Both furnace checkups and furnace certifications entail a careful step-by-step process of testing to monitor the safety and operational wellbeing of your home furnace. There are two vital aspects involved: (most importantly) the service addresses the dangers of a damaged furnaces so you can avoid them, and secondly, it checks over how well your unit is working.
Checkups and certifications are not a process to be taken lightly. While units might appear to be functioning as well as ever, hard to detect issues such as a crack in the heat exchanger can cause carbon monoxide leaks. Combustion air exchange needs to be minded to properly, and even improper storage of chemicals in the furnace closet have been known to cause major damages to homes. There is a formula to ensure that your home can avoid these dangers, and the checklist of safety and operational tests must be conducted by a qualified expert.
What is the difference between a checkup and a furnace certification?
You may have heard of furnace certifications when you purchased your home, or if you have ever tried to sell. All units five years or older must obtain a furnace certification for the transaction to occur due to the major consequences broken or damaged furnaces carry with them. Due to the more stringent inspection qualifications on a full furnace certification, this service might carry some additional cost to meet jurisdiction guidelines.
But truth be told, the only real difference between a certification and a checkup is that the tests are done in the interest of the two parties involved in a real estate transaction in the certification while the checkups are done for those currently residing in the home. Checkups are just as important, especially in homes with older units, as they ensure the safety of either your family or your tenants, and from a bottom-line perspective, are the best way to catch repairable issues early on to avoid costly replacements.
Why Sensible Heating & Cooling?
In short, we are qualified and we take the service seriously. While there are no state regulations in Colorado regarding who can conduct a furnace certification test, each jurisdiction contains specific rules of its own and has different levels of enforcement for those very regulations. We recommend that all home owners be vigilant in inquiring about the company you hire with local government offices. Also, don’t be afraid to ask the businesses themselves about the qualifications of the technician running tests on your home.
Even if your area doesn’t require a licensed technician to validate how well your furnace is working, we think the stakes are simply too high when it comes to furnaces to have a handyman or jack of all trades run through the safety checklist. We are licensed to complete furnace certifications and checkups in Denver and the foothills area, and happy to answer any specific questions you may have about the process. Call us at 720-876-7166 or email the owner at [email protected].
