HVAC Preventative Maintenance Program

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An HVAC system that isn’t working correctly means your home may not be as comfortable as it could be, and you’re most likely spending more money than you should. It’s one of the essential systems in your home, but it’s also often one of the most neglected.

Regular HVAC maintenance can help your system perform its best, saving you money on high energy bills and repairs while extending the life of your investment. But there’s more to maintaining your HVAC system than meets the eye. Here’s what you need to know!

Protecting Your Investment

Not maintaining your HVAC system causes it not to perform efficiently and break down faster. This can result in uncomfortable temperatures in your home, pool air quality, higher energy bills, and costly repairs that could have been prevented with a little TLC.

At Energy Attic, we recommend your HVAC system gets inspected 3-4 times a year to ensure it’s working and running correctly. But we know that proper, regular maintenance can be difficult for homeowners. That’s why we started our HVAC Preventative Maintenance Program.

Our program helps ensure your HVAC system stays in good, working condition year-round, so you and your family can be safe and comfortable in your home. It helps:

• Your system performs at its best, keeping your home comfortable 
• Prevent minor problems from turning into costly repairs 
• Extend the life of your HVAC system 
• Avoid inconvenient breakdowns when you need your system most 
• Save money on energy bills

What We Do

HVAC systems are necessary to keep your home comfortable in both hot and cold temperatures. For this reason, it’s essential to check, clean, and maintain your unit, no matter what time of year it is. Here are some things we do seasonally to help keep your HVAC system running efficiently.

Spring/Summer Maintenance

• Lube condenser fan motor 
• Lube indoor blower motor wheel 
• Change filter (provided by client) 
• Clean the outdoor unit coils 
• Clean out drain lines 
• Check the emergency drain pan for rust/signs of deterioration 
• Check operation of the compressor and outdoor fan motor 
• Check electrical components for proper voltage output 
• Ensure your unit is operating safely and efficiently
• Check proper function of electrical disconnect 
• Check thermostat operations 
• Ensure the unit is sealed properly
• Ensure your equipment is adequately hung and level
• Check refrigerant levels 
• Check delta temperatures
• Check for mold growth
• Check your ductwork for proper function 
• Check insulation levels 
• Check humidity in the household
• Ensure proper voltage is going to the unit 
• Ensure proper amperages on HVAC components
• Check for proper ventilation in  the attic

Fall/Winter Maintenance

• Check pressure switches 
• Clean hot surface igniter 
• Clean flame sensor 
• Lube Induced draft motor 
• Lube indoor blower motor wheel 
• Change filter (provided by client) 
• Check carbon dioxide levels 
• Clean out drain lines 
• Check the emergency drain pan for rust 
• Check flue pipe to make sure unit is exhausting toxic chemicals properly 
• Check electrical components 
• Ensure your unit is operating safely and efficiently 
• Check thermostat operations 
• Ensure the unit is sealed properly 
• Ensure your equipment is adequately hung and level 
• Check delta temperatures 
• Check for mold growth 
• Check your ductwork for kinks or obstructions 
• Check insulation levels 
• Check humidity in the household 
• Ensure proper voltage is going to the unit 
• Ensure proper amperages on HVAC components
• Check for proper ventilation in the attic

Protecting The HVAC Unit In Your Attic

One of the best ways to help protect the HVAC unit in your attic is to install a radiant barrier. A radiant barrier helps cool your home down, but more specifically, it helps cool your attic down. When it’s hot outside, your attic can get anywhere between 130 and 150 degrees! Not only are your air conditioning unit and ductwork sitting in the intense heat, but they also have to work twice as hard. A radiant barrier helps keep the summer heat where it belongs – outside.

Learn More: How to Protect the AC Unit In Your Attic

Check Your Attic Insulation and Ventilation

In addition to our radiant barrier, insulation and ventilation are essential to help regulate the temperature of your attic—insulation and ventilation attack the problem, your hot attic, at the source. The machinery in your attic space, including your HVAC system, will have a tough time operating in 140-degree temperatures. Sound insulation and ventilation will help protect the rest of your house and give hot air an easy escape.

Learn More: How to Ventilate Your Attic Properly

Common Questions

Our clients often ask us many great questions as they seek the best possible solution for replacing, repairing, or maintaining their HVAC system. Here are a few of the most common.

Is My AC Unit Working Properly?

There’s nothing more frustrating than listening to your air conditioner blowing hard and looking at the thermostat to find it’s still 80 degrees inside your home! How do you know if your HVAC system is working correctly? This example is a common sign. If your AC unit is blowing but not cooling, have an HVAC technician come out and check your freon levels and ensure your unit is charged and working correctly. Our technicians are licensed and committed to providing an excellent experience.

What do you do when the HVAC technician says everything is working?

Our answer is this: You have to control your AC system’s environment, which starts in your attic space. If your air conditioning unit, ductwork, or both is in a 140-degree attic while trying to produce 50-60 degree air for your house, there’s just no chance its effort will be effective. Even if your AC is adequately charged, is brand new, or barely used, you must first address the space where the system operates. 

What if my system is brand new?

If your air conditioner is brand new or is blowing on all cylinders and is not working correctly, one of the first things to look at is the temperature inside your attic. If the air around your system is too hot, it won’t be able to produce or deliver relaxed enough air to get your thermostat down and shut off your system. This causes it to blow continuously with little to no success.

PRO TIP:

We recommend that an HVAC technician check your unit and ensure it’s charged and in proper working order. Your HVAC should be serviced 3-4 times a year. But it doesn’t stop there. Our Energy Attic Audit will also look at other factors in your houses, like your attic space and weatherization. These are all things that can affect the environment your HVAC system is working in and, ultimately, the overall comfort of your home.

The Next Step

1. Schedule Your Maintenance – Our technicians are licensed and committed to providing an excellent experience.
2. Choose Your Frequency – You can choose a one-time maintenance appointment or our year-long program for your HVAC system.
3. Start Saving – Regular maintenance can help your HVAC system perform better, saving you money on high energy bills and repairs while extending the life of your system.

At Energy Attic, our mission is to improve the areas in your home that genuinely count: air quality, comfort, and efficiency. We provide long-term, natural solutions that increase your home’s sustainability and protect your family throughout the year.