101226 ~ HVAC Maintenance Time! - Eric Therrian

So let's talk a little bit about what we're facing now, um, with wintertime approaching.

And I almost turned the heat on last week.

Almost.

[laughs]

It's, it's getting there.

It is.

What kinds of things do we need to do to make sure our system is in good working order, Eric?

Well, um, you know, starters, it's great to have a technician do a good once over on the system, just, you know, to make sure there's no, no glaring signs of issues.

Mm-hmm.

You know, the worst thing is, you know, it doesn't get looked at and then we get into those, you know, single digits, things are working hard, and that's when they like to break.

So sometimes you get somebody in there, look at it, a lot of those problems can be caught so it's not a, you know, real big issue at, you know, 3:00 in the morning when you wake up-

[laughs] Yeah

... and, you know, you can see your breath in your house.

Right.

So, you know, but there can be a lot of warning signs, you know?

Like what?

Um, you know, strange noises, smells, a lot, a lot of things that, you know, maybe it wasn't doing a few months ago, weeks ago, whatever.

Any- anything out of the ordinary, you know, like-

Smells.

I- what kind of smells?

So, you know, I mean, you have your filter in your system that, A, can get clogged just if it's been in the system too long, you know, so proper changing of those-

Mm-hmm

... on a frequent basis.

Um, but smells, you know, when motors, you know, say that filter's been in there too long, that motor can actually burn up 'cause it's working too hard.

Oh.

So let's talk a little bit about what we're facing now, um, with wintertime approaching.

And I almost turned the heat on last week.

Almost.

[laughs]

It's, it's getting there.

It is.

What kinds of things do we need to do to make sure our system is in good working order, Eric?

Well, um, you know, starters, it's great to have a technician do a good once over on the system, just, you know, to make sure there's no, no glaring signs of issues.

Mm-hmm.

You know, the worst thing is, you know, it doesn't get looked at and then we get into those, you know, single digits, things are working hard, and that's when they like to break.

So sometimes you get somebody in there, look at it, a lot of those problems can be caught so it's not a, you know, real big issue at, you know, 3:00 in the morning when you wake up-

[laughs] Yeah

... and, you know, you can see your breath in your house.

Right.

So, you know, but there can be a lot of warning signs, you know?

Like what?

Um, you know, strange noises, smells, a lot, a lot of things that, you know, maybe it wasn't doing a few months ago, weeks ago, whatever.

Any- anything out of the ordinary, you know, like-

Smells.

I- what kind of smells?

So, you know, I mean, you have your filter in your system that, A, can get clogged just if it's been in the system too long, you know, so proper changing of those-

Mm-hmm

... on a frequent basis.

Um, but smells, you know, when motors, you know, say that filter's been in there too long, that motor can actually burn up 'cause it's working too hard.

Oh.