Need Your Heating Unit Checked?

Have your heating unit checked, before the cold weather comes.

Before the COLD winter temperatures become unbearable make sure your heating unit is working to its maximum potential.

Our Technician Will Inspect...

Signs of Corrosion
Heat Exchangers
Electronic Spark Ignition Control
Your Filter
Fan Controls
Electrical Connections
Check Temperature Rise
Check Complete Furnace Cycle
Auxiliary Heater
Igniters for Corrosion & Soot
Combustion Chamber for Corrosion & Dirt
Check for Carbon Monoxide
Check Draft on Flue
Excessive Noise or Vibration
Duct Work Integrity

Common Problems...

1. A dirty blower reduces air flow, increasing your operating costs, and decreasing your heating levels.

2. Igniters can become fragile over time from heavy use because of the soot or corrosion, and may decrease your heating capacity.

3.Your thermostat is not set to the proper setting.

4. Clogged filters can cause your heating system to run slowly, make sure you check
your filter at least once a month.

SECCO Home Services technician inspecting
a heating unit before the winter comes.

Saving Energy: Heating
Facts & Figures

1. Heating can account for 40% of your household energy costs.

2. A geothermal heat pump can lower energy costs by 30% to 50% compared to
traditional heating systems.

3. Using a programmable thermostat to lower the temperature ten degrees over an eight-hour
period can reduce your heating costs by 10 percent.

4. If just one in ten households bought Energy Star heating and cooling equipment, the change would keep
over 17 billion pounds of pollution out of the air.

5. Heating experts say simple dust and dirt are the cause of almost half of their service calls.

6. Each year, U.S. residential duct leakage costs consumers $5 billion. This energy loss is
equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 13 million cars.

7. A wood-burning fireplace can exhaust as much as 24,000 cubic feet of air to the outside.

8. A programmable thermostat can pay for itself in energy savings in just one heating season.

9. Adding a zoned thermostat system to a high-efficiency natural gas furnace can help you
save an additional 10% - 15 % on your energy bills.

10. About one-sixth of all the electricity generated in the United States is used to air-condition buildings.

11. Even if your heating unit is only 10 years old, you could save 20 to 40 percent of your
heating energy costs by replacing it with a newer, more efficient model.

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