{"id":1071,"date":"2011-11-14T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carneyphc.com\/blog\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2012-11-29T08:16:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:16:40","slug":"the-hardest-hvac-maintenance-some-pointers-from-sellersville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/heating\/the-hardest-hvac-maintenance-some-pointers-from-sellersville\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hardest HVAC Maintenance: Some Pointers from Sellersville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you hate to work on your own mechanical equipment in your\u00a0Sellersville\u00a0home, like furnaces<\/a> and plumbing<\/a> fixtures? You aren\u2019t alone. Many people are not cut out to be do-it-yourselfers (DIYers). They prefer to hand off their maintenance and repair chores to\u00a0qualified professional. That\u2019s not a bad thing. But there are lots of DIYers who prefer to work on their own home repairs \u2013 and those are the people who aren\u2019t afraid to take on the most challenging jobs.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for good ideas on how to maintain your home\u2019s heating and cooling (HVAC) system beyond the normal filter changeouts, here are some good things to check \u2013 things that will help with the overall performance of your HVAC system.<\/p>\n

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  1. Check the ventilation system<\/em>. The ventilation carries conditioned air from a main source throughout your home. \u00a0It takes a little time and effort to check your ventilation system for things like cracks or leaks around joints, but it is an important maintenance task. You may even find separations between joints or holes caused by nails. A leaky ventilation system could be sending conditioned air into attics, walls, or crawlspaces and making your furnace work extra hard just to keep your living areas warm and comfortable. Take time to visually inspect as much of your ventilation system as possible \u2013 usually metal or flex duct \u2013 and repair using joint glue, metal filler, or duct tape.<\/li>\n
  2. Inspect the insulation<\/em>. Your heating system works in conjunction with the insulation in your home to provide comfort and warmth while saving you on high utility bills. A home that is poorly insulated or not insulated at all will cause a furnace to work harder and not only send utility bills higher, but increase the possibility of mechanical failure. Replacing or adding insulation in walls and crawlspaces is a relatively easy, yet time-consuming task. You can roll down or tack up fiber insulation or blow in insulation into walls. You can also seal up cracks on your home\u2019s walls, roof, or foundation with a number of different products. Once again, your goal is to make your heating system work less and save you money.<\/li>\n
  3. Check the visible components of the furnace<\/em>. A build-up of dust and dirt can make the moving components of your\u00a0furnace\u00a0work even harder, such as the motors, fan belts, contactors, etc. If you live in an area where there is lots of dust and humidity or if your home has several occupants and\/or animals, it is particularly important to check your system on a regular basis. This can be done by removing the access panels and taking a vacuum cleaner hose into as many areas as possible. A good, thorough vacuuming should produce immediate results and make your furnace run much more efficiently.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Try these three steps and you may not have to repeat them for another year or so \u2013 possibly not ever again while you live in your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Do you hate to work on your own mechanical equipment in your Sellersville home, like furnaces and plumbing fixtures? You aren\u2019t alone. Many people are not cut out to be do-it-yourselfers (DIYers). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16,220,419,99,63,208],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating","tag-bucks-county","tag-heating-maintenance","tag-home-maintenance","tag-north-wales","tag-sellersville","tag-souderton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1848,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions\/1848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}