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.