{"id":508,"date":"2019-02-11T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/?p=508"},"modified":"2019-02-08T18:39:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T23:39:30","slug":"warning-signs-need-heater-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/heating-service\/warning-signs-need-heater-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning Signs You Need Heater Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/furnace-with-pipes-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"furnace-with-pipes\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/furnace-with-pipes-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/furnace-with-pipes-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/furnace-with-pipes-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/furnace-with-pipes.jpg 956w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>The weather is Texas can be \u2026 weird. That\u2019s why an HVAC company like ours can find itself busy around the year helping people with their air conditioning systems\u2014but still need to be ready in a pinch to help out when heating systems start to suffer from problems. It\u2019s our job to be ready for whatever the shifts in the weather can throw at our customers.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, we\u2019re on the watch for wherever we need to deliver <a href=\"\/heating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heating repair in Katy, TX<\/a>. And we want to help you be on the watch as well. The sooner you realize something is wrong, the sooner we can fix it, and the less expensive it is likely to be. Here are some common warning signs that you might need your heater repaired (aside from the obvious, like when the heater doesn\u2019t provide any heat!).<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Strange sounds from the ductwork<\/h3>\n<p>Furnaces and heat pumps are the most common types of heaters found in this area, both of which use ductwork to distribute heat around a house. (There are special ductless mini split heat pumps, although they aren\u2019t as common.) Odd sounds coming from those vents are often early indications you\u2019ve got problems. These sounds include grinding, mechanical shrieking, booming, clattering, and clicking. If it\u2019s not a usual sound or it\u2019s loud enough to be disruptive, have professionals look into it right away.<\/p>\n<h3>Uneven heating<\/h3>\n<p>This is a problem that homeowners often ignore, especially if the rooms that seem colder than usual aren\u2019t rooms that are often used. When parts of the house are getting warmer than others, or even too warm, something may be wrong with the heating power or the blower fan of the heating system. It might also be a heater that\u2019s aged too far and may need to be replaced.<\/p>\n<h3>Heater turns on and off too often<\/h3>\n<p>What is \u201ctoo often?\u201d Most heating systems will run on a cycle of about 15 minutes to reach the set temperature on the thermostat before cycling off for a stretch. You shouldn\u2019t hear heater kick on in-and-out four or more times an hour; this indicates the heater is <em>short-cycling<\/em>, trapped in the start-up cycle and turning off before it\u2019s actually finished. There are multiple potential sources for this, and you want licensed HVAC technicians to find out the reason for short-cycling ASAP.<\/p>\n<h3>High utility bills<\/h3>\n<p>It is a truth universally acknowledged that a heater in possession of a too-large heating bill must be in want of repairs. If your heating system is running up your utility bills higher than normal (and electrical costs haven\u2019t risen), the heater is probably malfunctioning. Almost any type of heating system problem will result in a rise in utility costs. Don\u2019t just accept paying more\u2014one of our slogans is \u201cComfort Can Cost Less,\u201d and with the proper repairs, we can make your heating cost less.<\/p>\n<p>You can trust to our NATE-certified comfort specialists, no matter what help your heating system needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>At AC Comfort, your comfort is our business! <a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call us when you need heating repair<\/a> of any kind in Katy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sooner you realize something is wrong with your heater, the sooner we can fix it, and the less expensive it is likely to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[21,50,88],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}