Enjoy Worry-Free HVAC Maintenance

Benjamin Franklin once said “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” When it comes to maintaining your home’s heating and cooling systems, this is especially true.  By keeping your home’s HVAC in good condition, you help avoid emergency situations and costly repairs — plus extend the life of your equipment.

To ensure proper maintainance of your home’s HVAC systems, join our Care Club maintenance plan. 
Your heating and cooling systems will get tune-ups provided by our knowledgeable Air Care HVAC professionals.
Here’s how we work: During the maintenance or service call, our technician will make any necessary repairs and/or alert you of a possible situation. Please call us at (408) 371-2950 for help in maintaining any of the following systems below—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 best time of year to perform the maintenance is the fall—before you fire up your furnace for the cold weather.

The service tune-up helps keep your system stay efficient throughout the season. 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.

After your tune-up, our technician will instruct you on anything you could do yourself as maintenance between our service visits. One recommended action is to change your furnace filter with the correct replacement every three months, or as needed. This will help extend the life of your furnace, plus keep repairs to a minimum. 

Air Conditioner Maintenance

We recommend an annual service tune-up and cleaning for your air conditioners 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. In-between service visits, you can remove any yard debris or vegetation from the top and sides of your outdoor air conditioner unit, as well as keep it covered with an air conditioner cover or tarp in the winter.

Heat Pump Maintenance

For heat pumps, we recommend an annual service tune-up and cleaning, usually performed in the fall—this goes the same for 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. Make you 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.

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 Air Care Heating & Cooling.

Water Heater Maintenance

For water heaters, we recommend an annual inspection and service, usually included in your annual plumbing inspection (any required service would be separate). One of our professional technicians can perform the required maintenance. To keep your water heater running efficiently, we will 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). Once again, one of our professional technicians can easily do this service for you to help in extending the life of your water heater.

At Air Care Heating & Cooling, 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.

If you live in San Jose, CA, and in the greater SF Bay Area, please call us at 408.317.2950 to make an appointment.