Temprite Climate Solutions Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Heating System Maintenance’

Almost Fall: Is Your Heater Prepared for the Rest of the Year?

Monday, September 16th, 2024
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As the leaves start to change and the days get shorter, it’s a clear sign that fall is just around the corner. Before you know it, the temperatures will drop, and you’ll be relying on your heater to keep your home warm and cozy. A well-maintained heating system is crucial for ensuring your comfort, energy efficiency, and the longevity of your unit. If your heater is not properly serviced, it could lead to expensive repairs, higher energy bills, or even leave you without heat when you need it most.

Here’s why preparing your heater for the fall and winter is an essential step you shouldn’t overlook.

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Heating Maintenance Doesn’t Have an Expiration Date!

Monday, February 5th, 2024
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As winter approaches, we often focus on cozying up with blankets and sipping hot cocoa, forgetting that our trusty heating systems require attention too. Heating maintenance isn’t a one-time affair—it’s an ongoing commitment to the well-being of your home and your wallet.

If you missed scheduling maintenance in fall, you might think it’s better to just skip it. Don’t do it! We’ll explore why scheduling heater maintenance in Parksville, BC is something you’ll want to do every year—and there isn’t a cut-off date for getting done, as long as you get it done.

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How Heating Maintenance Keeps Away Problems in Winter

Monday, October 16th, 2023
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Fall is a season of transition, and as the leaves change colors, it’s also a crucial time for homeowners to prepare their homes for the upcoming winter chill. One essential aspect that often takes a backseat in this preparation is heating maintenance. For local residents, ensuring that your heating system is ready for the colder months ahead is a smart move. Professional heater maintenance in Comox, BC can be the key to keeping your home warm and cozy throughout the winter season.

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How Your Gas Furnace Runs Safely Each Winter

Monday, December 26th, 2022
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“Are gas furnaces dangerous?” People often ask us this question, and the answer is a conditional “no.”

If gas furnaces posed major safety dangers, they would not be permitted in homes in the first place. A gas furnace can develop safety issues due to neglect and age, which is why we strongly recommend that our customers arrange for annual maintenance to keep their furnace in the best shape.

This gives us an opportunity to catch potential problems before they become problems. One of the reasons gas furnaces can operate at safe levels is because they’re constructed with several safety features to minimize risk. We’ll look at some of these features below.

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Tips to Lower Your Heating Costs This Winter

Monday, December 12th, 2022
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Everybody is looking for ways to cut down costs and save money. You might not have realized one place where you could reduce your cost of living is with your heating system.

We don’t mean you have to shut off the heater for long stretches of time so you and your family need to bundle up in full parkas when you’re indoors. There are some simple ways you can lower the amount of work your heating system does without making major sacrifices in comfort. 

Below are a few of our best tips for less expensive heating this winter (and every winter to come).

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Fall Is Officially Here: Time to Schedule Your Heating Maintenance!

Monday, September 19th, 2022
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It’s now officially fall—or at least it probably will be by the time you read this. (The first day of fall—the Autumnal Equinox—is September 22 this year). We often experience hot days in the early fall, but we all know that the cold days will soon arrive, and possibly sooner than we expect.

This is why we recommend our clients take advantage of this transitional time, when you won’t need your heater and HVAC technicians to have less busy schedules, to arrange for your annual heater Maintenance in Comox, BC.

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Cracked Heat Exchanger: How a Furnace Can Become Hazardous

Monday, December 13th, 2021
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Gas furnaces are a powerful and energy-efficient way to heat a home. We’re familiar with the the usefulness of a gas furnace in Tofino, BC for a household, and we never want to discourage people from looking into installing a natural gas furnace.

But any gas-burning appliance comes with some level of safety risk. Not a large risk, because otherwise these appliances would never receive approval for home use. It’s important, however, for consumers to know about ways any gas appliance could become hazardous, how best to avoid them, and what to do if problems develop. 

In that vein, today we’ll examine one of the ways a natural gas furnace can become hazardous: a cracked heat exchanger.

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October Is the Time to Have Your Furnace Professionally Inspected and Tuned-Up

Monday, October 4th, 2021
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You and your family probably have several special October traditions to enliven an already festive month of the year. We’d like you to add a tradition onto your calendar for October—schedule professional maintenance for your furnace!

No, this isn’t as joyful an event as pumpkin-carving or costume-making. But it’s incredibly important for your family’s comfort and safety during the upcoming winter, and you don’t even have to do that much. You only need to call our technicians and enroll in our residential maintenance program. We’ll come to your house and give your gas or electric furnace in Parksville, BC the full tune-up and inspection it needs for when it starts working in winter. With this job out of the way, you can go back to enjoying your October and not have to worry about the winter.

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Furnace Safety Tips for the Winter

Monday, December 28th, 2020

Natural gas furnaces aren’t “dangerous” devices to have in a home: they’re not a constant concern for the health and safety of a household. There would be no way gas furnaces would be permitted in so many homes if they easily became deadly. 

However, any gas appliance has the potential to create combustion dangers and toxic gas leaks. As long as you know the basic safety precautions to take with your natural gas furnace, you can avoid such problems. Below we’ve listed the important steps to take to ensure you have a safe winter season of heating with your gas furnace.

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Sign Up for Heating Maintenance in Fall

Monday, November 2nd, 2020
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This is one of the most important posts we’ll make this year—the reminder to all our customers and customers-to-be to sign up for heating maintenance for their central heater this fall. Routine maintenance inspections and tune-ups are an essential service to ensure the best performance from a heating system over the winter. 

This “best” performance doesn’t just mean getting an edge in heating quality. It can be the difference between a heater that works each day it’s needed and one that must be replaced years early. It’s the difference between a trouble-free winter with a heater and a system that needs heater repair in Parksville, BC—possibly more than once!

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