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Now the other half.

The box outside does half the work. We service both halves, every fall.

Every part checked.

Coil, fan, compressor, refrigerant charge. Twenty-two points, written down.

Follow the heat in.

Through the unit, down the supply duct, to the furnace. The same path as the air you breathe.

Blue flame. Good sign.

Yellow means incomplete combustion. We check the burners before the first cold night.

Warm. Finally.

Up through the register and into the room. A furnace tuned in October is a living room you forget about in January.

Turn up the heat.

Scroll and watch the room. Every degree is the furnace, the ducts and the filter working together.

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When did you last change this?

A clogged filter makes the blower work harder and the air dirtier. Most homes: every 1 to 3 months.

1–3 mo6–12 moMonthly

Which one fits your house?

Gas furnaceHeat pumpDuctless

Gas furnace

Fastest heat on the coldest nights. Needs a gas line and a flue.

Up to 98%AFUE
15–25 yrsservice life
$4.5–8kinstalled
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Heat pump

Heats and cools from one unit. Best value in mild winters.

2–4×efficiency
12–20 yrsservice life
$7–14kinstalled
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Ductless mini-split

Room by room, no ducts. Additions, garages, the room that is never right.

Room by roomzoning
15–20 yrsservice life
$3.5–7kper zone
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Ride the airflow.

From the furnace to the far bedroom, warm air has a long way to go.

Frost. On the inside of the glass.

Sixty-one degrees in the living room, and the furnace running all night.

Follow the air.

Down the register, into the duct, back toward the furnace.

Up to 30% never makes it.

Leaky seams and crushed runs lose heat in the attic. We seal them and prove it with a pressure test.

Repair it, or replace it?

Scroll the age and the quote. The 5,000 rule: multiply the repair quote by the system's age. Over $5,000, the money belongs in a new system.

3 yrs
$600
Worth repairing
$600 × 3 = $1,800

Under $5,000, fix it. The system has good years left and the repair buys them.

Past $5,000 the repair is paying for a system that is already on its way out. A new one comes with a 10-year parts warranty.

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