Living way up north I had learned when I was young how important having a properly running oil furnace was to my family’s continued well being.
If anything stopped the gas furnace from heating during the winters coldest nights life was almost unbearable.
Always make sure you get your oil or gas furnace worked on before the Winter to keep from having concerns later on, then once I became a homeowner and had my own beach house I typically always make sure that I call in the local Heating, Ventilation, and A/C supplier to schedule a repair and repair appointment for my oil furnace in the fall. I remember 1 recognizable Winter when the oil furnace stopped working well and my family had to stay in a motel for a week until the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C supplier got our oil furnace repaired. It was a pain in the neck to transport my family of 6 into a motel suite for a week. It was a overpriced mistake and would never happen again. The costs to keep the oil furnace tested however not nearly as overpriced as needing it repaired in the middle of Winter and needing to be uprooted from your beach house while waiting on parts or labor. The heating repair supplier is awesome! They typically attempt to get things done abruptly and efficiently. I now have a repair agreement with the heating supplier to maintain and repair my air conditioning system and gas furnace two times a year before Winter and summer. It’s important to keep those regularly tested otherwise your air conditioning system and gas furnace won’t last as long and replacing them can cost you a lot more than just the component itself. Take it from someone who lived through an incident of not having needed heat or air conditioning system when it was needed most….it’s worth the repair.