{"id":793,"date":"2020-11-16T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/?p=793"},"modified":"2020-11-10T19:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T00:00:03","slug":"why-annual-furnace-service-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/heating-service\/why-annual-furnace-service-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Annual Furnace Service Is Essential!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/furnace-with-technician-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Service-technician-testing-furnace\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/furnace-with-technician-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/furnace-with-technician-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/furnace-with-technician.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When the winter temperatures start to drop into the 40s during the evenings in Texas, you\u2019ll be glad you have a powerful furnace to warm your family. The reassurance of a furnace that you can depend on makes it easy to glide through the winter season, and our team is glad to help you with the finest available <\/span><a href=\"\/service-areas\/houston-tx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">furnace service in Houston, TX<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of those services, perhaps <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> most important one, is annual pre-season maintenance. Before the cold weather arrives, we\u2019ll give your furnace a thorough inspection and tune-up. Once we\u2019re done, the furnace will be set for whatever the season can throw at it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo I Really Need This Each Year?\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know where you&#8217;re going with this: since the winter weather in Texas isn\u2019t as grueling as a place like Minnesota or Maine, is furnace maintenance every year so critical? The answer is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And for a number of excellent reasons. Below are only a few of the reasons this is\u00a0 vital annual service:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Safety: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As always, safety is priority number one. You don\u2019t want to have a comfort system in your house that can put your family at risk, but this can occur if you keep using a gas-powered furnace that doesn\u2019t receive regular safety checks from professionals. Our technicians will give your furnace a close inspection each fall to see that there are no gas flow problems, gas leaks, cracks in the heat exchanger, or a potential for these problems to start.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Efficiency:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You don\u2019t want your furnace to waste power each time it comes on, but that\u2019s something that\u2019s likely to happen if it misses regular fall maintenance. The wear and tear on it from the year before will carry over and contribute to a drop in its efficiency rating. If this continues, the system could cost 25% more to run than it should. Maintenance will see that you\u2019re only paying as much as you should for your family\u2019s heat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Reliability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You don\u2019t use your furnace as much as your AC, but you still want it to have the same level of dependability\u2014when you turn it on, it comes on and does its job. Without maintenance, you won\u2019t have the reassurance your furnace will be reliable, and you may end up with a failed system when you need its heat the most.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Longevity: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A well-maintained furnace is more likely to reach its manufacturer\u2019s estimated service life (around 15 years for most gas furnaces). What happens without maintenance? A shorter life. Maybe even half of what it should be. Maintenance helps you get the best return in your original investment in your furnace.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Fewer Repairs:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nobody wants to call for repairs for anything in their house. Although you can\u2019t avoid all malfunctions with a furnace, you can prevent the majority through professional inspections and tune-ups each fall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>A Valid Warranty: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skipping maintenance may void the warranty on your furnace, and that can mean paying for repairs that would otherwise be covered.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All you need to do to have regular maintenance for your heating and cooling system is to join our <a href=\"\/maintenance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safety and Efficiency Cool Club<\/a>. Call us for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Your Comfort Is Our Business at AC Comfort. <\/b><a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Schedule your regular heating maintenance with us today.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All you need to do to have regular maintenance for your heating and cooling system is to join our Safety and Efficiency Cool Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[49,99],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793"}],"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=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}