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A Guide to Maintaining Your Natural Gas Furnace

Before you have a heating problem, call your heating contractor to perform a regular maintenance check of your natural gas furnace or boiler venting system:
  • Motorized equipment, like your heating system, requires regular adjustments, burner cleaning, parts replacement, repairs, venting inspection, and other checks. Licensed experts know your equipment and the necessary codes to follow.
  • Your contractor can help make your equipment operate with peak efficiency, last longer, and save you money year after year.

     

               

What's checked in a furnace maintenance check?

     

Your licensed contractor typically inspects:

  • Heat exchanger
  • test for carbon monoxide
  • visible gas pipes for leaks
  • electronic ignition system
  • fan, motor, bearings, belts, pumps
  • air filter, electronic air cleaner
  • burners, pilot
  • pilot safety system
  • furnace controls
  • power exhaust
  • flame pattern
  • venting
  • chimney
  • heat rise
  • thermostat
Two easy things you can do between checks
  1. Clean or replace the air filter on your forced-air furnace every one to two months. A dirty filter reduces airflow and makes your furnace run longer.
  2. Allow for unobstructed airflow near hot air registers, return air grills, radiators, and baseboard heaters.

Your heating contractor is your connection to answers

Ask your contractor:

  • What regular maintenance your natural gas heating system needs and what it includes
  • what maintenance or heating protection programs they offer
  • how you can maximize your system's efficiency

     

  Air Conditioning / Central Air

Central air conditioners are made up of two separate components: the condenser unit,
located outside the house on a concrete slab, and the evaporator coil above the furnace

Most central air conditioners are connected to a home's furnace. Thus, the same motor, blower, and ductwork used for heating your home are used to distribute cool air from the air conditioning unit. When a central air conditioner is operating, hot air inside the house flows to the furnace through the return-air duct. The hot air is moved by the blower across the cooled evaporator coil in the furnace and is then delivered through ducts to cool the house.

 
The evaporator and the condenser are sealed. Therefore, a professional service person should be called for almost any maintenance other than routine cleaning. Central air conditioners should be professionally inspected and adjusted before the beginning of every cooling season. There are maintenance procedures you can follow to keep your system operating at peak efficiency and therefore saving money!

Caution: Before doing any work on an air conditioning system, make sure the power to the condenser and to the evaporator assembly is turned off

Also check your furnace company for recalls! One example is www.FurnaceClaims.com