{"id":1899,"date":"2019-05-27T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2019-05-21T17:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:10:03","slug":"why-does-ductless-maintenance-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/air-conditioning\/why-does-ductless-maintenance-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Ductless Maintenance Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"closeup-view-of-hand-turning-on-ductless-air-handler-remotely\"Using a ductless system to cool (and heat) the home has become a popular option for many individuals throughout Rockland and Bergen County, and for good reason! These systems operate on heat pump technology, which gives them that functionality to both cool and heat the home. They use heat transfer rather than heat generation during the winter, making them similar in setup to the traditional central air conditioner\u2014and making them more efficient than a standard central AC or <\/em>central furnace.<\/p>\n

If you already have one in place, then you already know all this! But, do you know how important maintenance is? Professional maintenance is a service that allows our technicians to inspect your entire HVAC system, checking for anything that needs adjustment, cleaning the system, and\u00a0looking for signs of repairs.<\/p>\n

Why is this service even more <\/em>important for your ductless air conditioning in Emerson, NJ<\/a>, though? We\u2019ll answer below!<\/p>\n

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Maintaining Your Ductless System<\/h2>\n

First off, because a ductless system gets year round use, it needs more than just the typical annual tune-up that a central AC or central furnace gets. You\u2019ll need to schedule biannual maintenance for this system, once before summer and once again before winter. Additionally, if you\u2019re reading this and do not already have a ductless system in place but are considering it, please <\/em>choose an experienced professional\u00a0for the installation. Without professional installation and maintenance, you could experience one or more of these unique ductless repair needs:<\/p>\n

Water Leaks Behind the Air Handlers: <\/strong>Each of the wall-mounted air handlers of a ductless system has a series of connections routed through a hold behind it\u2014a power line, refrigerant line, and condensate line. This last one removes water moisture from the cooling process so that it doesn\u2019t enter your home.\u00a0If this line springs a leak, it will cause water to soak through your drywall. This creates property damage and can also cause the air handler to split away from the wall and subsequently separate from it altogether, crashing down and accumulating damage or even requiring replacement.<\/p>\n

Broken Air Handlers: <\/strong>As illustrated in the above point, you may have a broken air handler. The good <\/em>news with this is, even if you have one broken air handler, the rest of the air handlers throughout your home will still continue to run. The only part of a home that loses cooling\/heating is the one with the broken air handler. When one of these units stops working, call for repairs, and go hang out in another room until the trouble is fixed.<\/p>\n

Leaking Refrigerant Line: <\/strong>This isn\u2019t so much a unique repair need to ductless systems as it can happen with any air conditioner.\u00a0 What\u2019s unique about a ductless system is that when a refrigerant leak occurs, it can be even more hazardous than in a standard system. This is because refrigerant goes to each of your air handlers, so if the leak is behind one of them, you\u2019re being exposed to it in your home, plus it can damage the wall the air handler is attached to\u00a0as well as anything else against that wall.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t say any of this to discourage you from using a ductless system, but rather to express the importance of scheduling routine maintenance<\/a>. Be sure to contact our team for all <\/em>your ductless service needs!<\/p>\n

DB Heating & Cooling, Inc serves the heating and cooling needs of customers throughout Rockland County, NY as well as Bergen County, NJ and surrounding communities. You can count on us for expert services. Contact us<\/a> today!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professional maintenance is a service that allows our technicians to thoroughly inspect your entire HVAC system, which is even more important if your system is ductless. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[233,276,116,277],"class_list":["post-1899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning","tag-air-conditioning","tag-ductless-system-maintenance","tag-emerson","tag-unique-ductless-needs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}