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Just as your car’s oil needs to be changed on a regular basis, your furnace needs regular maintenance as well. Regular preventative maintenance helps keep your furnace operating efficiently and trouble-free and can increase its lifespan significantly. Regular maintenance can also limit repairs and reduce the cost to operate the furnace. Pre-season maintenance is important as it can help avoid a system failure when you need it most, and it can help keep your energy bills in check.
There are some basic elements of furnace maintenance that you can do yourself, but you’ll need to call an HVAC servicing company for a full servicing. Indoor Air Quality charges $119 for Furnace maintenance appointments.
In a typical service maintenance appointment, a skilled HVAC technician will perform the following maintenance tasks:
After a basic servicing, an HVAC tech will also turn the unit on to test its operation. This includes:
The best time to perform furnace maintenance is in the fall, before the cool weather kicks in. You don’t want to get stuck in cold weather while your furnace is being repaired!