Thayer Air Conditioning Blog: Archive for November, 2020

The Biggest Gas Furnace Worry: A Cracked Heat Exchanger

Monday, November 30th, 2020
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Gas furnaces are one of the best ways to provide comfort to a home during any winter season. They are reliable, work fast at delivering heat, and are powerful enough to help drafty and poorly insulated homes get through cold days.

Homeowners sometimes have worries about the safety of using a gas furnace. But if gas furnaces were inherently dangerous, they wouldn’t be permitted in homes at all—and they certainly wouldn’t be the number type of heating system in the country. The modern gas furnace is built with numerous safety precautions. If you make sure to keep up with regular maintenance and prompt furnace repair in San Antonio, TX when necessary, you shouldn’t have to worry about your gas furnace posing any hazards. 

However … we do need to talk about one concern: the cracked heat exchanger.

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Why Won’t Your Heat Pump Actually Heat?

Monday, November 16th, 2020
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A heat pump is a convenient way to provide comfort to a home since it works as both a cooling and heating system. Changing between the two modes is as easy as adjusting the thermostat. Once colder weather starts in winter, you only need to set the thermostat to a higher temperature and the system will switch over without trouble to begin heating. 

Except—well, no heat pump can work 100% free of malfunctions, so you may find yourself in a situation where your heat pump isn’t changing into heating mode when you need it. It may still send cool air from the vents, or maybe it isn’t sending out air that’s warm enough. What’s wrong, and does this mean you need to call us for heating repair in Schertz, TX?

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Heating Maintenance Is the Secret for a Trouble-Free Winter

Monday, November 2nd, 2020
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Well, secret may be an exaggeration. Any professional HVAC contractor will tell you that the way to enjoy a successful winter with your heating system is to schedule fall maintenance for it with experienced technicians.

However, so many people skip out on maintenance or forget about it that it seems like it may be a secret. We’re going to make sure that it isn’t, at least not for you. With this “One Simple Trick!” that’s hardly a trick, you can banish most of your worries about indoor winter comfort.

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