Maintenance
Owning, or even sometimes renting, a home in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, requires general maintenance to keep your investment in working order. It’s really all about being prepared. Per Benjamin Franklin, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Maintaining your home’s systems and appliances wards off emergency situations and costly repairs while extending your equipment’s life. Take the time and money to perform general maintenance on a regular basis. Many of the maintenance services require the knowledge, skills, and tools of a professional. During the maintenance or service call, our technician will make any necessary repairs and/or alert you of a possible situation. Call Comfort Now by Bob McAllister to assist you in maintaining any of the following or to answer any questions you may have:
Furnace Maintenance
We highly recommend an annual service tune-up and cleaning for your furnace. Typically the optimum time of year to perform the maintenance is the fall, before you fire up your furnace for the cold weather. The purpose of the service tune-up is to keep your system running at top efficiency throughout the season, so you have heat whenever you need it. Our experienced technician will clean and check all the connections, controls, sensors, drains, motors, ducts, valves, and blowers, as well as your ignition assembly, thermostat(s), and smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors. Following your tune-up, our technician will instruct you on anything you could do yourself as maintenance between our service visits. One absolute action you can take is to change your furnace filter with the correct replacement every three months, or as needed. This goes a long way in extending the life of your furnace, as well as keeping your furnace repairs to a minimum and your indoor air quality high.
Boiler Maintenance
When you invest in a boiler system, you want to ensure it warms your home on a continuous basis as efficiently as the day it was installed. You also want to do all you can to support the longevity of your system. Proper regular maintenance accomplishes both of these. A boiler is complex and requires a professional hand on an annual basis to clean and check it. During your maintenance service, our professional technicians will clean and check your boiler’s burners, combustion chamber, heat exchanger, controls, vents, tank, pipes, belts, anode rods, connections, drains, linings, and all connected components, as well as your thermostat(s) and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Following your tune-up, our technician will instruct you on anything you could do yourself as maintenance between our service visits. One absolute action you can take is to change your boiler filter with the correct replacement every three months, or as needed.
Air Conditioner Maintenance
For air conditioners, an annual service tune-up and cleaning is recommended, usually performed in the spring. Our professional technician will check and clean the connections, coils, blower components, lines, refrigerant, drain, fuses, and thermostat(s), as well as lubricate all working parts. Maintenance you can do yourself between service visits is to remove any yard debris or vegetation from the top and sides of your outdoor air conditioner unit, as well as to keep it covered with an air conditioner cover or tarp in the winter.
Heat Pump Maintenance
For heat pumps, an annual service tune-up and cleaning is recommended, usually performed in the fall, same as furnaces and boilers. Our professional technician will check and clean ducts, filters, blower, indoor coil, ducts, refrigerant, electric terminals, connections, motors, and belts, as well as lubricate all working parts. Be sure to change or clean the filter every three months or as needed. You can also clean the outdoor coils whenever they seem dirty, and keep yard debris and vegetation away from the unit.
Whole-House Humidifier Maintenance
For whole-house humidifiers, an annual service tune-up and cleaning is recommended, usually performed at the same time as your furnace tune-up and cleaning. Our professionals include this maintenance along with the furnace appointment. Typically there isn’t much in the way of maintenance; however, our technician will change your humidifier pad and clean any mineral buildup you may have (in the case of hard water). Ask our technician to show you how to dissolve the buildup on your own every few months to keep your humidifier working at top efficiency.
Air-Filtration System Maintenance
For air-filtration systems, regular maintenance is something your can perform on your own. Maintenance on an air-filtration system usually just means changing or cleaning the filter every three to nine months. But you should check with the manufacturer’s specific recommendations. Changing or cleaning your filter on a regular basis will ensure the best filtration for your home as well as extend the life of the system. If you need any assistance or would like to install an air-filtration system, feel free to talk with one of our professionals at Comfort Now by Bob McAllister.
Water Heater Maintenance
For water heaters, an annual inspection and service is recommended, usually included in your annual plumbing inspection (any required service would be separate).To keep your water heater running efficiently, you want to check the pressure valve, check the anode rod, flush the tank (due to sediment buildup), adjust the temperature (if needed), and insulate the pipes and tank (if needed). One of our professional technicians can easily do this service for you to help in extending the life of your water heater.
Whole-House Generator Maintenance
For generators, different aspects of the generator require monthly, biannual, or annual inspection and service, but service is typically contingent on engine hours and/or time periods used. The more hours your unit is used, the more frequently it should be serviced. Our certified professionals are happy to perform these services for you. When inspected and serviced properly, your generator could conceivably last 20 to 30 years.
Monthly it’s recommended for you to visually inspect your unit, clean the unit in a general sense, and check the oil and coolant levels and battery charger.
Biannually it’s recommended to have our professional technician inspect and service your generator’s enclosure, belts, cables, connections, oil, hoses, exhaust system, muffler, battery and accessories, air clean units, piping, wiring, control panel, and accessories.
Annually it’s recommended to have our professional technician inspect and service oil (change), filters (change), spark plugs, coolant, crankcase breather, cooling system, and for diesel-fueled units only, fuel (test) and reconditioning.
Call Comfort Now by Bob McAllister Today
At Comfort Now by Bob McAllister, we’re here to to assist you in maintaining your home’s systems or to answer any of your questions about maintenance. Keeping your equipment in good working order allows you peace of mind to know they’ll be there when you need them. It also makes good financial sense to keep equipment serviced to help extend their life spans. Here in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, call us at 609-493-0994 to make an appointment now.
“Dominque Rivera gave our AC a great tuneup. She was efficient, knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. I believe she is a credit to your business. Thank you, Dominique!”
“Jonathan was so personal and did a thorough job performing our winter maintenance check-up on our heater/Heat pump back in November. Was a pleasure interacting with him and glad we signed up with you guys,”
“Ryan Smallwood did our yearly heater maintenance today and we have to say that he is one of the most knowledgeable service techs we have ever had out to our house. He went over everything from top to bottom and explained what he did. Roxy (at the office) took care of the scheduling and ensured it was a smooth process. Bob McAllister and his team are A+”
“Yesterday afternoon Keith did a maintenance checkup on my mother’s furnace. He did a thorough tuneup on the heater and checked out the hot water heater as well. He spoke with me when he had completed his work. We appreciate his work and kindness.”
“We wanted to make it known that Keith came to our house on Wed. Dec 22nd to provide our yearly service for our heater. He was thorough, polite and answered all of our questions. He provided us some information about our heater and carbon monoxide monitors. Just wanted you to know how good of a representative he is for your company. Thank you. Joe Lupinacci”
“Bob has an awesome team, starting with his office personal, Staci in particular this time, that makes sure that appointments are performed in a quick and professional manner. we have had a few of his technicians visit for everything from major repairs on a complex heating system, to routine check ups. This winter check up was performed by Greg and he did a super job. we are also looking for their help in upgrading our 35 year old AC equipment and a whole hose generator.”
“We had our heating unit inspected for the upcoming winter. Both the office personnel and our tech, Keith, were extremely courteous and professional. And the main reason we will be renewing our service contract.”
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