SoCo Heating and Cooling Blog: Archive for the ‘Heating’ Category

How Maintenance Keeps Away Repairs

Monday, January 15th, 2024

When it comes to keeping your home comfortable, your furnace plays a crucial role, especially during the cold winter months. However, unexpected furnace repairs can be a real hassle, both in terms of inconvenience and cost. The good news is that you can significantly reduce the likelihood of surprise repairs through regular maintenance. In this blog post, we’ll explore how yearly furnace maintenance can help you enjoy a warm and worry-free home that reduces the likelihood of furnace repairs in Pueblo, CO.

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5 Tips for a Better New Year

Monday, January 1st, 2024

It’s 2024! January is an exciting time of the year, because there’s just so much ahead of us. Who knows where we will all be by next December, all of the things that might happen, and how our lives will change. But there will also be stressful things that happen this year, and it’s important to prepare for them as early as possible.

For many of our customers, their heating systems will either run into problems or require a total replacement due to old age or wear and tear. This is an unfortunate but real possibility for many people reading this blog–but it doesn’t have to be a nightmare.

With these tips and our team for heating services in Castle Rock, CO, you can be excited for the future and know that you’re as prepared as you’ll ever be. Just keep reading to learn more about these essential things you can do.

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Heating Smells That Signal a Problem

Monday, November 6th, 2023

A heating system that’s in good shape should never really smell like anything. Sure, every home has a unique scent, whether it’s the detergent you use to clean your sheets or the smell of your pets, but these kinds of scents are a lot different than ones your heater might make.

And, to make things even more complicated, depending on the type of heating system you have, the smell coming from it could signal a different problem. For instance, a gas furnace might smell like rotten eggs or smoke if there’s a leak in the system. This means you should shut the unit down and call for heating repair in Colorado Springs, CO ASAP.

But a heat pump doesn’t use natural gas to heat your home, so it’s never going to give off the “rotten egg” smell. Instead, you might get a dirty sock smell which can signal a different problem that requires support as well. Keep reading to learn more.

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3 Spooky Sounds From Your Furnace

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

It’s Halloween Season! Everyone is putting up their decorations and starting to bake those yummy pumpkin pies and muffins. Whether you’re into scary movies and frightening props, or you just like the cozy nature of the season’s weather, we’d like to officially welcome you into the spooky season.

What’s not nice, however, is when your furnace makes some weird or strange sounds during the night. Nothing can feel quite as disturbing as watching a scary movie for the spooky season only to be woken up in the middle of the night by a boom or a ding that comes from your furnace. What gives?

Well, we can’t give you a thorough diagnosis unless you call us to schedule furnace repair in Colorado Springs, CO. But what we can do is tell you about three of the most common noises that furnaces make, and why they’re so bad.

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3 Ways to Save on Fuel or Energy

Monday, March 13th, 2023

The cost of utilities is on the rise, and it doesn’t sound like they are projected to go down anytime soon. We’d like to talk about some unique ways to save money on energy or fuel costs. These are all things that you, as a homeowner, can do right now to improve your home’s energy efficiency and potential.

The important thing is that you leave any of the professional heating or cooling services to us so we can keep expenses to a minimum. Heating service in Monument, CO is essential to your heating system running with peak efficiency and performance. And nothing replaces a professional providing this kind of service. But everything else mentioned here is free game!

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A Healthy Furnace Vs. a Neglected Furnace

Monday, February 27th, 2023

When you take a long, hard look at your furnace, what do you see? Don’t be shy, head down to your basement or crawlspace right now with a flashlight and take a look. This might be a good time to do it as well, since the winter is winding down and we’re likely to start seeing warmer temperatures in March and April.

Furnaces can be rough around the edges. They don’t have to look pristine. They run all day and night in the area of your home where people aren’t spending time. We’re not asking you to see whether the system is shiny and sparkling with metal polish or not, we’re asking you to give a look at whether you see dust, rust, moisture, or other things that signal problems. These clues are going to be the major differences between a furnace that’s in good shape and one that requires heating repair in Colorado Springs, CO.

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3 Unique Heat Pump Problems: And Our Solutions!

Monday, February 13th, 2023

Have any of our local heat pump owners felt a little left out?

Heat pumps tend to get overshadowed pretty often by furnaces and boilers in the wintertime, primarily because the sole purpose of these systems is to provide powerful heating for your home.

With heat pumps, they’re a multifaceted system with both heating and cooling options, so they tend to make up fewer calls from troubled homeowners, but they’re still important.

If you’re a heat pump owner in our neck of the woods, then you’re in luck! Heat pumps are popular here due to their incredible efficiency and eco-friendly nature.

However, they can still run into problems in the coldest months of the winter, so you’d better be ready to get them properly diagnosed.

Let’s figure out if you need heating repair in Colorado Springs, CO, or if you’re in good shape for the next few months.

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Get to Know Your Furnace Better

Monday, January 30th, 2023

Furnaces are the most common heating appliance in the country, but when asked about how they work or how efficient they might be, customers can be at a loss. It’s not anyone’s fault, reliable resources can be hard to find online, and people generally have a different ideas in their heads about how a furnace might look or work.

Well, let’s start from scratch. In order to know how badly you might need furnace repair in Colorado Springs, CO, you’re going to need to know a little bit about your furnace. This blog is going to be a bit of an introductory level course on your furnace, what it is, how it works, and how it works hard to both heat your home and keep you safe.

Then, hopefully you’ll be in good shape to make the winning call when you need to decide the next steps to take with your malfunctioning furnace system.

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The SoCo Air Filter FAQ

Monday, December 19th, 2022

We’ve mentioned air filters multiple times on our blogs, but we haven’t really dedicated a blog specifically to them yet. These components are special when compared to other heating system components, because they’re specifically designed to be addressed by a homeowner.

We think it’s a bad idea to just open your furnace up and start fiddling with the components. You can void your warranty and run into some serious problems, even safety concerns. But your air filter is located in a safe place that’s outside of your furnace box where it can be easily lifted out and a replacement can be placed back in. This is what makes this component unique.

So, let’s discuss any questions you might have about your air filter and make sure that all of our customers are on the right page with how to treat this powerful yet sensitive component of your heating in Colorado Springs, CO!

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Our Holiday Heating Tips

Monday, December 5th, 2022

Have you ever made it through a cold winter without worrying about your heating system once or twice? It happens and depending on your situation, it could happen multiple times a week.

We depend on these systems to keep us happy and comfortable, and a broken-down heating unit can turn a wonderful holiday season into a nightmare scenario.

Well, customers that go out of their way to do their diligence and take care of their heating systems actually get more out of them than people who neglect these important pieces of technology. If you’re willing to go the extra mile this season, then you might be able to get more out of your heating system for less.

Let’s talk about our holiday heating tips. And don’t forget to contact our pros for heating services in Castle Rock, CO if you run into any problems that are beyond your control.

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