Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast
HEATING MAINTENANCE
REDUCED REPAIRS
A regularly-maintained heating system will encounter fewer repairs than one that’s neglected. More than half the repairs a heater might need during its service life can be avoided with maintenance.
BETTER ENERGY EFFICENCY
When a heater has routine maintenance, it will retain 95% of its original energy efficiency rating until the last one to two years of its service life. You won’t need to pay more to run the heater than you have to.
PEACE OF MIND
This is the best benefit of all—you won’t have to worry that your heating system will fail when you need it the most. There’s little chance of the heater failing if it’s gotten pre-season maintenance.
HEATING INSTALLATION
Getting a new central heater for your home can feel stressful. We’re here to remove those worries! Not only do we deliver superior service with an unmatched client experience, but we back up our new heating installations with the best-written guarantees and warranties.The furnace is the work-horse of home heating throughout the country. But a furnace is only as good as its original installation. A poor or amateur job can mean a faulty system, even an unsafe one. We’ll see you have the best possible installation for your new furnace, whether gas or electric. We work with a wide range of brands and heating systems. We are the perfect HVAC contractor to help with your next heating installation! We service all over the Hillsboro, Ohio area.
HEATING REPAIRS
CORROSION
This is a serious problem with gas furnaces. With time, the reaction between combustion gas and the metal of the heat exchanger can cause corrosion, and this can weaken the heat exchanger to the point where it cracks and allows toxic gas into the home. Corrosion is also generally a sign a furnace is far too old. We advise having a replacement done as soon as possible.
RISING HEAT COSTS
Keep a watch on how much you pay on your energy bills (electric or gas) each winter. This way you can track if you’ve started to pay more. If you’ve noticed an increase in heating costs and it isn’t due to a change in energy prices or greater use of the furnace, then it’s worthwhile having professionals come to inspect the furnace to find out if it’s failing.
EXPENSIVE REPAIRS
You can use some rules of thumb to gauge whether a specific repair is worth the cost or if it’s better to replace the furnace. One is the “Rule of 5,000.” Take the age of the furnace in years and multiply it by the estimated cost of the repair. Is the result greater than 5,000? If so, it’s more cost-effective to put that money into purchasing a new furnace. We also don’t recommend paying for any repair that’s more than half the price of a replacement furnace.