With the fall season now among us, chances are you may have already started turning the heat on in your home. However, before it starts to get even colder, you will need to take the time to perform some basic maintenance on your HVAC unit in order to ensure that it’s able to perform as efficiently as possible.
Here are five useful HVAC tips that every homeowner should make note of for the fall season.
*First and foremost, you will want to take the time to perform a thermostat test, which involves using a separate reading in order to make sure that your home is the temperature that your thermostat says it is. In the event that it isn’t, you will need to contact an experienced HVAC professional so that they will be able to properly evaluate your unit in order to determine what could be causing the issue.
*It’s also a good idea to ensure that you open any and all closed vents in your home. This is because whenever a vent is closed, heat is unable to travel through your home in the correct manner. As a result, your HVAC unit ends up having to work much harder than it needs to. The best way to ensure that your unit is able to achieve maximum efficiency is if you open all of your closed vents.
*Another useful tip to make note of is to ensure that you evaluate all of the weatherstripping on your windows and doors. In the event that the weatherstripping is bad, this can result in an influx of cold air from the outdoors, which can then make your HVAC unit work much harder than it needs to. As a result, you will end up having to pay more money on your energy bill.
*Always ensure that you take the time to install new air filters in your HVAC unit on a regular basis. Typically, this is something that should be done every one to three months. When you have new air filters in your unit, you will be working to make sure that you rid the air in your home of dust, dirt and pollen that has likely collected during the summer season.
*It’s also important to make sure that you keep an eye on the landscaping around your HVAC unit as well. Generally, this is something that you should consider doing all year long, but you should especially do this even more during the fall season. For instance, in the event that you end up experiencing an early snowfall in your area while the leaves are still on the trees, the snow will end up weighing them down, thereby causing the branches to snap. Even worse is the fact that if this happens with your HVAC unit nearby, then the unit will end up getting damaged in some fashion. Furthermore, you will also need to take the time to check your unit for any dead leaves that may have become lodged in it.
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