The typical homeowner is quite unfamiliar with the process of selecting new heating equipment since it’s normally done only once every 10-20 years. Many look at their furnaces and only see “a box” that needs replacing in order to keep warm air coming into the home.

It seems reasonable to assume that getting a new furnace is just like getting a new refrigerator – move out the old one, move in the new one and plug it in.  Well, we would like to help you understand that a furnace isn’t an appliance that we can just plug in. It’s actually one component in a custom built system that is made specifically for your home.  It’s sort of like getting a custom fitted suit.

Your furnace is attached to gas and electrical lines, there’s a flue system that has to exhaust harmful gases from the house.  Combustion air must be available. The there’s the ducting system. Even if the furnace and all the other components work perfectly, ducting defects can reduce the amount of heating and the system’s efficiency by up to 50%.  Ducts age poorly, you know, they wrinkle and sag. Yet when furnaces are replaced, less than 3% of installing contractors have the tools or the training to test the ductwork.

Total climate control, Inc. is one of just 3,000 contractors in the country certified by National Comfort Institute to measure the performance of your entire heating system. We use precision instruments to help you, and us understand the performance of your system. We record the test data on easy to read forms and show you how the components are working together.  Sometimes we find the furnace doesn’t even need replacing!

We invite you to get informed so you can make the best decisions about your furnace.