Avoid a Furnace Disaster this Winter Season

You need your furnace to keep your family warm this winter, so you want to avoid the disaster that can result from mis-functions or failure.

In any situation, a failed furnace means time spent in a hotel or with relatives while your HVAC company performs a needed repair or replacement of your heating system.

Although you can never prevent every possible furnace failure, you can take steps that make a furnace disaster this winter season less likely.

Check the Filter

A dirty furnace filter can starve a furnace of oxygen, making it either inadequate or useless when you need to heat your Winston-Salem home.

When your furnace has a clogged filter, the blower works overtime, trying to move air through the filter, causing premature wear and failure. The heat exchanger transfers heat from your furnace to your Winston-Salem home.

When a clogged filter prevents the flow of air, it overheats and cracks, causing expensive damage to your furnace. Take a few minutes and inspect the filter in your furnace now and replace it if needed.

Get a Tune Up

Just like a car, a furnace needs periodic maintenance for proper operation. Call your HVAC company before cold weather sets in to resolve potential problems before they happen.

A professional technician can look for signs of worn or failed components, and install replacements before they become a disaster. Periodic maintenance can also check and resolve air or gas leaks that can become hazardous if left unchecked.

Register Your Furnace

Manufacturers often cause furnace failures by using faulty devices or materials in their products. When manufacturers recognize the unintentional defects built into their products, they usually announce a recall that can involve the dispatch of service personnel to your home.

In most cases, manufacturers absorb the cost of replacement parts, upgrades, or modifications to a furnace as well as the labor required to resolve concerns.

Manufacturers can’t solve problems with your furnace if they don’t know you have it, so make sure you fill out the warranty registration card. This way, if they discover a problem requiring a recall, they can notify you via mail or telephone.

Your furnace depends on the combustion of fuel to provide heat for your home, so you should never take it for granted. Also, you should always have a certified technician perform repairs and maintenance on your furnace.

Schedule a checkup today to make sure your furnace will serve you well all winter.

Don’t suffer from a furnace disaster in your Winston-Salem, NC home this season. Call Blaze Air at (336) 788-3222 and get assistance now.