{"id":401,"date":"2011-10-05T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2011-09-27T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T15:32:01","slug":"maintenance-tips-from-bergen-county-why-you-should-have-your-furnace-serviced-every-heating-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/heating\/maintenance-tips-from-bergen-county-why-you-should-have-your-furnace-serviced-every-heating-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance Tips From Bergen County: Why You Should Have Your Furnace Serviced Every Heating Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Particularly if you\u2019ve just purchased a new furnace<\/a> in Bergen County, it\u2019s probably not something you think about all that much. As long as it works when you need it to, that is. Unfortunately you usually find out that something is wrong with your furnace just when you need it most. However, there is a way to avoid that kind of problem, and many others, and that\u2019s to have regular maintenance<\/a> service performed on your furnace by a home heating professional every year.<\/p>\n

One of the main reasons to have your furnace serviced is that it allows technicians to catch small problems before they become large ones. During a typical maintenance visit, a technician<\/a> will examine all parts of your furnace to ensure that they are still in good working order. He\u2019ll also thoroughly clean out the unit to make sure there are no buildups of debris that could cause problems or impede the furnace\u2019s energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

And if they do find something wrong like a part that\u2019s beginning to wear out or something that just isn\u2019t working properly, the technician can make the necessary repairs right away. You can get the problem taken care of ahead of time and you won\u2019t have to worry about going without heat during the coldest part of the winter.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not the only reason that annual maintenance is important and beneficial, however. It can also help you save money, both on your monthly energy bills and in the long term. That\u2019s because annual maintenance tune ups keep your furnace functioning at peak efficiency levels longer than they would be able to otherwise.<\/p>\n

A typical furnace will lose a small percentage of its energy efficiency every year, and while it won\u2019t seem like a lot at first, that can really add up over the course of a couple of years. With regular maintenance, though, you can often maintain up to 95% of your furnace\u2019s original efficiency for the life of the furnace.<\/p>\n

Plus, when the proper maintenance and service is performed on a regular basis, your furnace will simply last longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Particularly if you\u2019ve just purchased a new furnace in Bergen County, it\u2019s probably not something you think about all that much. As long as it works when you need it to, that is. Unfortunately you usually find out that something is wrong…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73,77,231,78],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating","tag-bergen-county","tag-furnace-maintenance","tag-heating","tag-maintenance-plans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","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=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1981,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions\/1981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}