{"id":405,"date":"2019-11-25T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peatsons.com\/blog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:04:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T17:04:28","slug":"furnace-faq-3-reasons-why-maintenance-will-save-you-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/heating-service\/furnace-faq-3-reasons-why-maintenance-will-save-you-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Furnace FAQ: 3 Reasons Why Maintenance Will Save You Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peatsons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gas-furnace-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"furnace-maintenance-repair\" class=\"wp-image-406\" width=\"463\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gas-furnace-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gas-furnace-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gas-furnace-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gas-furnace.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nope, this is not a sales pitch to get you to sign up for our maintenance program. While we think that would be great, the decision is ultimately up to you. However, that doesn&#8217;t mean we shouldn&#8217;t tell you about some of the most important reasons to sign up for furnace maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maintaining your heater isn&#8217;t just a way to keep your heater in good shape, but it&#8217;s a road towards saving money when troubling things come up. Warranties, efficiency, and preventing costly repairs can all be routinely addressed through maintenance, making sure that you&#8217;re in the loop for all possible problems that could occur. <a href=\"\/heating\/furnaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Furnace repair in Brampton, ON (opens in a new tab)\">Furnace repair in Brampton, ON<\/a> doesn&#8217;t have to be a nightmare, and maintenance can be the key to inexpensive heater ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re keen on saving money, you might want to keep reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>Don&#8217;t Void Your Warranty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A good amount of newly installed HVAC equipment comes with a specific warranty. This warranty is meant to keep you happy while our technicians keep your heater content as well. That being said, a warranty can only be in compliance when the heater is being annually checked through maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most furnace warranties require professional maintenance for them to be active, so if you&#8217;re looking to skip out on your yearly maintenance for a year, then say goodbye to your 10-year parts warranty (or whatever warranty you&#8217;ve got). Those warranties can be valuable for your stress and for your wallet, so don&#8217;t let go of them that easily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Energy Efficiency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Furnaces are incredibly efficient these days. Many work with an efficiency rating between 90-95% AFUE, which means there&#8217;s almost a 1:1 ratio of energy to heat that gets produced. Compare this to an ornate wood-burning fireplace that only transfers about half of its fuel to heat, furnaces are an incredibly effective and efficient way to heat your home during the wintertime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, efficiency relies on attentive care and maintenance throughout the lifespan of your heater. A heater that is regularly neglected is going to sharply decrease in efficiency, which will cost you money in wasted fuel. If you&#8217;re looking to keep your system in tip-top shape for the foreseeable future, routine maintenance is the key to getting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Foresight for Repairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just because you got the newest, most powerful model furnace on the market doesn&#8217;t mean that repairs won&#8217;t be needed eventually. Each system needs help every now and then, and you&#8217;re going to have to pay for repairs. However, repairs don&#8217;t always have to be emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Routine maintenance can allow a technician to actively identify any parts that are misbehaving, giving you ample time to prepare for the next repair you&#8217;ll need. Instead of paying for an expensive repair that came out of the blue, you&#8217;ll be paying for repairs that you&#8217;ve seen coming\u2014sometimes even with a maintenance discount. It sounds like a good deal, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annual maintenance is necessary to keep your furnace running as effectively and efficiently as possible, for as long as possible. Hopefully, we&#8217;ve conveyed how incredibly important that truth is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Give Peatson&#8217;s Heating and Air Conditioning Ltd. a call to <a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"schedule heating maintenance today! (opens in a new tab)\">schedule heating maintenance today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintaining your heater isn&#8217;t just a way to keep your heater in good shape, but it&#8217;s a road towards saving money when troubling things come up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[88,87,49,50],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}