Cool Care Heating and Air Conditioning Blog: Posts Tagged ‘heating maintenance’

Understanding the Difference: Heating Repair, Heating Maintenance, and Heating Replacement

Monday, October 14th, 2024

Ensuring that your heating system is in top condition is essential for home comfort here in Houston. However, when it comes to addressing issues with your heating system, homeowners often find themselves confused between the terms heating repair, heating replacement, and heating tune-up in Houston, TX.

Knowing the difference between these services can save you money and prevent future breakdowns. Here’s a breakdown of what each service involves, along with tips on how to tell which one you need this year.

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What Happens During Heating Maintenance?

Monday, December 5th, 2022
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To keep your heater working as well as possible through the coming winter, it’s important to schedule heating maintenance. This will do more than just catch any existing problems before they cause your heater to shut down on a cold winter night. It will improve the efficiency of your heating system so your utility costs don’t increase, ensure that there are no safety hazards such as fuel leaks or carbon monoxide emissions, and increase the life expectancy of your heater so it will last as long as possible before you need to worry about replacing it.

But the process may be a little mysterious, and we’d like to demystify it for you. Here is a guide to what your technician will actually be doing during heating maintenance. Some of the steps will be different for gas and electric heaters, but many are identical.

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Have You Scheduled This Important Heating Service Yet?

Monday, November 7th, 2022
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While our last blog post was about air conditioning, the seasons are turning, and it’s time to think about your heating system. While Texan heaters don’t see as much use as those in other parts of the country, they are still important, and as recent cold snaps have taught us, sometimes having a functional heating system is absolutely critical.

So how is your heater doing? Since you haven’t turned it on since spring, there’s really no way you can know for sure.

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