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H O M E I M P R O V E ME N T
MidGARd - Protecting Your Home during the Winter Months
Our home heating is sometimes taken for granted. A furnace of 4 years or older should be checked by a trained professional to ensure that it does not fail during the time of most need! Furnaces have hot surface ignitors, in- ducer motors, blowers motors, and pressure switches that can fail. These components are just a few of the parts that operate during the heating of your home. Boilers have in most cases far more components for function that can fail and should be checked as well. Keep in mind most furnaces have a 20 to 25 year lifespan. Boilers vary from 20 to 50 years dependent on its manufacturing.
What you can do to keep your furnace healthy? Change your furnace lter every 30 days, both for winter and summer. A dirty lter prevents adequate air ow. Components that get covered in dust and grime fail much quicker. Keep paint out of your mechanical room, paint fumes are ammable! Also make sure to identify your return air registers
and keep them clear of obstructions.
Your plumbing needs attention as the temperature drops as well. Make sure to winterize your irrigation with compressed air in all of your sprinkler zones. Be vigilant in removing your garden hoses from hose bibs around your home. Purchase covers for your hose bibs to protect them from the freezing wind. These covers are one to two dollars and are much less expensive compared to oods and plumbing repairs!
Protect your home ~ give Midgard Plumbing and Heating a call today!
Typical component arrangement for a gas red furnace
25 Castle Rock “AreaNewsletters • October 2017
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