As an eastern suburb of St. Paul, Oakdale is no stranger to demanding heating seasons. The area experiences heavy snowfall, biting winds, and nighttime temperatures that drop into the negatives. With winters like these, it’s imperative to have a reliable and efficient home heating system. Hurlburt can help you achieve that through routine heating maintenance in Oakdale, MN. Our team provides seasonal furnace tune-ups throughout Oakdale. We also service heat pumps, hybrid heating systems, hydronic heating solutions, humidifiers, and much more.
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Model-Specific Furnace Tune-Ups in Oakdale
Our heating technicians travel for maintenance from Northdale Park to Tanners Lake. Our trucks have all the advanced equipment and supplies we need to complete furnace maintenance. That lets us finish all tune-up appointments in a single visit. If you need a new HVAC filter and don’t have one on hand, you can even get that from us.
We’ll perform a model-specific multipoint inspection while adhering to any warranty requirements. As the inspection unfolds, we’ll clean all your heating equipment. That includes removing the stubborn carbon deposits that can build up on combustion equipment. We’ll correct any normal wear and tear and, if needed, recommend proactive repairs. Replacing a worn belt now, for instance, is better than waiting for it to fail. We’ll turn your heating system on and test and calibrate it for optimal performance.
The Benefits of Seasonal Forced-Air Furnace Maintenance
Routine HVAC maintenance in Oakdale often pays for itself. That’s because clean furnaces are more efficient, resulting in lower heating bills. Other notable benefits of regular furnace tune-ups include:
Valid warranty coverage
Better indoor air quality
Safer and quieter operation
Longer equipment lifespans
Less likelihood of breakdowns
Faster and more consistent heating
Heat Pump Maintenance in Oakdale for Standalone and Hybrid Systems
Heat pumps are HVAC systems that provide both heating and cooling. They’re more similar to an air conditioner than they are to a furnace or boiler. There’s refrigerant pressure to check, refrigeration coils to clean, pumps to lubricate, and so forth. Some households have standalone heat pumps, in which case that’s the only system that needs our attention. Others have hybrid setups, and for those homes, we’ll service the heat pump and furnace at the same time.
Do-It-Yourself vs. Professional Heat Pump Maintenance
There are some aspects of heat pump maintenance that you can handle yourself. Those tasks include filter replacements, cleaning the vents, and blowing leaves out of the outdoor condenser unit. There are other important aspects that we don’t recommend doing yourself, such as:
Multipoint electrical safety inspection
Testing and calibrating the thermostat
Testing supply and return side air pressure
Lubricating the condenser pump and blower
Cleaning the evaporator and condenser coils
Tightening electrical and mechanical connections
Boiler Maintenance for Hot Water and Steam Systems
We recommend seasonal HVAC maintenance in Oakdale for all hydronic heating equipment. That includes hot water boilers, steam boilers, baseboard radiators, wall radiators, and radiant panels. Keeping those systems clean is essential to lower heating bills and long equipment lifespans. Hot water tanks, radiators, and tubing all require flushing to remove sediment. Left unattended, the accumulation will undermine performance and even lead to corrosion.
Steam systems also require flushing of the tank and bleeding of the radiators. Our team will check your system for leaks and ensure that any condensate drainage system is flowing freely. We’ll check valves, hoses, gaskets, vents, and oil levels. Once we’ve cleaned the system, we’ll refill it and allow it to cycle. At that point, we can test the system’s pressure and ensure everything is operating within optimal parameters.
Local, Trusted Oakdale Heating Services
Our family business has been providing heating, cooling, electrical, and plumbing maintenance for over 65 years. We give back to the communities we serve, and our customer-centric approach has earned us more than 6,000 5-star reviews. You can schedule a maintenance appointment with us anywhere in Washington County online and by phone. We also encourage you to learn more about our Hulburt Family Rewards Program. Membership will lower your maintenance costs while making seasonal tune-ups much more convenient.
Hurlburt is the local choice for reliable heating maintenance in Oakdale that saves homeowners money. Call today or contact us online to schedule an appointment.
FAQs
Here are answers to several of the most common questions about our maintenance-related Oakdale heating services.
Some aspects of heating maintenance you can and should perform yourself as needed. That includes selecting the right HVAC filter, replacing it when it gets dirty, and keeping your vents clean. Other aspects require a professional because they need specialized skills and, in some cases, are dangerous. These tasks can include testing static air pressure, identifying backdraft scenarios, and cleaning carbon deposits on combustion equipment.
We recommend scheduling heating maintenance at least once a year. The ideal time to book your appointment is early in the fall, before the colder weather arrives. This is good advice, even if you have a heat pump and scheduled cooling maintenance earlier in the year. You should also monitor for heating performance issues throughout winter and schedule diagnostics at the first signs of trouble.
Yes, we recommend regular maintenance for thermostats and include it in our seasonal heating tune-ups. It’s important to clean the electrical contacts, which can build up grime over time. We’ll test the temperature reading and calibrate the thermostat if necessary. With smart thermostats, we can upgrade the firmware and/or software as well.
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