Heating and Furnace Maintenance Services in Central Indiana
Routine maintenance is key to maintaining the optimal performance of your heating and furnace systems. With Meldon HVAC's maintenance services, you can ensure your system runs efficiently, providing reliable warmth throughout the colder months.
Why Regular Maintenance is Crucial
Whether you have a new gas furnace or an electric furnace, make annual servicing a priority with a professional furnace tune up before the winter season if possible. Meldon HVAC performs furnace tune up services for all furnace brands and models, following a comprehensive furnace maintenance checklist to keep all components in proper condition with safe, efficient operation.
A tune up includes routine servicing for specific parts as well as inspection and testing of others, which creates an opportunity to spot HVAC system flaws and repair them before they reduce efficiency and cause damage.
Annual furnace maintenance is essential to system upkeep and can prevent the need for emergency furnace repair calls. With regular maintenance, you’ll benefit from improved indoor comfort, more affordable heating bills, better indoor air quality, fewer repairs, and longer service life from heating and cooling systems.
Comprehensive Maintenance Services
We know that Winters in Indiana can be cold. Your home’s heating system needs the attention it deserves to avoid costly furnace issues with cool air coming.
Meldon HVAC’s furnace maintenance checklist ensures each and every important component of the heating system is addressed by a professional. When your Anderson heating technician comes out to conduct a tune up, here are some of the tasks performed to improve performance and help alleviate future furnace repair.
Inspect heat exchanger for damage, as a cracked heat exchanger could cause a carbon monoxide leak
Test inducer electric motor to verify it expels combustion gases properly through the heat exchanger and exhaust flue
Inspect furnace exhaust system for damaged, blocked, or corroded flues
Add lubrication in the blower motor oil ports to lubricate bearings
Tighten or replace a loose belt connecting the blower fan blades and fan motor
Clean the blower motor and fan assembly
Ensure the blower door closes securely
Inspect electrical system components like the power switch, wiring, and circuit boards
Tighten loose connections in the electrical power components
Clean carbon soot from the chamber walls of the combustion chamber
Clean flame sensor
Test flame sensor operation
Remove carbon soot from burners using a small wire brush to eliminate yellow flames
Adjust air and gas flow so fuel mixes optimally in the combustion chamber
Inspect natural gas supply or other fuel supply lines for damage
Measure and adjust gas pressure as needed
Remove old furnace filter and install a clean air filter
Remove old filter and install a new oil filter for an oil furnace
Measure pressure and airflow in the duct system
Measure temperature differentials
Test thermostat operation
When and How Often to Schedule Professional Furnace Maintenance
It is recommended to schedule furnace maintenance at least once a year. This is typically done before the start of the heating season, which can vary depending on your location and climate.
A professional HVAC technician should perform inspections and cleanings to ensure optimal efficiency and safety of your heating system.