shouldn\u2019t miss your heating maintenance for the year. It\u2019s better late than never, and right now it\u2019s definitely not too late.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Why Heating Maintenance Is Vital, No Matter When It\u2019s Done<\/h2>\n<p>This is something we can\u2019t emphasize enough: heating maintenance needs to be scheduled with HVAC professionals each year. There are many reasons for this. In most cases, not having annual maintenance will void the equipment warranty. Here are a few other reasons that heating maintenance, no matter when it\u2019s done, is essential:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peace of mind: <\/strong>As soon as you have the heating inspection and tune-up done for your furnace or other heating system, you can relax about its performance for the rest of the winter. Maintenance can\u2019t prevent \u00ad<em>all<\/em> potential problems over the season, but it can prevent most of them. Best of all, it goes a long way toward stopping the biggest of all malfunctions, which is the heating system breaking down entirely and not delivering heat. The peace of mind you\u2019ll enjoy knowing that a heating catastrophe is unlikely to happen is the best intangible benefit of annual maintenance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy savings:<\/strong> You don\u2019t want to start regular use of a heating system without maintenance because you\u2019ll probably waste energy. Each year a heating system misses its fall maintenance, it wears down, collects dirt, and starts to work harder. And that means higher energy bills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extended equipment life:<\/strong> Here is a long-term benefit, but one that will save you a great deal of money. Running a heating system that hasn\u2019t been tuned-up and cleaned will cause it to pick up wear much faster. And that means the equipment will have a shorter lifespan and need to be replaced early.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safety:<\/strong> If you have a natural gas furnace\u2014and the majority of homes do\u2014an inspection is necessary to make sure it operates safely. It\u2019s never too late to keep your heater safe!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For all your needs for <a href=\"\/service-areas\/fresno-hvac-sheet-metal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HVAC in Fresno, CA<\/a> during the winter\u2014and during any part of the year\u2014you can depend on us. We offer the <a href=\"\/maintenance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ultimate Service Agreement<\/a> to handle your heating maintenance. After you sign up for the agreement, you\u2019ll receive two service calls a year (one for the heating system, one for the air conditioning system) as well as benefits such as preferred customer status, discounts on repairs and upgrades, and a 5-year warranty on all repairs that we handle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Purl\u2019s Sheet Metal &amp; Air Conditioning <\/strong><a href=\"\/contact\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Serves the Central Valley<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Quality Is the Cornerstone of Our Success Since 1952.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You still have time left to have major problems with your heating system fixed before the heater gets down its the hard winter work. <\/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":[87,88],"vertical":[],"segment":[],"service":[],"class_list":["post-1975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-fresno","tag-heating-maintenance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975","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=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1978,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"segment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/segment?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}