Furnace Articles
For your convenience and protection, our Western Sales & Services team developed a list of five common furnace smells and what they mean.
When the temperatures drop in Birmingham, nothing feels as comfy as turning up the heat and cozying up indoors. Your furnace works hard to keep your Alabama home toasty, but continuous heating also dries indoor air.
What’s at the top of your fall to-do list in Birmingham? Make sure it is your furnace.
This issue happens more often than not with older furnaces, and it could be a sign you are ready to upgrade your Birmingham home’s heating and cooling system with a new model. At the 10-year mark, furnaces start to lose efficiency and begin breaking down more frequently.
Heating alone accounts for over 40 percent of the average American’s utility bill, according to a US Department of Energy (DOE) analysis.
Western Sales & Services is happy to lay all the options on the table so you can make the best decision for your Birmingham home. Here’s what you should know about dual fuel systems:
Even though your furnace may look and seem fine, dangerous gases could leak into your Birmingham home and seriously affect, even kill, your family members.
A furnace is a big part of your life—whether you realize it or not. It keeps your Birmingham home warm and can help with your indoor air quality (IAQ).
It’s crucial to take proper care of your furnace—it provides your Homewood home with the heat you need to stay warm.
Let’s face it—there’s never a good time for the heat to go out in your Alabama home. You certainly don’t want to wait until your heating system stops working for you to realize you need a replacement!
As the leaves change color here in Alabama, our team at Western Sales and Services is preparing for an important time of the year—furnace inspection season.
You just discovered there is a puddle of water on the floor in front of your furnace. What does this mean? Why would your furnace be leaking water?
A furnace is a major investment for any Birmingham homeowner. Although it’s not something that will need to be done frequently, most people will face the decision of needing to purchase a new heating system sometime during home ownership.
Looking to install a new heater in your Birmingham home? Your two most popular choices are a heat pump and a furnace. Each one has advantages and disadvantages when compared to the other.
Though you may not give much thought to the furnace in your Birmingham home, knowing a bit about it and how it works can come in handy. At Western Sales & Services, our heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) professionals are always here to help and to answer any furnace questions you may have.
It’s normal for your furnace to make some noise. For instance, a dull hum is to be expected. However, louder noises might spell trouble for your heating unit’s components. Remember to turn off your furnace if it makes any alarming sounds and leave the repair job to a professional.
If you happen to be in the market for a new furnace, you may be overwhelmed by the number of options available.
Looking to reduce your heating bill this winter? There are a number of simple and big things you can do at home to help lower your heating cost this season.
If your furnace seems to be producing heating inconsistently around your Birmingham home to you, you’re not alone. Many homes have varied conditions from room to room causing spotty heating or cooling. On cold days, this can be a nuisance. For example, you may be confined to only a few rooms in your home. Or…
It’s easy to moan when you decide that a major appliance or home system needs replacing. After all, these are expensive investments and probably not your favorite way to spend your hard-earned money. Unfortunately, there’s often not a clear-cut message, short of an appliance completely breaking down, that definitively indicates it’s time to buy a…
You should schedule your annual maintenance appointment for your heating system before you use it for the season, regardless if you have a furnace, boiler, or heat pump.
It’s understandable that maintenance tasks often fall by the wayside. Many Vestavia Hills homeowners follow the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Looking to install a new heater in your home? Your two most popular choices in Birmingham, AL, are a heat pump and a furnace.
Caring for your furnace is important, because you want it to function at its full potential for as long as possible. One of the best things you can do to protect your furnace, yourself, and your family is to regularly replace your filter. Here’s a quick guide to furnace filters our team created for you.…
Once the cooler weather hits here in Birmingham, AL, this fall, you are going to want the inside of your home toasty and comfortable. This means turning on your furnace. Long before the first night you’ll want it, you should have your furnaced cleaned and checked by a professional from Western Sales and Services. You…