Plano Heating and Air Conditioning Company Tip #1
Plano Heating and Air Conditioning Company Total Air and Heat offers a tip on how to get the most out of your Heating and Airconditioning system.
Preventative Maintenance: Don’t be tricked by the under $30.00 tune up. Most contractors that offer this type of tune up are hoping to find parts to replace. In some cases the technicians are paid a flat rate fee based on the repair cost. Think about it for a minute, how can a contractor send a technician to your home for $30.00 and cover his costs? The $30.00 has to cover the technician’s hourly cost, travel time, vehicle costs and overhead. Be sure to read what the under $30.00 tune up includes. In virtually all cases it does not include any cleaning, only visual inspection! A good tune up will cost $60.00 to $100.00 and will include cleaning the condenser coil on the outdoor unit. The condenser coil needs to be cleaned yearly, even if it appears to be clean. The coil has to be cleaned yearly to remove oxidation and contamination at the point where the tubes meet the fins. Be aware that many units have a double row coil, which can be completely plugged, and none of the dirt is visible. The top has to be removed and the coil carefully spread apart to properly clean a double row coil.
Preventative Maintenance Agreements: most contractors offer a maintenance agreement, which provide two tune up’s per year, one cooling and one heating. In addition many contractors offer 10%-15% discounts on repairs and make you a priority customer as part of owning a maintenance agreement. Many consumers are not aware that if you add up the hours a A/C and Heat system runs in 1 year and the RPM’s the system operates at, is equivalent to a car that runs in excess of 60,000 miles per year. Studies have been done by universities and utility companies that consistently shows that you will save in reduced utility bills the amount spent having your system tuned up.
Steve Lauten is president of Total Air and Heat Company, a residential and light commercial Heating and Air Conditioning Company in Plano that’s been serving the Dallas Metroplex since 1957. He’s immediate past president of the North Texas chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America. For more information, he can be reached at 972/881-0020.
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