{"id":676,"date":"2015-01-08T16:11:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/?p=676"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:11:13","slug":"cold-weather-in-the-gulf-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/cold-weather-in-the-gulf-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold weather in the Gulf Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chill has arrived! Hopefully this was already completed but have re-posted. Have you remembered your annual furnace tune-up?<\/p>\n<p>*A professional will check your system and clean it, which ensures that it will operate at its maximum efficiency. This guarantees lower utility bills, saving you money.<\/p>\n<p>*Most furnaces will last as long as 20 years or more it properly maintained. However, a furnace system can wear itself out quickly without a yearly cleaning and inspections.<\/p>\n<p>*Annual servicing can be as little as $100 \u2013 far better than the cost of a new furnace.<\/p>\n<p>* Investing in regular furnace maintenance can limit repairs over the lifetime of the system. With your repairs, your cost of your heating unit is less. A few things checked out by a professional on your annual tune-up include:<\/p>\n<p>*electrical and gas connections. They are tightened accordingly; operational pressures are checked<\/p>\n<p>*Condenser coils are cleaned<\/p>\n<p>*Motors current and voltage are measured<\/p>\n<p>*Safety switches are checked for proper operation of the high limit switch control. They shut down the furnace automatically in the event of dangerous temperatures and or other malfunctions.<\/p>\n<p>*Moving parts are cleaned and lubricated to reduce friction<\/p>\n<p>*The thermostat is check for operation and accuracy to verify that is signals on and off cycles to the furnace correctly<\/p>\n<p>*Lower assembly is cleaned<\/p>\n<p>*Condensation drain lines are cleaned<\/p>\n<p>*Air filter is clean them replaced<\/p>\n<p>As the theory goes \u2013 Take care of your things and your things will take care of you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chill has arrived! Hopefully this was already completed but have re-posted. Have you remembered your annual furnace tune-up? *A professional will check your system and clean it, which ensures that it will operate at its maximum efficiency. This guarantees &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/cold-weather-in-the-gulf-coast\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":677,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronspropertymanagers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}