After I purchased my first home, I knew I needed to have the HVAC system serviced, but I didn’t know to what extent.
- I called around to a few HVAC companies and asked for their prices on a basic tune up until I found one that I was happy with.
When the HVAC professional came to service my HVAC system, I asked him a bunch of questions about HVAC maintenance and I let him know that it was my first time owning a home. The HVAC professional told me that I should expect to have my HVAC serviced twice per year because it ensured that my HVAC equipment would run as efficiently as possible. I thought twice per year was a lot considering that I had to pay for each visit, but the HVAC professional told me something really important. He told me that I wouldn’t have my car serviced only once per year, so why would I do the same for my HVAC system when it ran more often than my car? I thought this was a really fair point, and it completely changed the way I viewed my HVAC maintenance. My furnace or air conditioner were running constantly. There has never been a day where one or the other wasn’t providing comfort for my home, and when I thought about how vigorously my HVAC system had to run all the time, it made sense to have it serviced twice per year. This piece of advice has always stayed with me and it hasn’t failed me yet.