In fact, outside of one meeting with the HVAC contractor, my wife and I did essential nothing
Of course, nothing lasts forever and that includes the heating and cooling equipment in our home. But honestly, we weren’t so sure. When we bought our home, it came as a new home ready to walk into and start living. We were seriously fortunate to be able walk into a newly constructed home with all the amenities. The HVAC equipment wasn’t exactly the best out there but it wasn’t the worst either. Yet, we took my wife’s dad’s advice to heart when it came to HVAC maintenance. He had always been a big proponent of preventive maintenance on cars, HVAC equipment and anything else that benefited from being serviced. And it’s a good thing we listened to him because, if I’m correct, we never missed either a heating maintenance appointment nor an air conditioning tune up. And that had everything to do with the fact that we thought we might have an immortal HVAC unit on our hands. It just kept on producing the quality heating and air that we expected year after year. That is until it didn’t. There really wasn’t much warning. The last few HVAC maintenance appointments had gotten a thumbs up on the HVAC unit but the HVAC technician always reminded us its age. And then one day, the HVAC equipment finished an air conditioning cycle and never came back on. It was finally time to deal with the hassle of replacing the heating and cooling equipment. But that was not the case at all. In fact, outside of one meeting with the HVAC contractor, my wife and I did essential nothing. Well, we had to be home the day that the new HVAC unit went in. But the HVAC professionals handled every other detail and we now have residential HVAC that is amazing.