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You don\u2019t need us to tell you how important a working furnace is in this part of the country. We deal with harsh winters, and they can sometimes stretch into April. A home\u2019s furnace is essential for getting a family through even a single day of winter.<\/p>\n
But even though you know the importance of your furnace, have you considered skipping out on its regular maintenance for this year? (Or possibly you forgot it needs maintenance at all?)<\/p>\n
Please don\u2019t do this! Arranging for a professional inspection and tune-up for your gas furnace is easy to do: you only have to call us and schedule a convenient appointment. And there are many risks you\u2019ll avoid this way! Below we\u2019ve listed the problems you\u2019ll dodge thanks to fall furnace maintenance:<\/p>\n
Probably the most important job maintenance does is reduce the strain on a furnace so that it\u2019s less likely to run into a catastrophic breakdown. You don\u2019t want to be trapped on a cold day with no heating at all, trying to get repairs done at a time when many other homes probably need heating assistance as well. Maintaining the heater right before winter is a great \u201cinsurance policy\u201d against this sort of home comfort disaster.<\/p>\n
This is an important statistic to know: 85% of the repairs a heating system may need are preventable thanks to routine maintenance. That\u2019s not the majority<\/em> of repairs you\u2019ll prevent; that\u2019s almost all of them<\/em>. You\u2019ll not only save money, you\u2019ll enjoy more convenience with a furnace that glides through the winter without giving you trouble.<\/p>\n Your utility bills go up during winter because of the amount you need to run the furnace. There\u2019s no way around that. But those bills will rise much higher if the furnace isn\u2019t routinely tune-up and cleaned. On average, a furnace loses 5% of its energy efficiency rating (it\u2019s AFUE rating) when it misses maintenance.<\/p>\n We could\u2019ve put this first and not listed anything else, because it\u2019s that important. But we wanted you to see the other risks of an unmaintained furnace first. Any gas-powered appliance has the potential to create health hazards because of toxic gas leaks and fires. Although the modern gas furnace is built with safety as the #1 priority, lack of maintenance can lead to a safety precaution failure. So have the furnace inspected and tuned-up each year if for no other reason than to keep you and your family as safe as possible.<\/p>\n Many of our customers have signed up for our \u201cAutomatic Maintenance Program.\u201d Ask about the details and how it can help you with maintenance for your HVAC equipment around the year.<\/p>\n If you do need furnace repair in Brighton, MI<\/a> later this winter, you can rely on us to do the work. Our technicians aren\u2019t high-pressure sales people. They are focused on getting customers\u2019 equipment to work its best and for as long as possible.<\/p>\n Below we\u2019ve listed the problems you\u2019ll dodge thanks to fall furnace maintenance.<\/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":[101,105,49],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-brighton","tag-furnaces","tag-heating-system-maintenance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Higher heating bills<\/h3>\n
Unsafe operation<\/h3>\n
First Choice Heating & Cooling serves Fenton, Linden, Holly, and the surrounding areas. If your home had a voice \u2026 it would call First Choice!<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"