Furnace Repair in Altoona, WI
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What Is The Difference Between Furnace Repair and Furnace Maintenance?
While Hurlburt offers both furnace repair and furnace maintenance, it’s important to realize there is a large difference between the two. Furnace repair is what happens in reaction to damage. You might notice that your furnace isn’t heating your home as well as you’d like, or perhaps you’ve heard some odd sounds coming from the unit. After this discovery, you typically would call our team out and we would inspect, diagnose, and repair your unit, leaving it in much better shape than we found it. While a maintenance appointment might seem similar, the goal is a little bit different. Ideally, furnace maintenance appointments are something that you would regularly schedule at least once a year. These appointments aren’t created because a source of damage was found. Instead, they are proactively created to help prevent damage from occurring or spreading. In short, both are essential to the flourishing of your heating system, but only one happens as a result of damage. We would love to talk more about our furnace maintenance plans if you’d like to hear more! Reach out today and we can talk about the options that are available to you.
How Can I Know I Need Furnace Repair In My Home?
Unless you’re a trained HVAC technician, it can be difficult to tell your furnace needs repair based on tiny, seemingly insignificant differences in the way it is performing. Unfortunately, the longer damage is allowed to go unrepaired, the worse it tends to become for your furnace. For that reason, here are a few signs you might want to keep your eye out for if you think your furnace might have some damage.
At this point, I’m sure you know it is common to see a little increase in your electricity bill anytime you start using your furnace more, especially in the deepest parts of winter. However, to an extent, you should be able to predict or at least mentally explain the rise in costs that you see. So if you get an electric bill one month that is inexplicably high, this is a sure sign that something in your home is amiss. While many different appliances can cause this kind of energy usage, your furnace should also be a prime suspect. When damaged, furnaces have to run more frequently to keep up with the demands of your home. This invariably causes your bill to rise. So when you notice that spike, give our team a call and we can make sure your furnace won’t continue wasting energy.
Another sign that your furnace has damage is if you start to notice strange sounds and smells. While it is common for there to be a slightly burned smell for a few minutes when you turn your furnace on for the first time of the season, that smell should not last long and definitely shouldn’t return. Similarly, the humming sound of your furnace running is the only noticeable sound you should hear from the unit. If you start to notice whirring, screeching, clanging, or anything else that is out of the ordinary, you will want to call out a professional immediately. This is a clear sign that something is wrong with your furnace.
As you walk around your home, are you struck randomly with chills? Is there no identifiable source, like a drafty exterior door or a wall of windows? Then one likely culprit is that your furnace is no longer efficiently heating your home. When your furnace isn’t efficiently heating your home, you are likely to experience cold spots or even fully cold rooms.
Finally, if your furnace is running, and everything sounds right, but you notice the air coming out of the vents is cold, you can know for sure that the furnace needs to be repaired. Now, if you caught the cold air coming out of the vents right as the furnace turned on, there is a chance that the cold air was just being pushed out and that the warm air is on its way. Give the furnace a few minutes and check them again. If the air is still cold, then you’ll want to call for furnace repair immediately.
Call Hurlburt For All Your Furnace Needs
At Hurlburt, our biggest goal is just to take care of our community. So when you realize your home won’t be heated because of issues with your furnace, know that you can always give us a call at (715) 802-2170, any time of day or night. Whatever you need, we can be there for you! Reach out today and let us know how we can help.
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