Understanding Your Furnace’s Maintenance Requirements
All furnaces require yearly maintenance to prevent issues and keep them working effectively. Without maintenance, your furnace will likely need more repairs and have a much shorter lifespan. Maintenance is also important for the energy efficiency of your furnace and will help to keep your heating costs lower. With all this in mind, here is a quick overview of what is involved with maintaining your furnace. Air Filter Replacement Replacing the air filter is one of the most important steps for maintaining your furnace and ensuring it continues to function well, and it is also the only maintenance task you should do on your own. It’s best to change the air filter at the start of the heating season and then at least once more during the winter as the filter should always be replaced every one to three months. If you don’t replace the filter often enough, it will start to clog and greatly reduce how much heat your furnace produces. This means your furnace will start running longer, using more energy and experiencing more wear and tear. What Professional Furnace Maintenance Involves In addition to replacing your furnace filter regularly, you should also have your furnace professionally serviced...
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