As a homeowner, you rely on your HVAC system to keep your family comfortable, safe and warm during the winter. To keep your HVAC system functioning properly throughout the cooler months, you must complete maintenance. While you might view HVAC maintenance as a cost you want to avoid, ignoring it can lead to multiple problems. Here are seven reasons why you should schedule winter HVAC maintenance from our professionals at Cowboys Air Conditioning & Heating in San Antonio, TX.

1. Protect Your Family’s Comfort and Safety

Most Texans know that you can’t go without an air conditioner during the summer because of the heat and humidity. At the same time, your family needs good heating during the winter to remain warm and safe. In San Antonio, we don’t often get to dangerously low temperatures, but other areas of our state can see extreme weather with freezing temperatures. In those circumstances, your HVAC system helps to protect your family’s safety and comfort.

Your family depends on your home’s HVAC system throughout the year. As you operate your HVAC system in different seasons, numerous parts work to keep it functioning correctly. Your furnace or heat pump needs regular service to continue working as it should. You don’t want your family to face freezing temperatures in your home while you wait for our HVAC technicians after a breakdown.

2. Maintain Your Warranty

If your HVAC system is under 10 years old, it might still be under warranty. Your HVAC system’s warranty covers many common parts replacements and repairs, but you must also comply with its requirements to keep your warranty in place. If you violate your warranty’s requirements, it will no longer protect you if something goes wrong with your HVAC system.

Some of the common requirements you might have with an HVAC system warranty include:

  • Maintenance twice per year
  • Proper operation
  • Registration within 90 days of installation
  • Filter replacement per the schedule

Keeping your HVAC system’s warranty active can save you a lot of money if something goes wrong. Your warranty likely requires you to complete maintenance before you need to depend on your furnace during the winter and again in the spring before you need to rely on your air conditioner to combat the heat. Review your warranty to understand what you need to do to maintain compliance and keep it intact.

3. Save Money on Heating Bills

If you don’t maintain your HVAC system, it will grow less efficient over time. Debris and dust can accumulate and interfere with how well it works. Metal components can rust even when you aren’t using your heater. When you turn on your furnace under these circumstances, it will have to work harder to function with months’ worth of accumulated dust and debris. A less efficient HVAC system will lead to higher heating bills. Winter maintenance can keep your heater working as it should and help to reduce your utility costs.

4. Improved Indoor Air Quality

During the winter months, most people spend more time inside their homes. People typically keep their doors and windows closed to keep out the cold. When your home is tightly sealed, your indoor air quality can drop. You’ll need to change your HVAC filters regularly to protect your indoor air quality, and you might want to choose higher quality filters with better filtration than standard filters.

If you neglect your HVAC system’s maintenance, the air quality in your home can fall. Your home could be contaminated with allergens, including mold, pollen, dirt, and dust, as your HVAC works to circulate heated air throughout your home. An unmaintained HVAC system might be less able to remove these pollutants from your air as well as a system that has been maintained. This can lead your family to suffer more respiratory problems and exacerbate issues from allergies or asthma.

Every three to five years, you should also schedule a ductwork inspection and cleaning. If anyone in your household has a chronic respiratory condition, you might want to schedule ductwork inspection and cleaning more frequently. This service involves removing blockages and debris that could cause problems, fixing air leaks and damage, and improving your home’s heating equipment’s overall performance.

5. Prevent Costly Repairs

A good reason to schedule winter HVAC maintenance is to prevent costly repairs. If you don’t maintain your HVAC, you might face an expensive repair bill. It’s a much better idea to schedule regular maintenance than to wait for a repair because the costs involved with allowing problems to grow can be substantial.

During a routine maintenance appointment, our technicians will thoroughly inspect your home’s heating system, clean away dust and debris, and replace worn parts that might otherwise fail and lead to breakdowns. Your HVAC technician can find and repair small problems before they become bigger and require major repairs.

6. Avoid Failure on the Coldest Days

When the temperatures drop, your furnace must work harder to keep up. If you haven’t maintained your HVAC system’s components or have attempted repairs on your own, you might face a failure during the coldest days. A failure can be costly because you’ll have to purchase new components and schedule repairs for your HVAC to run as it should.

In addition to the costs involved with a major system failure, you might have to wait in freezing temperatures for the necessary repairs. Homeowners call for emergency repairs more often when their HVAC systems must work harder because of extreme outdoor temperatures. Because of the volume of repair calls, it might take some time for techs to get to your system’s repairs.

7. Avoid Unexpected HVAC Replacements

Neglecting to maintain your HVAC system can reduce its lifespan and lead to sudden breakdowns because of issues you could have prevented with regularly scheduled maintenance. When you schedule regular maintenance with our professionals, we can keep your system working as it should and explain how much more time you can expect your HVAC system to last. This can help you save money to prepare for when you need to replace your heating system or get a new AC instead of being surprised by an unexpected but necessary replacement.

You must maintain your HVAC system regularly to keep it working efficiently and effectively during the winter months. If you fail to maintain your HVAC system, you’ll likely have to contend with higher utility bills, poor indoor air quality, and more frequent repairs. Routine maintenance can help your HVAC to maintain consistent temperatures throughout your home and keep your family comfortable and safe.

Talk to Our HVAC Professionals

At Cowboys Air Conditioning & Heating, our certified HVAC technicians have proudly served San Antonio residents with their heating and cooling needs since 1985. Our family-owned business focuses on delivering the highest quality HVAC services to our customers. We provide a wide range of heating and cooling services, including air conditioner repairs, maintenance, and installations, heating repairs, maintenance, and installations, indoor air quality services, ductless mini-splits, heating pumps and more. We also offer 24/7 emergency services if your heater suddenly breaks down, leaving you in the cold.

To learn more about the services we offer and to schedule HVAC maintenance, call our professionals at Cowboys Air Conditioning & Heating in San Antonio today!

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