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The weather here in our area of the world is fairly consistent. Meaning, it\u2019s fairly consistently cold! Therefore, our heaters pretty much need to be ready to work at a moment\u2019s notice. The best way to ensure that your heater is always ready for whatever you ask of it is to schedule routine annual maintenance for the system\u2014or more often if you\u2019re using a heat pump system.<\/p>\n
Of course, even with maintenance, a heater can and will experience repair needs and performance problems. This is especially true for aging heaters. But a furnace repair need doesn\u2019t have to get you down for too long! If you know what signs to watch out for, you can get ahead of these issues before they grow into something much bigger and causes your heater to call it quits for good.<\/p>\n
What are these signs?<\/p>\n
This can cover anything from loud clanking or banging\u2014both of which indicate that perhaps a component has broken loose inside your furnace or a panel needs to be tightened\u2014to screeching, which indicates possibly that the lubricant is wearing down on your heater\u2019s motors.<\/p>\n
Another noise to be aware of is \u201cclicking\u201d when the system starts up. If you have a gas-powered furnace and detect this noise, then there\u2019s a possibility you\u2019re dealing with a cracked heat exchanger. This is a potentially dangerous problem since it will allow carbon monoxide fumes to escape into your living space.<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, homeowners often ignore this symptom. Or rather, they accept that it\u2019s just a part of how their home is set up\u2014heat simply can\u2019t <\/em>reach certain areas. This couldn\u2019t be further from the truth though! There is no reason any <\/em>home in the Salem area shouldn\u2019t be able to accomplish efficient and effective heat throughout their entire household.<\/p>\n Uneven heating usually means that there is a breached air duct. That damaged duct might be leaking heated air into unoccupied spaces like your attic or crawlspace, instead of through the vent it\u2019s intended for. Your heater may not want to call it quits over a ductwork problem, but let this problem go on long enough and it will certainly impact the longevity of your system!<\/p>\n This is the process in which a heating system, or central air conditioner for that matter, turns on and off in rapid succession. Most heating systems run on a cycle of about 15 minutes to reach the set temperature on the thermostat before cycling off for some time.<\/p>\n So, you shouldn\u2019t hear your heater cycle on and off more than 4 times in once hour\u2014if it is then you\u2019re hearing the system short-cycle. Again, this will impact how hard your heater will have to work to do its job, and therefore its longevity.<\/p>\n How much are you paying to heat your home compared to this same time last year? How about in comparison to what your neighbors are paying? If you find that the number is far too high, it\u2019s a sign that something is causing your heating system to perform much more inefficiently than it used to.<\/p>\n Any number of issues can create this problem, so the best thing to do when you notice this symptom is to contact the pros for an inspection.<\/p>\n If you suspect you need heating repair in Salem, OR<\/a>, don\u2019t hesitate to contact Comfort Flow Heating<\/a>! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even with maintenance, a heater can and will experience repair needs and performance problems. This is especially true for aging heaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[112,91,209],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-heating-repair","tag-salem","tag-signs-of-heater-disrepair"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sign #3: Short-Cycling<\/h2>\n
Sign #4: Higher-Than-Average Utility Bills<\/h2>\n