With temperatures rarely rising above the mid-80s, summer in West Boylston, MA is relatively mild. However, this doesn’t mean the temperature inside your home can’t climb to unhealthy levels. Every locale needs a functional heat pump or air conditioner to protect their indoor air quality (IAQ), moderate indoor humidity, and keep residents comfortable and safe. Fortunately, you can minimize your summertime cooling costs and extend the lifespan of your cooling system by scheduling a pre-season tune-up. Read on to explore eight impressive benefits provided by spring HVAC maintenance.
1. Optimize Your Cooling System’s Efficiency
Well-maintained heat pumps and air conditioners are always more efficient than poorly maintained cooling systems. During tune-up services, our technicians inspect and clean all cooling system components. We:
- Check for and replace worn or missing parts
- Install new HVAC air filters
- Calibrate thermostats
- Optimize blower fan speeds
- Clean indoor air handlers and condensate drains
These and other measures make cooling systems less likely to overwork, overheat, short-cycle, or ice over.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), homeowners can increase HVAC efficiency by up to 15% just by replacing their air filters. By tackling this task and many others, our maintenance team can help you enjoy manageable home energy bills and a modest carbon footprint.
2. Boost Your Indoor Air Quality
Air conditioners spend the winter months dormant. During this time, trapped moisture in their condensate drain lines and drains creates the perfect conditions for algal blooms, bacteria, fungi, and other potentially dangerous pathogens. If left unchecked, these buildups can affect the functionality of your HVAC system. Blocked condensate drains can lead to pooling water on your floor, elevated indoor humidity, indoor mold, and more.
When maintaining your cooling system, our technicians will clean and sanitize these features. We’ll also remove stubborn buildups of dust and other particulates from your air conditioner’s evaporator coil, condenser coil, and other components. This way, you’ll have optimum airflow throughout your entire cooling system and trapped debris won’t blow off and enter your indoor air.
3. Maintain Compliance With Your HVAC Warranties
Whenever consumers buy new air conditioners, heat pumps, or other home heating and cooling equipment, they get manufacturer warranties to protect them. These warranties are mutually binding agreements between HVAC manufacturers and consumers that cover the costs of replacing or repairing defective equipment. For instance, if your warranty hasn’t expired and your air conditioner shuts down due to faulty assembly, faulty components, or other manufacturing-related errors, you can use your warranty to avoid or limit out-of-pocket spending.
However, to keep your AC or heat pump warranty active, you must schedule professional maintenance services once each year. Scheduling a tune-up for your cooling system in spring will keep you warranty-compliant. It will also minimize your likelihood of dealing with frustrating claim delays or outright denials in the future.
4. Sidestep Unfortunate, Last-Minute Surprises
It’s common to assume that if an air conditioner was working well in the prior summer, it’s guaranteed to work well in the coming one. However, this isn’t always the case. If you wait until a warm summer day to turn your AC on and test it, you might find that it won’t turn on at all. Springtime tune-ups give HVAC technicians the chance to catch and address minor problems. Identifying HVAC issues in their early developmental stages allows for easier and less costly repairs. It can also extend the lifespan of home cooling equipment.
Although West Boylston enjoys a temperate summer climate, you don’t want to be without a functional cooling system if an unexpected heat wave ever rolls in. When local temperatures reach or rise above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, mid-season breakdowns can leave members of your household at risk of heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and other temperature-related illnesses. Poorly maintained ACs and heat pumps have the highest likelihood of breaking down during these periods of high use.
5. Beat the Crowd
Whenever temperatures in West Boylston plummet or soar, local HVAC companies are inundated with requests for urgent service. While most HVAC companies strive to issue timely responses, waiting until summer arrives to find and fix cooling system problems could mean waiting in line for an appointment. Pre-season maintenance primes air conditioners and heat pumps for the challenges of the warm season. It also gives homeowners a chance to beat the crowd, benefit from lower demand, and pay lower prices.
6. Take Your Time With Essential HVAC Replacements
If your AC or heat pump is nearing the end of its lifespan, you don’t want to wait until you need your cooling equipment to service it. Performing annual maintenance service is one of the best ways for HVAC technicians to determine whether cooling systems need replacement. Finding out that your AC won’t make it through another summer after summer has already arrived will leave you scrambling to find an affordable, suitable replacement.
With early maintenance service and early notification of the need for a replacement, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to explore your options in financing, review products at your targeted price point, and prepare for this important project. Lacking the pressure to rush your purchasing decision will also give you more time to take advantage of all available rebates, tax credits, and other high-value incentives.
7. Extend the Lifespan of Your Cooling Equipment
People who skip pre-season tune-up service often deal with noisy and inefficient HVAC performance. Your cooling system might sound louder than normal, and your indoor air could feel moist and heavy. Even though air conditioners and heat pumps often work without routine seasonal maintenance, they rarely work well.
The extra stress caused by poor airflow, buildups of dirt and other debris, dirty condensate lines, and other maintenance-related problems both increase energy use and decrease AC lifespans. To get the greatest value from the cooling equipment you currently own, you must maintain it. Being consistent in scheduling pre-season tune-up service can extend the lifespan of a residential cooling system by several years.
8. Preventative Maintenance Plans Make Spring Maintenance Easy
Spring maintenance can be both inexpensive and easy with an HVAC preventative maintenance plan. For a low monthly or one-time price, a preventative maintenance plan covers the costs of annual maintenance service and provides many budget-friendly perks. For instance, our HVAC preventative maintenance plan includes:
- Precision cleaning and tune-up
- Priority scheduling for repairs
- Discounted replacement parts
- 10% off all required future work, one use per household
With a preventative maintenance plan, you can limit your spending on yearly tune-ups and enjoy optimum HVAC system efficiency year-round.
We’ve proudly served West Boylston and the surrounding communities for over 90 years. As a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated company, we’re committed to building solid and enduring relationships with our clients. We offer expert plumbing, heating, cooling, and indoor air quality services. To find out about our multi-service preventative maintenance plans or schedule a pre-season AC tune-up, give DeWolfe Plumbing, Heating & Cooling a call now.
