Before the first cold snap
Heating & Heat Pumps
Furnace and heat pump repair, maintenance and installation, checked in the fall so a January failure is not the first you hear about it.
A system that worked all summer still needs its own check
Gulf Coast heating gets used in short, hard bursts, which is exactly the pattern that finds a weak igniter, a cracked heat exchanger or a heat pump stuck in defrost.
What the fall check covers
We inspect, clean and test the safety chain, then tell you plainly what is worth fixing now and what can wait until spring.
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Four places a furnace or heat pump actually fails
Gulf Coast winters don't ask much of a heating system most of the year, then ask for everything at once on the first hard freeze. That pattern is exactly what finds a weak part before it gets used. The fall check walks the same four points every time.
- Igniter
- Tested for a clean, consistent light rather than a slow or intermittent one, since an igniter that's starting to go is usually fine on the bench and inconsistent under load.
- Heat exchanger
- Inspected for cracks or corrosion, because this is the part separating the combustion side of the furnace from the air moving through your house.
- Safety chain
- Every limit switch and safety control cleaned and tested in sequence, not just checked for power at the board.
- Heat pump defrost
- For heat pump systems, the defrost cycle gets run and timed, since a unit that won't clear ice off the outdoor coil on a cold, damp night will run all night and still lose ground.
After the check, you get told plainly what's worth fixing now and what can reasonably wait until spring. No pressure either way.
S.W.A.T A/C & Heat
Check the furnace before it has to prove itself on the coldest night.
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