When you’re preparing dinner, do you just eat everything raw and then call it a day? Of course not! Why should you treat your heating system any differently?
There’s a lot of preparation that goes into getting ready for the cold of winter. Your heater doesn’t like just sitting around for half of the year before turning on again. It needs some TLC to get back into shape and do its job well—which is keeping you warm all winter long! So today, we’re going to go through a checklist of some pretty important steps to take before turning your heat on full blast this year. Without proper heater preparations, you might suffer a breakdown when you least expect it, or your budget won’t be happy when you’re prompted to pay for some heating repair in Birmingham, AL.
So sit down, grab a cup of coffee, put on some gloves and get ready to do some prepping for winter.
The leaves, the temperatures, and the candy are all falling this time of year. It’s not quite time to think about heating yet (not unless this year turns out to be an unusual one) so as long as you’ve got some blankets for the slightly chilly nights, you’re fine… right?
Temperatures are slowly but surely heating up as we reach the tail end of winter here in Birmingham, but think back to the coldest part of winter—did you have any trouble with your heater? “Trouble” can be classified as a lot of things when it comes to heating your home, so really take a moment to think. Did you feel like the performance of your heater was lackluster? Or maybe the run times were off. No matter what the problem was, now is the time to fix any issue that you’re having with your heating system.
For many homeowners, you don’t know that you need a new heater until there’s a glaring problem or a breakdown. We receive most of our calls for new heating systems when the situation is dire, but we want to point on the finer points of heating system issues for you so you can avoid these problems. If you’re experiencing any of the issues that we list below, make sure that you contact our team at your earliest possible convenience. Anything to do with the heating or cooling system in your home needs to be done in a timely fashion so that you can save yourself a headache. If you’re ready for a flawless 
Does it seem like winter is siphoning money out of your wallet? After a long, cold season, a lot of homeowners start to feel this way. The problem really isn’t the weather, instead, it’s the inefficiency of your heating system. There are some easy ways that you can bring your heater up to par and save yourself money in the process.
Winter in Alabama means cold temperatures and high settings on your thermostat. Your heating bill during this time of year is a little bit higher because you’re running your system so often, but it should never rise to an unreasonable level. If this is the case in your home, make sure that you contact our team. We have all the right tools and resources to make your heating bill much lower.
One question we always get here at Gas Engineers is, “Do I really need to schedule maintenance?” The short answer is yes, but today we’re here to expand upon why. We understand why people are often hesitant to schedule maintenance repairs. You run your heater daily in winter and when everything seems to be going fine why should you spend the extra money on a service that seems, quite frankly, unnecessary?
Are you looking to have more precise heating in your home? If so, you should consider zone-controlled heating. In a perfect world, your home would be perfectly constructed and set on the perfect piece of land so that you’d never have to deal with uneven heating, but unfortunately, the world isn’t a perfect place. There are so many factors that affect the heating of your home. When you need a 
Are you having trouble with your furnace this winter? Lots of homeowners we encounter here at Gas Engineers tend to placate themselves—they can live with that weird rattling noise that happens whenever they turn the unit on and they’ll get used to the fact that there’s only a meek trickle of air flowing out of their vents. You don’t have to do this though! We know why so many homeowners shy away from getting the work they need to be done, repair services are very expensive, but here at our company, we know how to provide amazing heating services at very reasonable prices. If you need 
Winter in Birmingham means holidays spent with loved ones, hot cocoa, and the less pleasant freezing cold temperatures. When it gets cold here, we know that you rely on your heater more than ever to keep your home comfortable. Just because you want your home toasty, doesn’t mean that you have to pay sky-high heating bills during this season, there are some very simple and effective ways to boost the efficiency of your heater this winter—we’ve listed some of the best ways below. If you try these tips and don’t see the desired results, try contacting a 
