{"id":765,"date":"2021-03-08T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2024-12-25T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T19:19:55","slug":"dont-leave-heater-with-lingering-repairs-end-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/heating-service\/dont-leave-heater-with-lingering-repairs-end-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Leave Your Heater With Lingering Repairs at the End of Winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/furance-checked-by-technician-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"furance-checked-by-technician\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/furance-checked-by-technician-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/furance-checked-by-technician-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/furance-checked-by-technician.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We know you\u2019re excited to enjoy the warm weather of spring, and it\u2019s not far away now. In this excitement, you might ignore signs of trouble with your furnace, heat pump, or other central heating system. \u201cSo the furnace is making some odd sounds. No big deal. It will soon be warm and I can worry about getting it fixed later.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please don\u2019t do this! <\/span><a href=\"\/service-areas\/braselton-ga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heating repair in Braselton, GA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is always a service you need to arrange as soon as you detect something amiss with your central heater. We know how tempting it is to procrastinate with warm weather starting to show up, but you shouldn\u2019t leave a repair issue unresolved at the end of the winter. We\u2019ll explain why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><b>Winter weather isn\u2019t finished with us yet!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March has notoriously unpredictable weather. It\u2019s an axiom that March often comes in with warm weather and leaves with icy chills. It doesn\u2019t always happen, but it happens often enough that you don\u2019t want to take chances your heater will fail on you during the month. Allowing any repair to go unaddressed puts your heater at a higher risk of not working when you need it to\u2014and you may still need it in March and April. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more tips on preparing your system, check out our guide on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/heating-service\/prepare-for-the-winter-hvac-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preparing for winter HVAC services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The heater may become unsafe<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issues with natural gas heating systems must never be neglected. Ignoring problem signs with these sorts of heaters is an easy way to allow them to become unsafe. Even a small issue may disguise trouble like a gas leak, bad ventilation, or cracks in a heat exchanger. You\u2019ll keep your family safe with prompt help from heating pros. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about potential risks in our post on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/heating-service\/can-gas-furnace-become-dangerous\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whether gas furnaces can become dangerous<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The repair may become worse or lead to more repairs<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The longer you leave a malfunction without repairs, the more likely the malfunction will get progressively worse. You may end up paying much more to have the repair done if you leave it for months in the future. Repair troubles can also cause a chain reaction of other problems in a heater, compounding those future bills.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The heater will waste power when it runs<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strain on a heater causes it to drain more energy when it runs and drive up utility bills. And few things cause more strain on a heating system than a malfunction. Each time you run your heater, it will cost you more to run than it should because of this unaddressed problem. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your heater is blowing cool air instead of warm, read about<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/heating-service\/no-your-furnace-should-not-be-blowing-cool-air\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">furnace issues causing cool air<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and call us for a quick diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The lifespan of the heater will drop<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strain that causes power waste and further repair problems also reduces the heater&#8217;s service life. This neglect is similar to allowing the heater to run without annual maintenance, and the effect is the same: the system won\u2019t live up to its estimated lifespan. Replacing a heater early is expensive, so please do what you can to avoid it. Prompt repairs are 100% worth it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have the HVAC pros who will make your repairs easy and fast! Call us and we\u2019ll keep away heating problems now and in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>At Snellville Heating, Air and Plumbing, \u201cYour comfort Is OUR Business!\u201d <\/b><a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Schedule your heating repairs with us<\/b><\/a><b>\u2014we\u2019ll see they\u2019re done quickly.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have the HVAC pros who will make your repairs easy and fast! Call us and we\u2019ll keep away heating problems now and in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[159,50],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-braselton","tag-heating-system-repair"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1309,"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions\/1309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}