How to Keep Your Siloam Springs Home Comfortable This Winter

March 15, 2017

 

Maintaining your furnace is imperative to keeping it running well and keeping you and your family comfortable during the Siloam Springs chill. If you already called Siloam Springs Heating & AC for your annual service, you’re certainly on top of things. If you haven’t, it’s not too late. Give us a call at 479-308-8176 to get one scheduled.

There are plenty of straightforward things you can do in between pro maintenance to advance the efficiency of your furnace and keep it operating in tip top shape. Try these furnace maintenance tips:

  • Yes, we’ve said it before, but we can’t highlight this enough: check your filters regularly and clean or change them when suggested. This is such a straightforward way to improve the airflow through your furnace and preserve peak efficiency.
  • Keep all your vents and cool air returns clear of barriers. This means keeping any ventilation out of your home clear.
  • Test your thermostat regularly to guarantee it’s operating appropriately. Just turn it on and slowly raise the temperature setting until you catch your furnace turn on. If it doesn’t turn on, check back to our blog post on furnace repair for additional thermostat tips, or give us a call.
  • If you observe dust gathering around your cool air returns or a lot of dirt within your ducts, contemplate having your ducts efficiently cleaned. To find out more about duct cleaning and how to determine if it’s time to hire someone, go to our blog on duct cleaning.

Keeping you and your family warm and comfortable matters to us. For more plans on DIY furnace maintenance or to set-up a tune-up with one of our experts, call Siloam Springs Heating & AC at 479-308-8176. We’re happy to help!