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Furnaces Requires Maintenance

The recommendation is to maintain, inspect and clean your furnace. There are many furnaces in the Corinth Mississippi area, and Savannah Tennessee area that homeowners neglect there maintenance on their furnace. At Harbin Heating & Air Conditioning we believe in routine maintenance. It is nothing to save a home owner 40-50% on their gas bill along not to mention the inspection finds carbon monoxide leaks. This will cause you and your love ones to get very sick and is even fatal. You cannot smell Carbon Monoxide so that is one reason that it is extremely dangerous.

Carbon Monoxide detectors are used to test the amount of Carbon Monoxide in the home. They analyze the parts per million and alarm when it exceeds the danger zone. These detectors can be purchased at your local big box store or local hardware store.

If you have questions about this topic or any other subjects email me at kevin@harbinair.com.

This is the Harbin Heating & Air blog. We serve Corinth, MS, North MS, Savanna TN, South West TN, & North West AL.

HVAC Provides Home Protection

When people think of HVAC, many focus on the comfort of cool air and overlook the valuable protection that heating and ventilation can offer. HVAC cooling systems do their part to ensure your protection by stabilizing the air conditions within your home. Valuable possessions that can become damaged by poor indoor climate are protected by your HVAC system.

By installing a high quality heating and cooling system, you can ensure that the condition of your home is prioritized. With an Harbin HVAC system, you will be adding your own level of insurance because your possessions will be protected from the horrors of a poor climate. You can pair a HVAC system with a whole house humidifier or any other indoor air quality product to further protect your property including your electronics, upholstery, wood, art, and instruments. 

Electronics - Over time, moisture levels can cause damage to electronics. High humidity can cause moisture to collect in the electronic components which will lead to corrosion. Even low moisture levels can cause problems because static electricity can build up and lead to short circuits. High temperatures can also damage plasma TVs and computers by overheating them. 

Custom Upholstery - Custom upholstery needs to be treated with care. Without proper ventilation, your expensive furniture can be damaged. Also, when extreme temperatures, the material your upholstery is made out of will be damaged. Leather and wood both struggle in warm temperatures. If your HVAC problems aren’t fixed, your upholstery can develop cracks leather spots.

Wood - If you have any wooden furniture, moisture can build up and rot the wood from within. As wood gains and loses moisture over a period of months and years, it goes through a process of contraction and expansion until eventually the damage is beyond repair. Not only will cracks and splits appear, there could also be warping and bowing within the wood. Of course, this becomes a nightmare if you have wooden floorboards because they will start to gap. 

As well as floorboards, this can ruin furniture, cabinets, wooden beams, doors, decking, building materials, and more. What’s even worse, the long-term upshot of this can be mold which will spread quickly and destroy the core structure of a home if left untreated or even unnoticed. 

Art - When you have an HVAC system installed, you will also protect canvases and other pieces of art from fluctuating humidity levels. Additionally, linen, parchment, paper, and others will be affected. When the air is particularly dry, these materials will start to crack and even shrink. When there is excess moisture, the materials will go damp and could grow mold. When you keep artwork, it should be kept in a stable environment.

Instruments - Finally, humidity changes will also have an impact on the tune of a piano and the wood of a guitar. If dry, even woodwind instruments can crack and grow mold. 

As you can see, HVAC systems can be essential for any home and you should look to make the first step today if you want to keep your valuable possessions protected!

 

If you have any questions about the protection a HVAC system provides please email me at kevin@harbinair.com. I hope everyone has a great Winter season.

Serving North MS, West Tennessee, and North Alabama sense 1989.

Gas Fired furnaces/CO2

As we get into the fall season It is recommended to have your gas furnace maintained and inspected. Hundreds of people die each year from Carbon Monoxide poison (CO2) . I have seen many cracked heat exchangers. Over time there forms an amount of rust and eventually there are holes that penetrate through the heating chambers. Some heating systems can work properly with no issues for quiet sometime; while others the safety controls will shut the system off. 

 

Installing a really good carbon monoxide detector could save your life. 

 

These are just a few symptoms that is caused from CO2 poisoning.

  • Headaches
  • Nauseous
  • Chills
  • Flu like symptoms

 

We meet people all the time in the heating season that says there HVAC professional saved there life. They were having severe headaches. They would leave their home and feel fine. Once they returned home there headache would reappear.

 

If you have any questions about CO2 safety email me at kevin@harbinair.com. I hope everyone has a great Winter season.

 

Serving North MS, West Tennessee, and North Alabama sense 1989.