HVAC Preventative Maintenance

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As you know preventative maintenance on your HVAC is very important. All the air that is in your home runs through the HVAC. Every year, every day, every minute your heater or air conditioner is on this takes place. Why is preventative maintenance important?

• Longer Useful Life– your HVAC can last up to twenty years if you take care of it. Simply changing out air filters will make a huge difference.

• Increased Safety– Biannual maintenance checks allows a professional to clean your system and inspect all parts of the furnace or air conditioner and coil. That’s why with Adam’s Air, we offer free Summarization and Winterization for home owners.

• Lower Energy Costs-An inspection from an Adam’s Air technician ensures your HVAC is running at its peak efficiency. If not checked before peak times of performance at the start of summer and winter, your system can lose up to 40% of its efficiency.

• Reduced Risk of HVAC Shutdown-Most heaters are not used for six months out of the year. We must remember, we do live in the Panhandle of Texas, and the dirt does blow along with everyday life. Your heater can have caked on dirt over the surface of the burners and the heating exchange. In the summer months the number one problem can be a plugged-up coil or a dirt filled coil that mixes with pet dander and other particles in your home.

• Indoor Air Quality-Adam’s Air is a firm believer in the quality of your air in your home. We want to stop the outside world coming into the inside world of your home. We can supply your home with the best in indoor air quality products from Air Oasis and other local companies. These products can and will make breathing inside your home easier and will have effects with anyone who has asthma, allergies and sinus conditions.

Adam’s Air wants to be your company that you call for servicing your HVAC. As our motto states, “We are a service company, not a sales company”. Call us today to schedule an appointment to inspect your heater or air-conditioner today and remind us to speak to you about indoor air quality.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning !!!

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Carbon Monoxide is not a good thing to breathe in.  It can cause serious problems and even death!  The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention claims this is the silent killer.  Carbon Monoxide or ‘CO’ as we will call it, is an odorless, colorless gas and it can kill you.   CO can be found in fumes anytime you burn fuel.  Cars, trucks, small engines, stoves, lanterns, grills, fireplaces, gas ranges, or furnaces.  CO can build up indoors and poison people and animals.

The symptoms are headaches, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting, chest pains, and confusion. Everyone is at risk for CO Poisoning.  Infants, the elderly, people with chronic heart issues, anemia or breathing problems are more likely to get sick from CO.  Each year, more than 400 Americans die from unintentional CO Poisoning, 20,000 visit emergency room and more than 4,000 are hospitalized.

They’re easy and simple steps and common sense to keep CO poisoning from your home.

Install a battery powered CO alarm.  If you already have one be sure to change the battery when the time changes in spring and in fall.  And replace your alarm at least every five years.  Adam’s Air can install these alarms for you.  Have Adam’s Air check your heating system for you, and have a plumber come out and check your water heater.  Never use open flamed heaters indoors.  Make sure your gas appliances are vented properly.   Have your chimney checked or cleaned every year.  Chimneys can be block by debris.  NEVER use your gas cooktop for heating a home.  And in the cold weather please pull your cars out of the garage when starting them, of course make sure the doors are locked.

 

Adam’s Air offers a free Winterization on your home furnace for home owners.  It is a 20 point inspection and we can tell you anything telling about CO and your system.  Give us a call today, 806-316-1103.