{"id":873,"date":"2011-12-21T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=873"},"modified":"2012-06-25T15:49:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T19:49:50","slug":"a-question-from-robinson-ranch-when-should-you-replace-instead-of-repair-your-heating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/services\/a-question-from-robinson-ranch-when-should-you-replace-instead-of-repair-your-heating\/","title":{"rendered":"A Question from Robinson Ranch: When Should You Replace Instead of Repair Your Heating?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all dread an expensive repair in Robinson Ranch, whether it is a car that needs a new transmission, a leaky roof that needs new shingles, or electrical wiring that has been chewed up by a wild animal. We often try and put bandages on things that we know should be replaced but we just can\u2019t afford to replace them.<\/p>\n

The same can be said about your home\u2019s heating system<\/a>. When your heat goes out or your home just doesn\u2019t seem to be heating up to the setting on your thermostat, your first inclination is to check and see if it is running. Some people will put their hand over a heating vent to check for hot air while others may go into the basement or mechanical room to listen to hear if the furnace is running. Maybe there is a blockage in the ventilation system or a blown circuit breaker, two relatively easy fixes.<\/p>\n

If the furnace isn\u2019t working after checking the obvious symptoms, your next move is to call for service. Any Robinson Ranch\u00a0heating professional<\/a> would be able to diagnose your problem and offer suggested repairs. Something relatively minor like a bad circuit board or blown fan motor are not real expensive repairs and are the best option versus replacing the furnace. And you may keep experiencing the same problem and getting the same repair work done \u2013 anything to avoid an expensive replacement.<\/p>\n

But at some point the vicious cycle will come to an end. Your repair bills will begin to inch their way past the cost of replacing the furnace. You can only bandage a problem so long before it becomes \u201cunfixable.\u201d You may not want to pay an expensive replacement bill but consider the alternatives.<\/p>\n

First is the obvious \u2013 it costs too much to keep repairing the furnace. Secondly, you never know when the furnace may break down and its failure to operate could have dangerous effects on the people in your home, especially if someone is sick. Third, your furnace may not be able to keep up with the heating demand due to lifestyle changes, i.e. an addition put on the house, carpeting removed and wood floors exposed, a new window, door, or skylight added, etc. Your old furnace may not have been designed to keep up with these changes and the repairs are only delaying the inevitable.<\/p>\n

Ask yourself if everyone in your Robinson Ranch\u00a0home is comfortable during cold weather. If most answer no, it may be time to consider replacing that old furnace with a new, energy efficient model that uses today\u2019s technology \u2013 and leaves a smaller carbon footprint \u2013 to keep up with the demand for heat, in any sized building or home. Your decision to replace your old heating system could be as simple as the need to use modern technology to solve your indoor comfort problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all dread an expensive repair in Robinson Ranch, whether it is a car that needs a new transmission, a leaky roof that needs new shingles, or electrical wiring that has been chewed up by a wild animal.<\/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":[86,6,213,69,96,79],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services","tag-corona-del-mar","tag-heating","tag-heating-replacment","tag-orange-county","tag-robinson-ranch","tag-san-clemente"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","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=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}