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Furnace Service
72. Furnace service and boiler maintenance contracts, are they worth it?
Some call them tune-ups, others call them it cleanings.
Whatever your dealer calls it, you should have at least an annual tune-up.
It’s so important that I’ve included a video showing you how someone legitimately tunes up a system.
If you want to reduce your chances of problems in the middle of winter,
I strongly suggest that you take advantage of a maintenance program every year.
This is where you have to be careful; some people say that they’re going to tune it up, but they don’t go through the whole process.
I’ve included not only the video, but a step by step breakdown of what people need to do to ensure that that tune-up is done correctly.
A good rule of thumb:
A good cleaning and tune-up isn’t going to take less than an hour. It often takes much more than that. In fact, on a typical boiler system it may take two to two and a half hours.
You don’t want to get cheated where somebody only does half the job, and you pay them for problems that haven’t been addressed.
In order to get the best information from the testing [what testing, you haven’t mentioned it yet], your service tech is going to ask you to turn up the thermostat to get your furnace to run.
He’ll wants it to run for at least 10 to 15 minutes, to get a proper flue temperature and to sample the gases.
If they don’t do that, they can’t get an accurate measurement — so consider it a big red flag.
Remember a Testor or Bachrac electronic system is what your tech should be using.
Anything else & the tech has to many opportunities to fudge the numbers.
Here’s a short list that’ll give you a good idea of what needs to be done for your annual furnace service and furnace maintenance / tuneup tip 73
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