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Annual service and plans

HVAC maintenance, because most breakdowns gave warning first

Capacitors weaken measurably before they fail. Flame sensors foul gradually. Condensate drains block over a season, not overnight. Almost everything we get called out for at midnight was visible during a service months earlier, which is the entire argument for doing one.

Technician carrying out annual maintenance on residential HVAC equipment
Annual service visit
When to service what

Your system's year

Different equipment wants attention at different points in the year, and some of it wants attention twice. Pick what you have.

Seasonal service planner

What gets checked and when, for the equipment you actually own.

Spring, before it runs

    Fall, before the cold

      What is actually in it

      A service is measurement, not a look around

      The difference between a real service and a quick visual check is whether anyone put a meter on anything. Numbers are what tell you a component is on its way out while it is still working.

      • Electrical values measured. Capacitors lose capacitance long before they quit. A reading that has drifted out of tolerance is a summer breakdown you can schedule instead of suffer.
      • Combustion tested, on anything that burns. Gas pressure, temperature rise and draft against the manufacturer's spec, plus a heat exchanger inspection.
      • Refrigerant charge verified. A slow leak shows up as a performance change before it shows up as a failure, and in heating before cooling on a heat pump.
      • Coils and drains cleaned. The outdoor coil so the system can shed heat, the condensate drain before humid weather loads it with algae.
      • Airflow and filtration checked. Restricted airflow is behind an outsized share of the faults that look like something more expensive.
      • Safety controls proved. Limits, rollout switches, pressure switches and low water cutoffs tested rather than assumed.
      • Written findings. What was measured, what it read, and what is trending. That record is also what a manufacturer asks for when a warranty claim comes up.
      The one people miss

      Your warranty probably requires this

      Most manufacturer warranties on heating and cooling equipment are conditional on documented annual maintenance by a qualified contractor. It is in the terms, it is rarely read, and it surfaces at the worst possible moment.

      The scenario is always the same. A major component fails inside the warranty period, the claim goes in, and the manufacturer asks for the service records. Without them the claim can be reduced or refused, and a part that should have cost nothing becomes a significant bill.

      That is why our visits produce a written record rather than a verbal all clear. Whether you use us or somebody else, keep the paperwork. If you are having equipment installed, ask about the warranty terms at the quote stage rather than discovering them later.

      Worth checking now rather than later. Dig out the paperwork from your installation and look at the warranty terms on the equipment. If it requires annual service and you have not been doing it, that is worth knowing while the equipment is still healthy rather than after something expensive fails.

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      Common questions

      Before you book

      Book a service

      Tell us what you have

      What is in the house, roughly how old it is, and when it was last serviced. If you cannot remember, that is useful information in itself.

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      Get ahead of the season

      Booked in a shoulder season, a service is a scheduled appointment. Left until the weather turns, it becomes a queue behind every emergency in the valley.