The other reason was just educating myself.
We’re sitting pretty right about now even though we are about to enter a four month period that will test just about anybody. I’m a native of this region and the Summer heat and humidity continue to pummel me during what I call heat season. There really isn’t a cold season where I live. There might only be a half dozen or so times when we have to bring in the plants and fire up the heat pump for some heating. Mostly, the heat pump just rests after all the air conditioning demand placed on it the other 8 months. But the four months from June through July are definitely the biggest test for the residential HVAC. Shoot, it’s a big test for the latest in commercial HVAC as well. So I’ve always been sure to get an air conditioning tune up every single year. There are two reasons for this really. The first is sort of corny but I believed in HVAC maintenance because my dad did. He always reminded me that air conditioning was a privilege and not a right. And that the HVAC equipment is for sure an investment and something that has to be cared for the way I’d care for my car or my boat. The other reason was just educating myself. I learned that, on average, HVAC equipment that got regular HVAC maintenance outlasted the ones that didn’t by at least 7 years. Factor in all the cumulative savings that come with having a heat pump operating at full efficiency and that’s all it took for me. I’ve now had my residential HVAC equipment 28 years and we just got the thumbs up from the HVAC technician for yet another heat season of air conditioning.