When did walking to the end of your driveway to take a look inside of your mailbox become a nerve wracking experience? And since when did people get frustrated at their mailman just for simply doing their job?
That would have been when the energy companies got greedy, and natural resources began to disappear. Once a month that utility bill inevitably comes and it?s never a nice surprise. With people using computers, televisions, and all kinds of other devices being constantly throughout the day, every day in most households, electricity is being consumed at alarming rates.
While you probably don?t want to live in a dark house just to lower your electric bills, one good way to keep your life the same while still saving some money on utilities, is to either replace or repair your heating, ventilating, and cooling (HVAC) system.
Most homes have one of their heating and cooling systems running intermittently throughout the day, all the while consuming plenty of energy. Gas furnaces were predominantly used in previous years, but even those were terribly inefficient and consumed tons of gas and released harmful emissions.
Currently, by law the lowest a new gas furnace can be rated in efficiency is 78%. Modern models of electric furnaces are able to achieve near-total efficiency, reaching up to about 97%.
Furnaces can typically have a lifespan of anywhere between 15 to 18 years as long as regular maintenance and heating repairs are conducted as needed. However, there are some issues that just heating repairs can completely fix.
For example, if key pieces such as the heat exchanger or control module fails, you should probably just have the entire furnace replaced by heating services, especially if it is at least 15 years old. If easier to fix pieces like heat pumps are damaged or simply become worn out, then you can likely get by with just some heating repairs.
Even with just minor maintenance, you could save yourself plenty of money and headaches with a modern, high-efficiency heating and cooling system in your home.
