If your furnace isn’t working, that’s an emergency situation, but it doesn’t have to mean an expensive emergency call. There are plenty of things that can go wrong with heating equipment that you can diagnose on your own. Often a tripped breaker is all that is wrong. Here’s what we suggest you do before calling…

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If your furnace is balky, you have a problem you should address right away. However, before you buy parts or call for service, there are a handful of troubleshooting tips that may help you identify what the issue is.

Winterizing your greater Asheville-area home will go a long way toward helping you keep energy bills low and home comfort high. Several components within your home work together to achieve energy efficiency, so it makes sense to tackle energy losses that occur in them in order to prepare for winter conditions.

When buying a new furnace, you can take advantage of features generally used in high-efficiency systems to not only advance comfort in your home, but to ensure that your energy bills are low. Here are three must-have features to look for in a new furnace:

When your heating system breaks down, the question of when to replace your furnace is easy. However, this is generally an undesirable scenario, especially if it happens during the dead of winter. There are other likely signs of imminent furnace failure that can be easy to miss prior to a the system breaking down.

The timing of your fall furnace tuneup can make all the difference in extending the benefits of the service. It’s generally true that regular furnace tune-ups afford homeowners the benefits of extended system life, better efficiency, system safety, energy savings and home comfort. Ensuring that you schedule a tune-up before the heating season begins secures an…

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