Why Maintain Your HVAC System?

Keeping your HVAC equipment in good repair can save you more than money and time. Imagine having a summer party in your home when your air conditioner fails, or in the dead of winter when your furnace stops working. Scrambling to find a technician can be stressful and time consuming. HVAC maintenance can help prevent repair emergencies.

Cooling and Heating System Maintenance

AC Maintenance

• Check all electrical connections and components located at the air handler unit and the condensing unit
• Check and clean the outdoor and indoor coils
• Blow out the drain piping and trap
• Clean evaporator pan and check drain’s operation
• Change air filter if needed
• Start system and check operating pressures and operation temperatures

Oil Furnace Maintenance

• Brush and clean heat exchanger and smoke pipe
• Change nozzle, oil filter, clean pump screen
• Clean electrodes
• Clean burner housing and burner wheel
• Inspect burner coupling
• Start furnace and make adjustments
• Conduct an efficiency test and make final adjustments for peak efficiency

Oil Boiler Maintenance

• Brush and clean heat exchanger, combustion chamber and smoke pipe
• Change nozzle, oil filter, clean pump screen
• Clean electrodes
• Clean burner housing and burner wheel
• Inspect burner coupling
• Start boiler and make adjustments
• Conduct an efficiency test and make final adjustments for peak efficiency

Gas Furnace Maintenance

• Brush and clean heat exchanger and venting
• Clean pilot assembly and burner assembly
• Clean and inspect igniter and flame sensor
• Check inducer motor and assembly
• Check all electrical connections and components
• Fire furnace and check operation
• Conduct efficiency test and make final adjustments for peak efficiency

Gas Boiler Maintenance Procedures

• Evaluate condition of equipment – note any water leaks, corrosion, soot, value gas leakage, odors, fuel leaks, etc.
• Brush and clean heat exchanger and flue pipe if needed
• Clean pilot assembly and burner tubes
• Check and clean igniter and flame sensor
• Check and clean venting
• Fire boiler, test operation, perform efficiency test and make final adjustments for peak efficiency

Heat Pump Maintenance

• Check all electrical connections and components located at the air handling and the condensing unit
• Check the condition of the outdoor and indoor coils
• Blow out drain piping and trap
• Clean evaporator pan and check drain operation
• Check operation of reversing valve and defrost cycle for proper heat pump operation
• Clean or change filter
• Start system and check operating pressures and temperatures