24Hr Home Comfort Services Blog: Archive for the ‘Heating’ Category

What’s That Smell? Is It Your Furnace?

Monday, November 18th, 2024

Here in Wisconsin, you really don’t want to have to worry about your heating system. It’s too important—you need it to just work and not cause you any trouble. But despite our wishes, sometimes our heating systems do have problems. 

You might realize there’s an issue because you aren’t warm enough, or parts of your house are very warm while other parts are cold. You might notice a spike in your utility bills or the system rapidly turning on and off. You might hear an odd noise. One other way that furnace problems can present themselves is with an odor. Do all heating system smells mean repairs are necessary? No. We’ll explain.

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Don’t Forget Fall Furnace Maintenance!

Monday, November 4th, 2024
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What a fantastic time of year! There’s such beauty all around, and so many fun gatherings and activities. The air is fresh and crisp, and you know it won’t last long. You’ve got to enjoy autumn while you can. But you also have some important things to do. Furnace maintenance needs to be done in the fall, and you don’t want to forget that. Things can go terribly wrong if you don’t take care of your heating system.

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It’s Never Too Late for a Tune-Up

Monday, February 26th, 2024
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Winter’s been going on for quite a while now. It might almost be hard to remember just what summer was like… that mythical time when we could run outdoors in whatever we were wearing, with no need for coats and boots. Does that mean that if you forgot to have heating maintenance done earlier, you should just skip it until next fall? Not at all! It’s never too late for a tune-up.

There are a lot of benefits to having heating maintenance done. And there are still a good number of days left in the winter and spring when you’ll need to run your heat. Why not start enjoying those benefits right away? Here’s what you’ll have to look forward to when you get your heating maintenance in Beaver Dam, WI.

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An Emergency Guide to Losing Heat

Monday, January 15th, 2024

Temperatures are quickly dropping as night falls and you’ve just gotten the worst news you could possibly get–your heater is broken. It’s only a matter of time before your home gets frozen over and your family has to stay in a hotel, which will inevitably wreak havoc on your lifestyle and budget.

This might all sound too familiar and scary to deal with, but it doesn’t have to end up this way. Losing heat is a pretty catastrophic problem in our neck of the woods, especially during an unpredictable winter with temperatures that could drop below zero. So, what can you do?

Luckily, our team specializes in heating repairs in Madison, WI. We can help you, but the trick is making sure you stay comfortable and protected until we get there.

Introducing our emergency guide to losing heat. Follow each step closely so that you can go from losing your heat in a panicked moment, to feeling comfortable and safe in your own home again.

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Is Your Furnace Malfunctioning Electronically?

Monday, January 1st, 2024

There’s been a misconception for a long time that electric furnaces use electricity, and gas furnaces use gas only. While this is mostly true, there’s actually one deep flaw in this manner of thinking. Everything in our lives uses some manner of electricity, and a gas furnace is no exception.

For instance, the majority of fuel used in your car to travel is gasoline. But to say your car doesn’t use any electricity is a huge mistake, because cars use electricity for everything from air conditioning to running the radio. Your gas furnace is very similar to this.

So, if there’s a malfunction happening in your gas furnace that requires furnace repair in Madison, WI, then you’ll want to find out if it’s an electrical problem first and foremost. For the reasons we’ll state down below, electrical problems can sometimes be the easiest and most affordable problems to get fixed.

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Protect Your Heater From Snowy Weather

Monday, December 4th, 2023

Heating systems and snow are pretty synonymous this time of the year. The snowier and colder it gets, the more you rely on the warmth of a heating system to keep you comfortable and happy. But snow has some unintended consequences that could hamper your heating equipment and home comfort.

We’re going to focus in on what snow does to your heating system and how snowy weather can be a problem in some ways. Because our winters can be a bit unpredictable (especially after such a crazy summer and fall), it’s important to know what you’re up against in case a large winter storm hits us.

Of course, the best thing you can do for your heating system at the moment is to schedule a heating tune-up in Milton, WI. This will allow a professional technician to adjust, maintain, and inspect your heating system so that it’s ready for the cold months ahead!

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Where Heat Pump Technology Can Help You

Monday, November 20th, 2023

Heat pumps aren’t just home heating systems. They work in various different ways throughout our homes to help us. The more we understand how this technology works, the better off homeowners might be at finding ways to use it for better efficiency and home comfort.

Here’s a fun fact–did you know that your refrigerator is a heat pump? It’s a small heat pump that works to pump heat out of your refrigerator, keeping everything inside of it cold. Your freezer works almost identically as well. The smaller the space is, the more efficiently and powerfully the cooling effect can be.

When it comes to home comfort, customers have so many options to use heat pump technology. Sure, you could invest in a heat pump system to keep your home comfortable throughout the year, but you can also focus on a heat pump water heater in Milton, WI to have efficient hot water for your home needs.

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Fall Update: Three Cool Furnace Facts

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

Furnaces are the most common heating system in America, but it’s amazing how little some furnace owners might know about these systems. Each one is going to look and feel different in a home, depending on how old they are and how they work, but there are some general rules about how your furnace operates.

For instance, did you know that furnaces can sometimes have a water pump built into them to move condensate? Or that they often operate with the use of electricity, even when they’re designed to burn gas? These are facts that might not be very intuitive but they could provide crucial in a moment where you think there’s something wrong.

The more you know about your gas furnace, the more likely you’ll be able to detect the need for furnace repair in Milton, WI, and call for professional help. Then, we can take it from there.

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It’s Time to Check On Your Heater

Monday, September 25th, 2023

Here in Wisconsin, we go through every season. We just had a very hot summer, but the tides are changing and soon we will likely have a pretty cold winter. This means that every home needs to be equipped with a heating system that’s going to keep it warm, comfy, and efficient. Our team can help with that.

First, before you do anything else to your home or heating system, try turning it on. It’s likely been dormant all summer long (except for some chilly nights), and it might need to run a little bit before you get a sense of the condition that it’s in.

This blog post will look at some of the signs that you might require heating repairs in Milton, WI. But the most important thing that we urge our customers to do at this time of year is to pay attention. Your heater will likely show you when it’s got a problem.

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