{"id":527,"date":"2023-11-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/?p=527"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:38:27","slug":"3-crucial-furnace-tips-to-prevent-breakdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/heating-service\/3-crucial-furnace-tips-to-prevent-breakdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Crucial Furnace Tips to Prevent Breakdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ever get stuck in the throes of typing in \u201cfurnace service near me<\/a>\u201d on a Tuesday night at 6:00 PM, only to find that you\u2019re not getting the results you want? That\u2019s why it pays to have a furnace repair company already in mind, that you can call for anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we\u2019ll go one step further\u2013we\u2019ll be that company for you, and teach you how to prevent breakdowns from happening in the first place. It\u2019s a pretty win-win situation if you ask us. Here\u2019s what you can do to stop your furnace from shutting down on you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t Skip Regular Maintenance and Tune-Ups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A maintenance appointment is essentially a mix of a tune-up and an inspection. Your HVAC technician has the opportunity to grease moving metal parts, tighten any loose screws, and check to see what parts of your system aren\u2019t exactly performing as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, they\u2019re able to inspect your entire furnace and report anything else that looks out of place. They\u2019ll make sure everything runs as efficiently as possible so your month-to-month bills don\u2019t continue to climb higher, and give you a full breakdown of everything they found. It\u2019s always more expensive to fix a breakdown that didn\u2019t need to happen than it is to upkeep that annual maintenance appointment slot on your calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switch Out Your Filter More Often<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you know how often you\u2019re supposed to put a new air filter in your furnace? It\u2019s every 30-90 days, depending on use and type. However, most of us fall closer to that 30-day mark than not. If you check your furnace filter right now and compare it against a brand-new filter, you\u2019re likely to see a thick layer of dust and debris clogging up the old one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a sign that this needs to be done more often. Your furnace is a forced-air heating system and a combustion system all at once. It needs that air, otherwise it can\u2019t function, so when there\u2019s a lot of dust in the filter, it\u2019s not getting the volume of air that it\u2019s supposed to. It makes a big difference and could alleviate your current furnace problems altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove Clutter From Around the Furnace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As we talked about, as a forced-air system, your furnace really needs to have access to a lot of air whenever it needs it. Many of us keep boxes and storage items such as old Halloween decorations in the same room as our furnace as if it\u2019s storage. If that\u2019s what you do, it has to change\u2013your furnace can\u2019t handle clutter around it, so don’t restrict its ability to intake air and pop those boxes under the crawlspace if you have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No More Furnace Troubles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you run into a breakdown anyway, which is bound to happen at some point (because you can\u2019t prevent them all), you have us in your back pocket to call when things get rough. We hope you\u2019ll use these tips to prevent unnecessary furnace troubles, and we\u2019ll be here when you need us for all furnace issues, big and small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Potter Heating Cooling & Plumbing today<\/strong><\/a> to schedule your furnace repairs as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Furnace breakdowns eventually happen, but some can be avoided entirely. Here’s how you can prevent extra repair bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[97,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potterhvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}