{"id":783,"date":"2011-11-04T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2017-06-08T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T20:00:43","slug":"steps-to-take-before-turning-on-your-furnace-a-guide-from-aliso-viejo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/services\/steps-to-take-before-turning-on-your-furnace-a-guide-from-aliso-viejo\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to Take Before Turning on Your Furnace: A Guide from Aliso Viejo"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are feeling a chill in the air in Aliso Viejo. The outside temperatures are going down each day and the nighttime temperatures are forcing you to break out the flannel pajamas, robes, and blankets. It\u2019s getting cooler and you are holding off turning on your furnace<\/a> for the first time of the season, maybe because you envision high utility bills or you are afraid of what you\u2019ll hear, feel, or see coming from your furnace after several months of inactivity.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not much you can do to control higher utility bills, they are like death and taxes. But there are some things you can do to take the \u201cmechanical anxiety\u201d out of turning on your furnace for the first time.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t go back in time but you may want to consider \u201csummerizing\u201d your furnace after you shut it down in preparation for the cooling season \u2013 or during the cooling season. Have a qualified heating and cooling technician<\/a> give your furnace an inspection and cleaning.<\/p>\n

A preseason inspection and cleaning will prevent some problems that may affect some of your senses later on. For example, a smell<\/em> coming from your furnace may indicate a burning or smoldering electrical component. A noise<\/em> may indicate a noisy fan or a loose belt, causing poor or no airflow. Touching <\/em>your ventilation system and feeling for any vibration can indicate poor airflow. Visually<\/em> checking your instruments like thermostats for verifying proper temperatures or a digital readout on our carbon monoxide alarm for any traces of harmful gas are also important to furnace start-up.<\/p>\n

If something goes wrong, don\u2019t blame it on your thermostat or the cold weather; blame it on a lack of preventive maintenance<\/a>. Your best bet is to have a qualified service technician do a clean and inspection \u2013 to minimize any surprises at start-up and to keep you and the occupants of your home comfortable and safe while your furnace begins another season of hard work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are feeling a chill in the air in Aliso Viejo. The outside temperatures are going down each day and the nighttime temperatures are forcing you to break out the flannel pajamas, robes, and blankets. It\u2019s getting cooler and you are holding off… <\/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":[108,106,191,196,133,69,87],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services","tag-aliso-viejo","tag-fullerton","tag-furnace-maintenance","tag-furnace-repair","tag-home-maintenance","tag-orange-county","tag-westminster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","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=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/2564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}