{"id":453,"date":"2011-03-16T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=453"},"modified":"2012-06-25T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T19:49:57","slug":"cleaning-the-heating-coil-it-can-save-you-repairs-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/services\/cleaning-the-heating-coil-it-can-save-you-repairs-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning the Heating Coil: It Can Save You Repairs Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Just like any piece of equipment, your furnace needs some regular attention and maintenance to keep it running right. And one of the most important parts of the furnace to pay attention to during these service visits is the heating coil.<\/p>\n<p>Without the heating coil, your furnace simply won\u2019t be able to put out heat to keep your house warm. That\u2019s because the combustion in the furnace is used to heat the coil. Air is then blown across the heating coil so that it can be warmed before being circulated throughout the house.<\/p>\n<p>If your heating coil isn\u2019t kept clean, it\u2019s easy to see how you could wind up with all types of problems down the line. And since air is constantly being blown across the coil when the furnace is at work, it\u2019s particularly susceptible to accumulating buildups of debris and sediment.<\/p>\n<p>When this happens, there are several consequences. First of all, your furnace will have a harder time heating your whole house and heating it evenly. As a result, all of the parts of the furnace will have to work overtime to keep your home warm and this can cause them to wear out and break faster. Of course, when that happens, you\u2019ll need professional repairs to get you back on track and you may have to go without heat for some time in the coldest part of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Also, a dirty heating coil won\u2019t be as efficient at transferring heat to the air blowing past, meaning that you\u2019ll be getting less heating power out of the fuel your furnace is consuming to heat your home. Essentially, this will mean your furnace is not functioning at peak energy efficiency and that will certainly be reflected on your monthly heating bills.<\/p>\n<p>But all of this can be avoided by keeping your heating coil clean and in good repair. You will likely need to have a professional take care of this for you and it is a standard part of an annual maintenance visit. While you may have to pay a bit each year for that regular maintenance, you\u2019ll be much better off and save a good deal of money in the long run by having it done and your coil cleaned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like any piece of equipment, your furnace needs some regular attention and maintenance to keep it running right. And one of the most important parts of the furnace to pay attention to during these service visits is the heating coil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[117,107,6,129,128,69],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services","tag-anaheim","tag-foothill-ranch","tag-heating","tag-heating-coil","tag-ladera-ranch","tag-orange-county"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}