If you are a homeowner and live in Minnesota now would be a great time to have your boiler or furnace service, inspected and or tuned up. You will start to notice local heating and cooling companies are advertising discounts for tune-ups. This is their slow season. Take advantage of it.
I see a lot of houses with old furnaces that have been well maintained. They really do last longer with regular maintenance. Personally, I am not a fan of the service plans but I am a fan of service.
There are homeowners who never get their furnace or boiler tuned, cleaned, inspected, or serviced and have never had a repair either.
If you are selling your home this fall or winter it is a good idea to have the furnace or boiler serviced and save the receipt or even tape it to the furnace. Buyers who are closing on homes this fall should either have the furnace tuned up or should make sure that the seller has already taken care of it.
A word of caution about HVAC contractors and companies. The same company that does the maintenance also sells and installs new units. Also, they like to put stickers with phone numbers on your furnace. We had a plumber come out last spring to fix a leak and even though the furnace wasn’t involved in the repair he put a “call us” sticker on it.
