{"id":3330,"date":"2018-10-29T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carneyphc.com\/blog\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2018-10-26T06:52:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T10:52:45","slug":"the-importance-of-heating-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/heating\/the-importance-of-heating-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Heating Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carneyphc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Heating__dreamstime_xl_6122979-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"Furnace\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Heating__dreamstime_xl_6122979-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Heating__dreamstime_xl_6122979-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Heating__dreamstime_xl_6122979-1024x776.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Heating season is here, which means that before too long you\u2019re going to be using your heating system to keep you warm for multiple hours a day. There are a lot of things that you can do to get your home properly prepared for the heating season. One of the best things you can do, though, is to make sure that your heating system gets proper maintenance. Read on to find out why heating maintenance is so important for the health of your system, and why it\u2019s important that you do it this season if you want to get the most benefit out of it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Why Maintenance is so Important<\/h2>\n<p>Most of the issues that can affect your heating system are the kind of thing you won\u2019t notice until it\u2019s already caused a fair amount of damage. That\u2019s the main reason that you don\u2019t want to wait for symptoms of a problem to show up before addressing it. The best way to deal with a problem <em>without<\/em> waiting for symptoms is to schedule preventive maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Preventive maintenance gives your technician the opportunity to closely examine the system and isolate any problems that might be developing. Those problems can then be repaired before they have the opportunity to develop far enough to threaten the system. This can lessen the odds of a serious issue damaging your heating system by up to 90%, and increase its energy efficiency by up to 40%. Doing this consistently can save you thousands of dollars in repair costs over the life of your system. If you want to get the most out of your preventive maintenance, though, you need to be consistent about scheduling it every year.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Fall is the Best Time for Heating Maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>When you schedule preventive maintenance for your system does have an effect on how effective the maintenance is. Fall is typically the best time to schedule maintenance for your heating systems for a number of reasons. First, it ensures that your heater is in the best possible shape before it is subjected to the added stress of the heating season. Second, it allows you to take immediate advantage of the boost in efficiency that you get from the maintenance appointment.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s better to schedule maintenance later in the season than not to have it done at all, of course. So, if you are reading this a bit later in the fall or winter season and you haven\u2019t had maintenance done yet, we still recommend that you do. You won\u2019t be able to get quite as much mileage out of the efficiency bump, but at least you\u2019ll be able to make sure that your heating system finishes out the heating season as healthy as possible.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Carney Plumbing Heating &amp; Cooling offers a full range of <a href=\"\/service-areas\/ambler-pa\">heating repair services in Ambler, PA.<\/a> If you need help getting your heating system ready for the season, contact us today to <a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-an-apointment\">schedule an appointment<\/a> with one of our professional. Technicians. We\u2019ll make sure that your heating system serves you well this season. \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out why heating maintenance is the best possible thing for your system. <\/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":[101,220],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating","tag-ambler","tag-heating-maintenance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","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=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3332,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}