Heating & air conditioning repair can be extremely costly. That’s why routine maintenance of your home’s HVAC system can help you avoid expensive and premature repairs. Follow these simple tips to keep your air conditioning and heating system running smooth all year long.

1. Heating & Air Conditioning Repair
Tips for Keeping Your
Systems Running Smooth

2. Overview
Heating & air conditioning repair can be
extremely costly. That’s why routine maintenance
of your home’s HVAC system can help you avoid
expensive and premature repairs. Follow these
simple tips to keep your air conditioning and
heating system running smooth all year long.

3. Set Your Fan to Automatic
• Basic settings on your home’s thermostat allow the fan to run
continuously or to only come on when hot or cold air are
needed. By setting your fan to automatic, it only runs when
needed and not all the time. This can cut down on your energy
consumption and extend the life of your HVAC system fan. It
will also reduce your electricity consumption and eliminate the
need for more frequent duct cleaning. Heating & air
conditioning repair involving your systems fan can be tedious
and expensive work.

4. Routine Maintenance of A/C Systems
• Some of the most common causes of repair work on air
conditioning systems are because of neglect. Not having your
system inspected on an annual basis can mean expensive
repairs down the road. Have a certified technician check your
system’s Freon levels, lubricate moving parts, and ensure
electrical connections are not corroded. A do-it-yourself
maintenance item is to change the filters on you’re A/C unit on
a routine basis. Some of these tasks may require small
investments, especially if you have to contact a professional.
Spending a small amount of money for routine maintenance
however will mean no large repair bills down the road.

5. Heating Specific Maintenance
• To avoid heating & air conditioning repair on all HVAC
systems, your home’s heating system should also be routinely
serviced. The type of tasks involved will depend largely on the
age and setup of your homes heating system. Have a
professional check your oil or gas connections. Improperly
connected lines are a fire hazard and can lead to health
problems. Applying rust preventing paint at the joints of lines
can prevent freezing of internal components such as
diaphragms. Changing the system’s filter is also key to
optimizing performance. A dirty filter can cause strain on the
system making it work harder to heat or cool your home.

6. More Things to Watch Out For
• In general there are many things that you can do on your own
to make sure your HVAC system is functioning properly. Check
your circuit breakers to make sure all are switched to the proper
positions. Look for corrosion around visible electrical
connections on your furnace and A/C unit. Make sure your
pilot light is lit if you are experiencing heating problems.
Always change the filters on your systems according to the
manufacturer’s specified intervals. If you notice that your air
conditioning unit is icing up, turn it off immediately and
contact a professional. By following these tips you can avoid
costly heating & air conditioning repair work for many years.
Routine maintenance from a certified professional will cost a
little money but keep in mind that it will cost far more to fix a
problem caused by not caring for your system properly.

7. About Colonial Heating and Cooling
A home is arguably the largest investment that many of us will
ever make in our lifetimes. Choose the air conditioning & heating
experts to install or repair HVAC systems in your home. Colonial
Heating & Cooling has professional repair and installation
professionals. We are a “Trane Comfort Specialist Dealer”
meaning that we sell and install Trane heating and air
conditioning products. We service, install and sell a variety of
other air conditioning & heating systems and components such as
boilers, tankless hot water heaters, air filtration systems,
thermostats, and duct cleaning. For more information on
Colonial Heating and Cooling please visit us at
www.michiganhvacrepair.com.