Utilize Weatherstripping
The heat coming from your furnace can escape through cracks in your doors and windows. This means losing energy you are still paying for. It’s a good idea to invest in weatherstripping to seal these windows and doors, and make sure that the heat in your home stays in your home.
Use Your Ceiling Fans
Not many homeowners realize that ceiling fans not only benefit them in the summertime, but in the winter as well. You can take advantage of your ceiling fans to create the movement of air that helps distribute the heat from your forced air heater, which means you can turn your thermostat down a few degrees and ease the strain on the heater.
Schedule Routine Maintenance
Scheduling regular maintenance for your furnace or heater is the best way to make sure it works as efficiently and effectively as it should, for as long as it should. During your maintenance session, our technicians will fully inspect your furnace for any potential repair needs, make necessary adjustments, and thoroughly clean the system.
Each of the steps performed during heating maintenance ensures the heating system works as efficiently as it can.
Achieving Year-Round Comfort
Each of the efficiency tips mentioned above apply to not only your heating system, but your air conditioner as well. Upgrading your thermostat benefits both systems, as does using your ceiling fan to more evenly distribute air. And maintenance helps ensure that both these systems function as they should throughout their lifespans.
Maintenance should be scheduled for your air conditioner and heater once a year each. This means that if you have a year round heat pump system, you should be scheduling maintenance twice a year for the one system. This will help our technician thoroughly inspect the system and catch any repair needs.