AC and Furnace Tune-Up

[kidicarus13]

Necessary? Preventative? Worth it or just lining the pockets of HVAC companies?

[theGinsue]

Probably a good thing to do about every 5 or so years.

[fitterjohn]

On a commercial system yes. On your house, look for the same things, but there isn’t much tune up to do. Wash your coil, change your filter, oil the motor of it has ports, make sure there is no rubbing. Commercial rtus, chillers, rack systems are a bit more involved. But that’s just one techs opinions….. oh wait I’m supposed to say yes you do need to get someone to come out do do a tune up at your house, but make sure it’s one of the cheap ones you hear about on the radio, I’ll bet they find a reason the furnace and a/c both need to be replaced. Maybe I am jaded

[bryjcom]

Do it every year. Just make sure it’s a smaller company doing it and not one of the companies that spends a lot on advertising. Those companies are just sales techs

The main thing is keeping the AC coil clean. If you do that it will almost pay for itself with the electrical savings.

[fitterjohn]

I’d agree with what he said. Just make sure it’s a trust worthy company, like his I’ve heard. I am just jaded by so many techs I’ve run into that find a furnace that needs replaced every single day, then find out they get a 100$ bonus for every furnace and ac they find to replace. Then had one tell me,(when I didn’t have my service van at my house), that they are replacing the one next door they would be happy to check mine, told them it wasn’t very old I think it’s fine, they said well we can see it still uses a metal flue so we are almost certain it is bad. I had just installed it a year ago….

[Great-Kazoo]

I’d agree with what he said. Just make sure it’s a trust worthy company, like his I’ve heard. I am just jaded by so many techs I’ve run into that find a furnace that needs replaced every single day, then find out they get a 100$ bonus for every furnace and ac they find to replace. Then had one tell me,(when I didn’t have my service van at my house), that they are replacing the one next door they would be happy to check mine, told them it wasn’t very old I think it’s fine, they said well we can see it still uses a metal flue so we are almost certain it is bad. I had just installed it a year ago….

Bryjcom's hvac was always standup when it came to doing business.

[cableguy11]

Bryjcom's hvac was always standup when it came to doing business.

I can second that as well!

[eddiememphis]

A furnace inspection is necessary, especially on older units. They will check the heat exchanger and the air/ fuel mix among other things.

The fuel ratio is important for efficiency. Inspecting the exchanger is a must to rule out carbon monoxide problems. Inspecting them is a pain on 80% and HE units so it is good to have someone that knows what he is doing.

[fitterjohn]

I’ve heard from more than a few people he is a stand up guy, and wasn’t trying to imply he isn’t, sorry if it came across that way, I was talking about some larger company’s on the Fort Collins area that do a lot of advertising that I wouldn’t trust. Hvac is still one of those trades where you get so many shade tree techs, I hear from guys all the time that you don’t even need a meter to do diag work, just put a flame sensor, igniter, limits, and roll out switch cuse it’s got to be one of them

[Great-Kazoo]

I’ve heard from more than a few people he is a stand up guy, and wasn’t trying to imply he isn’t, sorry if it came across that way, I was talking about some larger company’s on the Fort Collins area that do a lot of advertising that I wouldn’t trust. Hvac is still one of those trades where you get so many shade tree techs, I hear from guys all the time that you don’t even need a meter to do diag work, just put a flame sensor, igniter, limits, and roll out switch cuse it’s got to be one of them

I didn't take it that way. As for larger companies, 100% yes on that. I doubt most of them know how to troubleshoot.