Steps to Take for HVAC Preventative Maintenance

Routine maintenance visits and inspections should become part of your maintenance plan. You can enter into a preventative maintenance contract with an HVAC service company, like Air Comfort. Before you sign the contract, work with the company to figure out how often these visits should occur. Is an annual visit enough to maintain your HVAC equipment, or will it require more frequent visits? Once you have determined this, you should negotiate what maintenance tasks the contract will cover.

Here are some tasks that regular maintenance visits often include:

• Cleaning and changing air filters
• Adjusting or replacing fan belts
• Cleaning and adding algaecide to drain pans
• Blowing out drain lines
• Checking evaporator coils for cleanliness
• Taking temperature splits across the coil
• Inspecting fan and motor bearings during operation
• Inspecting pulleys and aligning them when necessary
• Checking refrigerant pressures
• Checking condenser coils for corrosion and cleanliness
• Checking the overall condition of the equipment

When a technician inspects your heating and air conditioning regularly, they can make sure every piece of your equipment is inspected and cleaned. This will prevent the condenser coils from corroding, stop the pulleys from becoming misaligned, and keep algae from building up in the drain pan. When all these parts are in good working order, you will have lower energy bills.