3 Ways to Get Your HVAC System Ready for Winter

As autumn’s briskness becomes winter’s chill, you want to take comfort in the warmth of your home. While a reliable heating system is something any homeowner in Tinley Park, Illinois, can appreciate, this convenience comes with responsibility. To help your home’s HVAC system perform well this winter, take time now to schedule a maintenance check and change the air filter.

Schedule HVAC Maintenance

Every fall, a professional should attend to your furnace, boiler or heat pump. During a maintenance service visit, your HVAC service technician will inspect your system for potential problems and make any necessary repairs. This preventive maintenance check typically involves:

• Inspecting flue piping or vent piping
• Checking and calibrating the thermostat
• Cleaning the heat exchanger, pilot assembly and burner
• Checking and adjusting the gas pressure
• Inspecting the furnace filter and blower
• Lubricating the blower motor/pump

Clean Your Heating Grates

If you have a forced-air heating system, you probably have a number of heating grates throughout the house. Before turning on the heat in your home, clean the grates. Cleaning your heating grates removes dust and debris that can impede the flow of warm air into the rooms of your home.

If possible, remove the grates (take care not to lose the screws). Wash them with a soft brush and nonabrasive cleaner. Let them dry thoroughly before reattaching them. If you can’t remove your heating grates, wipe them with a damp cleaning cloth to pick up the dust.

Change the HVAC Air Filter

Like heating grates, the air filter in your home’s HVAC system can also accumulate significant amounts of dust and debris from the air. If left alone, this dust can compromise the efficient operation of your HVAC system. Changing the air filter allows the system to function correctly and deliver cleaner air to your home’s living spaces.

Change your HVAC system’s filter at the start of the heating season. Check it every month afterward, and replace it as necessary.

Make sure your HVAC system is ready to combat winter’s chill. Schedule a fall maintenance service visit by calling Climate Master Mechanical Contractors, Inc. at 708-597-5470.

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