VIDEO: How to Tune-up Your Furnace for Winter

Have you had your home’s furnace tuned up for winter? All the many mechanical components inside your furnace work together like a symphony orchestra to create the beautiful sound of heat blowing out of your home’s vents that’ll be music to your ears when the outside air is chilly. And take that comforting warmth for granted though we may, if just one of those instruments hits a sour note, that mellifluous melody could quickly give way to the sound of chattering teeth, pipes bursting and grousing spouses. You likely won’t even notice something’s funny with your furnace until it’s too late — and you’re in need of an emergency repair.

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If you wanna keep your home’s climate control system controlling your home’s climate, you really should have your heating components maintained by a licensed professional at least once a year.

Besides staving off a cold-weather catastrophe, additional benefits of pre-emptive furnace maintenance include:

• More effective heating for consistent comfort

• Longer furnace life, forestalling an expensive replacement

• Honoring your system’s warranty, which might carry specific maintenance  obligations

• More efficient system operation to save energy and money

While tending to one’s own household maintenance obligations can be rewarding and is, in many cases, doable if not necessary, some tasks are just too much to ask of your everyday DIYer. That’s why we called in reinforcements for this particular project. Our HomeServe homie, Randy Boutte, who’s a bona fide HomeServe HVAC tech, showed us what a furnace tune-up comprises and what homeowners should expect in terms of time, labor and cost.

In the above video, we’ll cover the following topics and more:

• How to prepare your furnace for winter

• Winter furnace prep tips

• Why you should hire a professional for furnace maintenance

• Benefits of HVAC tune-ups before winter

• Affordable furnace maintenance services

• Signs your heating system needs a tune-up

Watch the video and let us know what you think in the comments section, homeowners: Is this a DIY dilemma, or a problem for the pros?

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