HVAC Repair Tips for Homeowners

Everything was ready; the food was steaming hot, and the mocktails ready.

The birthday cake was chilling in the fridge. It was my husband’s surprise birthday dinner. Some of our friends had already arrived, we were waiting for one couple and my husband. By the time we finished with dinner, it had started getting cold. When I checked the temperature reading on the digital thermostat, it dropped by the minute. It was also showing that the gas furnace was off. Any attempts to restart the boiler installation failed. Since everyone was in the living room having cake and drinks, I switched on the gas fireplace. It warmed the living room, but the rest of the house was cold. The heating system almost ruined the dinner party. We had to make do with extra blankets that night. The following morning I called the heating corps, and they told me they would have sent a technician to our home by noon. By ten o’clock, a home services company van packed outside our house. The HVAC repairman carried out a thorough inspection of our whole home heating system. He did a furnace/heater tune-up, followed it with duct cleaning, and washed the washable filter. It had been so long since the ductwork was cared for; the good thing was that the HVAC duct did not have any problem. We also reviewed the energy-saving help tips that the previous heating provider had given to see what worked for us and what was no longer practical. We worked out a plan and care routine that would help prolong the lifespan of our HVAC system. With that, we knew it would be a while before the unit needed repairs.

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My sister and her three-month-old baby would move in with me until we replaced their whole-home heating system.

In the middle of winter, their gas furnace had broken down.

They had contacted a heating provider, but the HVAC repairman who inspected it told them they needed a new boiler installation. The old one was beyond repair. They had to depend on the gas fireplace to heat the sitting be area. When she called me and told me what she was going through, I offered to host her in my house until we had raised enough money for a new system. I contacted the local heating corp for a furnace/heater tune-up to ensure that something similar did not happen to mine. I also asked the technician to carry out duct cleaning. The cleaning was going to improve the indoor air quality for the baby’s sake. The ductwork had no issues that I was aware of, but it would be wise to call the heating provider to inspect it as a preventive measure. The second day after they had moved in, the home services van was outside our home. The technician checked the HVAC duct, maintained it, and washed the washable filter. I got so used to having them around that I did not want them to return to their home three months later. I was back to having a quiet house. That period of bonding made me realize how much my sister and I had drifted apart. After she moved out, I made a point to see her as often as possible. We promised to free our schedule twice every month to hang out together.

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Boarding a train every morning is part of my routine every working day. It also meant avoiding the morning traffic on the roads. People on the train tend to keep to themselves, most of them on the phone, others reading the newspaper or books and so on. On this particular day, there was a turn of events. One of the passengers commented on the rise of uncertified technicians. Another chipped in by saying that he found out that a used washable filter replaced the old filter. He only realized this when it was time to clean it. Another saw an ad on the street called a heating provider for a furnace/heater tune-up. He did not bother checking the heating corp online. Later on, when he checked it out, he found it, but it had only two reviews; both were negative. The guy had not done any maintenance, and the only thing he did was seal some leaks in the ductwork, which was also poorly done. He made it worse because he tampered with one of the joints in the HVAC duct, and his guest bedroom was not receiving any heat from the boiler installation. There were also some positive stories for those who contacted a certified home services company. One said that her energy bill had been so high. When she called them to check it out, the HVAC repairman fixed the gas furnace the gas fireplace, and they also gave her energy-saving help tips to keep the energy consumption low. After the duct cleaning, indoor air quality improved tremendously. Her whole-home heating system has never had any issues since then.

 

 

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After college, I decided to move in with my friend to split the rent since neither had a stable job.

Everything went on well for about a year.

The fights started when it was her turn to pay for the annual furnace/heater tune-up. She did not have any money for servicing the unit, but she was always eating out and buying new clothes. After two months of me insisting that we needed to take better care of the boiler installation, she finally called an HVAC repairman. she did not contact the same heating corp I had called previously. At that point, I just wanted the gas furnace serviced. After that, our whole-home heating system started experiencing a never-ending chain of problems. Even after applying all the energy-saving help tips, the energy bill was on an all-time high. When I had finally had enough, I called the heating corp to get a professional to tell us what the problem could be. After a thorough check-up, she found so many wrong things with our system. It turned out that the home services company the other tech claimed to be from did not exist and was a fake. No wonder he was so cheap. He had tampered with the washable filter; it was no longer doing its work. The ductwork gathered so much dust and debris that a duct cleaning was inevitable. The central HVAC duct was leaking, causing the unit to run more to compensate for the lost heat. After our lease expired, I opted to move back home until I could find a place of my own, one that even had a gas fireplace.

 

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