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Everything You Want To Know About Furnace Cleaning

Twin Cities Furnace Cleaning hopes you find this information helpful. There are many reasons why you should clean your furnace. First and foremost is safety, because if you never have your furnace cleaned it could lead to a carbon monoxide leak. However there are many other reasons why you should clean your furnace including saving money on your energy bills as well as extending the life of your furnace.

Extending The Life Of The Furnace
Save Money On Energy Bills
Preventing Carbon Monoxide Leaks
Saving The Environment
Peace Of Mind
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Extending The Life Of The Furnace

Just Another Way To Save A Lot Of Money

For most households the furnace is the most expensive appliance in the home costing on average around $3000-5000, and since the average furnace lasts about 20 years, that comes out to about $150-250 per year. Now consider this, if by spending $150 to have the furnace cleaned every year you were able to double the life expectancy of the furnace, these cleaning services would be paying for themselves wouldn't they? But keep in mind, there are many other benefits other than just extending the life of the furnace.

Save Money On Energy Bills

Why Give The Utility Company Your Hard Earned Money?

The average household spends approximately $100 per month to heat and cool their home, this comes out to about $1200 per year. What if you were able to increase the efficiency by just 10% by having the heating an cooling system cleaned every year. Again, if it only costs around $150 to have it cleaned, and you were saving $120 it almost pays for itself again, just in the amount you save on your energy bills!

Preventing Carbon Monoxide Leaks

Due To Cracked Heat Exchanger

Every time your furnace turns on you are going to get some amount of what is called "gas scale build up" inside the heating elements of the furnace, particularly the heat exchangers. Gas scale looks like rust and thats basically what it is, and it is caused by the moisture in the air in combination with the small about of residue left over from fossil fuels.

Over time it begins to coat the heat exchanger acting like and insulator causing the furnace to run longer and hotter. Eventually if this gas scale is never removed it can accumulate to the point that the heat exchangers will actually crack, and when that happens many times you will end up with a carbon monoxide leak.

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Saving The Environment

Conserve Our Natural Resources

Many people drive fuel efficient cars now days because they care about the environment, in fact the government is beginning to require car manufacturers to make their vehicles more efficient.

One thing many people overlook however, is the fact that by increasing their home heating systems efficiency can also help save the environment. In fact if everyone in the country had their furnace cleaned on a regular basis we could save billions and billions of dollars a year on our nations energy costs which in turn keeps the gas in the ground instead of needlessly burning it with inefficient furnaces.

Peace Of Mind

Prevent System Failures In The Middle Of Winter

Have you ever had your furnace break down in the middle of the winter? I can tell you right now you do not want that to happen. First of all it is a real pain to try to get someone out on an emergency call. Plus, these emergency service calls can be very costly, especially if furnace replacement is required. Not to mention that if your furnace breaks down when your are away from home the pluming system can freeze causing pipes to burst and having extensive water damage in the home. That is why peace of mind is the most important factor for many people to have their furnaces cleaned.