It’s funny how during the longest, coldest, and hardest days of winter people long for the hazy and hot dog days of summer only to complain when those dog days arrive! The heat and haze of the summer’s dog days can make you feel like catching a cat nap just to stay cool, but proper and regular air conditioning maintenance is one thing you can’t afford to sleep on!
Air conditioner maintenance is the best way to stay cool and comfortable during the summer and can even help to keep you and your family members safe in terms of preventing heatstroke. Young children and seniors or those who have limited physical strength and compromised immune systems are especially prone to heatstroke and the results can be fatal in some cases.
Here are some super cool and easy ways you can keep your household safe, cool, and comfortable indoors on even the hottest days of summer with air conditioning maintenance.
Don’t even think about putting off service
What many people don’t realize is that proper and regular air conditioning maintenance needs to happen well before the heat of cooling season rolls around, which means you should schedule an air conditioning service tune up with a reputable air conditioning company in your area. Just because your furnace blew hot air and kept you warm all throughout the fall and winter — and may even into early spring — doesn’t mean your air conditioning system will keep you cool doing the summer!
Scheduling an air conditioner tune up at the beginning of spring allows any necessary AC repairs to be made that otherwise would have gone unnoticed until you wanted to cool off. And like most things, when AC repairs are caught early and nipped in the bud, they tend to be a lot less expensive and a lot less damaging to your system. Even if you think your air conditioning system is working just fine, it still pays to schedule a tune up.
Find the right local air conditioning repair company
Wait a second…before you just choose any ol’ air conditioning maintenance company to perform a spring tune up, make sure it’s one that actually knows what it’s doing. Unfortunately, a few bad apples have spoiled the bunch in terms of contractors and home service companies that may have shady practices. As such, it’s no surprise that many homeowners are a bit wary when it comes to finding and choosing the right one. But never, ever use this as an excuse to put off service to your home’s air conditioning system.
A great way to find a new air conditioning maintenance company is just ask around. Just text friends, family members, neighbors, and coworkers and let them know you’re on the hunt for an experienced and reputable HVAC contractor and you’ll be surprised by how many choices you’ll have to select from! Word of mouth is popular way in which air conditioning maintenance providers receive new business, and many offer discount incentives for referrals. You may even end up receiving a new customer discount!
Keep your home clean inside and out
Your home’s heating and cooling systems perform several functions aside climate control. In addition to keep your home cool or warm depending on the season, they also work hard year round and round the clock in order to maintain and improve the air quality within your home. This is especially important for asthma and allergy sufferers, as a poorly functioning heating or cooling system can actually make symptoms worse.
As such, it’s important to dust and keep the inside of your home as clean as possible. This helps to keep dust free air circulating throughout your home. While it’s true that an HVAC filter will catch a lot of allergens such as pollen or dust, it can only do so much and reducing the amount of dust within your home allows your heating and cooling systems to operate more efficiently.
This also includes taking a hose and washing off your air conditioner condenser in order to remove any dirt and grime from the winter. Removing any debris is a simple step that prevents allergens from entering your home.