{"id":717,"date":"2018-10-01T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2018-09-27T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T16:47:41","slug":"what-go-wrong-furnace-isnt-maintained-annually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/heating-service\/what-go-wrong-furnace-isnt-maintained-annually\/","title":{"rendered":"What Might Go Wrong When a Furnace Isn\u2019t Maintained Annually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-718 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Furnace-standard-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Furnace-standard\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Furnace-standard-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Furnace-standard.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each fall, as the weather starts to cool, HVAC technicians roll up their sleeves, stock up their vans, and get to work doing tune-ups and inspections of home furnaces. It\u2019s one of the most important parts of our job, and we make sure our customers know how vital annual maintenance is for their furnaces. We make it as easy as possible to have the job done with our <a href=\"\/maintenance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HomeSavers Club<\/a>, a maintenance program that provides both heating and air conditioning maintenance during the year.<\/p>\n<p>You may feel tempted to skip maintenance for your gas furnace this fall, thinking that it\u2019s not necessary <em>every<\/em> year. However, the consequences of missing annual maintenance can be high. Below is a list of what might go wrong if your furnace isn\u2019t given its regular fall tune-up and inspection.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The furnace will become unsafe<\/h2>\n<p>We don\u2019t want to scare you, but it\u2019s the truth: a natural gas furnace without regular maintenance is at a much higher risk of running unsafely than one that\u2019s inspected each year. The maintenance check-up looks for all the places where safety hazards might be developing. For example, technicians always carefully look over the heat exchanger to see if minute cracks are developing. A cracked heat exchanger can lead to carbon monoxide escaping into the house\u2014a dangerous problem. Maintenance will put your mind at ease that your furnace is operating at its safest.<\/p>\n<h2>The furnace will become unreliable<\/h2>\n<p>When the heavy winter weather sets in, the last thing you\u2019ll want to worry about is a heating system that isn\u2019t working or which isn\u2019t providing enough heat. No amount of maintenance can make a furnace 100% free from breakdowns and malfunctions\u2014but maintenance can prevent 85% of breakdowns and malfunctions! That means less inconvenience as well as less money paid to keep the system running.<\/p>\n<h2>The furnace will waste money<\/h2>\n<p>Each winter a furnace runs, it accumulates dust, dirt, and general wear on its components. Rust may start to develop. Motors lose lubrication. And this will make the furnace drain more power than normal to continue working. On average, a furnace will lose 5% of its energy efficiency each year it misses maintenance, and the dive will get steeper the longer it goes. Annual maintenance prevents unpleasant spikes in your energy bills each winter.<\/p>\n<h2>The furnace may go for early retirement<\/h2>\n<p>Installing a furnace (or any heating system) is an investment in years of comfort. But you won\u2019t get the return on your investment that you want if the furnace misses maintenance. The furnace may end up failing years before it should, forcing you to pay for an early replacement.<\/p>\n<p>If it turns out you do need <a href=\"\/service-areas\/plymouth-in-hvac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">furnace repair in Plymouth, IN<\/a>, then you can easily arrange it with your maintenance technician. Many times, the technician can take care of the necessary repairs on the spot. If not, the tech will see the furnace has the repairs it needs before the winter sets in.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sign up for our HomeSavers Club today and <a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">schedule furnace maintenance<\/a>. Collier\u2019s Heating &amp; Air Conditioning\u2014A company you&#8217;ve grown to trust!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The consequences of missing annual maintenance can be high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[117,49,119],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}