Residential Maintenance Tips
Residential Maintenance Tips
Learn how to run and maintain your home environment equipment with Bradley Air Company’s tips!
Heating and Air Conditioning Tips
To save on your heating and air conditioning bills, lower your thermostat 2-3 degrees during the day when no one is home and at night while the household is sleeping.
By installing a programmable thermostat, you can program the heating/air conditioning to automatically lower or raise the settings while you’re not at home during the day and while sleeping at night. A programmable thermostat will typically cost between $300 and $500 installed.
Check your air filter every 30-60 days and replace them when needed. If you have a permanent filter, we recommend every 30-60 days you clean the filter with mild detergent or per manufacture’s recommendations.
In the summer, to keep the operating time of the air conditioner down, keep as much of the sunlight’s warmth out as much as possible by closing as many shades in your home possible.
In the winter, you will want to open as many shades as possible to let the warmth of the sunlight in to keep your furnace operating at a minimum.
Once again, if your furnace or air conditioner is older than twenty years old, we recommend that you replace your existing equipment with newer, high efficiency equipment to save you money on your gas and electric bill.
General Maintenance Tips
An annual tune-up is recommended by all manufactures on all heating and air conditioning equipment. By having your system tuned by our qualified technicians to operate at peak performances, the tune-up will end paying for itself by operating at optimal performance. Maintenance on the equipment by the homeowner will also help the equipment operate at the efficient level as when first installed.
Three Quick Maintenance Tips for Home Owners
Check the batteries in your digital thermostat once a year – Many homeowners forget that there are batteries in their thermostat. By checking or changing these once a year, a no heat situation can be eliminated.
Check your drain lines for flow – If you have a drain line connected to your furnace, you need to check this every once and a while to check for flow. Over time, the furnace will develop sludge in them causing them to plug and not allow the furnace to operate. To clean these drain lines, pour a small amount of bleach through the drain line until you are sure there is a good flow through the drain line. Use caution with any cleaning agent that maybe harmful to your eyes or skin.
Change your filter every 1 – 3 months, it will improve your system with:
Better air flow
Heating or cooling your home quicker
Create less stress on your equipment
More filtered air so you have less dust
If you have concerns with your equipment, please contact us for a service call at (360) 426-1284 or fill out our online Service Request form.