Roberts Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Blog: Posts Tagged ‘furnace repair’

Is Radiant Heating in Your Home Worth It?

Monday, February 26th, 2024

If it’s time to upgrade your heating system, you may be considering replacing a forced air system with radiant heat instead. While radiant heat is a great option, it does have some downsides that you need to consider before making the leap.

You can keep reading to learn more about the many benefits of a radiant heat system, as well as the potential disadvantages. Then you can give our team a call to schedule heating service in Morton Grove, IL. No matter what type of new heating system you decide to go with, our team is here to help.

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Why a Furnace’s Cracked Heat Exchanger Is Dangerous

Monday, January 15th, 2024

Three natural gas burners with bright blue flames inside an operating gas furnace.

Natural gas furnaces are widely favored for home heating in the United States, with almost half of homeowners opting for this efficient system to ensure warmth and comfort. While these furnaces come equipped with safety features to mitigate risks, it’s crucial to have your gas furnace maintained every year so technicians can be vigilant about catching any potential safety issues.

One such concern, though infrequent, is the possibility of a cracked heat exchanger, which can pose serious hazards, including the leakage of carbon monoxide gas. Recognizing the indicators of a compromised heat exchanger is essential for prompt furnace repair. Let’s go over why a cracked heat exchanger in a furnace is a safety hazard along with the signs that this could be happening with your furnace.

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4 Sounds Your Furnace Can Make and What They Mean

Monday, November 7th, 2022

Technician working on HVAC unit ventilation shaft.

Your furnace is bound to make some noise when it kicks on. Some loud noise is to be expected, but it’s a problem when they don’t settle down. The next time you turn your furnace on, listen closely to know whether it’s normal, or if you’ll need furnace repair in Morton Grove, IL that residents turn to time after time to fix the problem.

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Don’t Neglect End of the Season Repairs!

Monday, April 25th, 2022

The cold season is coming to an end, and spring is here. It’s time to switch the heating appliances for cooling appliances.

Your furnace has worked over the winter to warm your home, and it is now time to put it out of commission. It makes sense to conduct a maintenance check before storing it away.

Checking for repairs and maintenance ensures all issues are solved, keeping the furnace ready for the next cold season.

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Is Your Furnace Leaking Carbon Monoxide?

Monday, February 14th, 2022

This is a simple question but the answer might not be so easy. For anyone who isn’t familiar with the gas known as “carbon monoxide,” it’s an odorless, colorless material that is a byproduct of combustion. It’s extremely dangerous to inhale and can easily lead to nausea, fatigue, memory loss, impaired motor function, and even unconsciousness. For any homeowner with a gas furnace, you should know about this material and how it works.

Don’t worry, furnaces are safe machines. We wouldn’t install gas-burning systems in homes if we didn’t believe that they could operate safely without exposing your family to carbon monoxide. However, over years of neglect and through missed or amateur furnace repair in Glenview, IL, a furnace can quickly become unsafe.

Let’s talk about how you might be able to detect if your furnace is leaking carbon monoxide, and what you can do about it.

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The Big Difference Between Electric and Gas Furnaces

Monday, November 8th, 2021

We could talk for hours about the many differences between heating systems in our area. In fact, if you challenged us, we could probably write a blog post every month for a whole year about interesting facts and differences between heat pumps, gas furnaces, and electric furnaces. But the truth is that most homeowners who come to this blog aren’t concerned with fun facts and “tidbits” of information, they want to know the pressing information about the system they’re likely to purchase.

When it comes to furnace repair in Glenview, IL, you’re going to want to know about the type of energy that fuels your gas and electric furnaces before you decide what repairs are worth calling an emergency hotline for. Today, we’re going to go over this major difference between the two heaters, and we’ll try to answer all the questions that usually come our way.

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How Is Your Heater Doing?

Monday, March 1st, 2021

Spring is right around the corner, so you made it! Sometimes it’s a good idea to take a break from your hectic life and appreciate the little things, like how nice it is that your heater made it through another tough winter. Regardless of whether or not you needed professional furnace repair in Wilmette, IL, you’ve made it to spring and it should only get easier from here, right?

Well, before you throw your heater into the basement and clap the dust off your hands, take a moment to think about your heater. Take note of all the hardships it’s put you through, the noises it has made, and the efficiency issues it has dealt with. How is your heater?

If you’re nervous about the condition of your heating system, or the future of your heating in the winters to come, then you’re in the right place.

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6 Furnace Safety Tips to Remember

Monday, January 4th, 2021

Skokie furnace repairs are necessary in order to keep things from becoming dangerous, uncomfortable, and unusable. Your furnace should work for you, burning gas at a nominal rate, to provide warm temperatures that keep you happy. If there’s a problem at any point during this operation, it could lead so a safety concern down the line. That’s what we’re here to prevent.

Our team specializes in furnace safety to the point where we provide yearly maintenance on all gas furnaces to ensure they work properly going into the heating season. For furnaces that don’t meet our standards, we recommend furnace repairs so that we can fix targeted components of your unit that are causing problems.

Enough about what we do, we want to talk to you about things you can do to improve furnace safety going into 2021. Here are six invaluable tips that can lead to a safer furnace operation.

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What Makes Us the Furnace Experts?

Monday, December 7th, 2020

You might be sitting back in your chair thinking, “wow, who calls themselves the experts?” and laughing at our boldness. While we understand the sentiment, we are also confident in our ability to be the local furnace experts. When we’re talking about furnace repair in Wilmette, IL, it’s clear that we know what we’re doing.

We want to talk about a few points that solidify in everyone’s mind why we’re the furnace experts. From our prompt attention when you need us, to our extensive training and experience with furnace heating systems, you get what you pay for when you sign up with our team. We’re in this business to provide quality, long-term solutions for your heating system, and we’re going to discuss how you can achieve that as long as you just keep reading!

Oh, and if you’re struggling with a furnace issue right now—then stop reading and call us!

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Choosing the Right Heater for Your Home

Monday, October 26th, 2020

Heaters come in all shapes and sizes. We are by no means a “one-size-fits-all” type of company, and that’s good in many ways. For starters, homeowners are more satisfied with our work because of how we’re able to find customized solutions for different homes, different heating standards, and different efficiency levels. Some homeowners don’t have access to natural gas, for instance, and we can set them up with an equally efficient and powerful system that will do right by them.

So, if you’re on the market, what do you need to know when it comes to choosing the right heater? Sure, we perform furnace repair in Lake Forest, IL, as well as furnace installation—but furnaces are not the only heating solution you have to get set up with.

Let’s talk about the different heating systems and zero in on one that’s right for you.

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