How to Maintain Your HVAC System with Professional Services

Fall Heat Pump Maintenance

We recommend an annual service tune-up and cleaning for heat pumps, usually performed in the fall, as with furnaces and boilers. Our professional technician will check and clean filters, blowers, indoor coils, refrigerant levels, electric terminals, connections, motors, and belts and lubricate all working parts.

Change or clean the filter every three months or as needed. You can also clean the outdoor coils whenever they seem dirty and keep yard debris and vegetation away from the unit.

Spring Air Conditioner Maintenance

We recommend annual service tune-ups and cleaning for air conditioners, usually performed in the spring. Our professional technician will check and clean the connections, coils, blower components, lines, refrigerant, drain, fuses, and thermostat(s) and lubricate all working parts.

The maintenance you can do yourself between service visits is to remove any yard debris or vegetation from the top and sides of your outdoor air conditioner unit and keep it covered with an air conditioner cover or tarp in the winter.

Fall Furnace Maintenance

We highly recommend an annual service tune-up and cleaning for your furnace. Typically, the optimum time of year to perform the maintenance is in the fall before you fire up your furnace for the cold weather. The purpose of the service tune-up is to keep your system running at top efficiency throughout the season so you have heat whenever you need it.

Our experienced technician will clean and check all the connections, controls, sensors, drains, motors, ducts, valves, and blowers, as well as your ignition assembly, thermostat(s), and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Air-Filtration System Maintenance

Regular air-filtration system maintenance is something you can perform on your own. Maintenance of an air-filtration system means changing or cleaning the filter every three to nine months. But you should check with the manufacturer’s specific recommendations. Changing or cleaning your filter regularly will ensure the best filtration for your home and extend the system's life.

If you need assistance or would like to install an air-filtration system, call the air filtration specialists at Coastal Air Plus.

Whole-House Dehumidifier Maintenance

We recommend an annual service tune-up and cleaning for whole-house dehumidifiers, usually performed simultaneously with your heat pump tune-up and cleaning. Our professionals include this care along with the heat pump appointment. Typically there isn’t much in the way of maintenance; however, our technician will change your dehumidifier filter and clean any buildup you may have in your drain line.

Keeping up with your furnace annually goes a long way in extending the life of your equipment, as well as keeping your heating and cooling repairs to a minimum and your indoor air quality high.

Furnace Filter Maintenance

Following your tune-up or maintenance, our technician will instruct you on anything you could do yourself to help up-keep your system between our service visits.

One action you can take is to change your furnace filter with the correct replacement every three months or as needed.

Keeping your equipment in good working order allows you peace of mind to know they’ll be there when you need them. It also makes good financial sense to keep equipment serviced to help extend their life spans.