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We recommend you make air conditioning maintenance a regular part of your spring cleaning routine. In fact, it may be the most important springtime job to get done for your house. It isn\u2019t something you can do on your own, however. It\u2019s a job for HVAC professionals with special tools who will inspect your AC and provide it the cleaning, adjustments, and tune-ups necessary for the best performance in the summer.<\/p>\n
But we\u2019d like to break down the benefits of how spring maintenance helps your air conditioner beyond JUST \u201cit makes it run better.\u201d There are many ways the investment in annual AC maintenance pays you back each summer.<\/p>\n
How long do you expect to have your current air conditioning system? Most AC systems are insured for 10 to 12 years, and will often last for around 15 years. But that\u2019s only if the systems receive regular maintenance. Without maintenance, air conditioners may only last for 8 years before needing a replacement. That\u2019s an immense difference: keeping up with maintenance can double the amount of time you have your air conditioner before you have to spend money to replace it.<\/p>\n
An air conditioner that collects dust and dirt and wears down without any routine upkeep will drain more power to run. And it will keep getting worse with each year until the AC costs more than 25% more to run until the system breaks down (years before it should). Maintenance means you don\u2019t have to pay more and more each summer to have the same cool climate.<\/p>\n
One of the key parts of regular AC maintenance is to inspect it and pinpoint any location where the system needs repair work, or at least adjustments and fine-tunings that prevent them. In fact, around 85% of the repairs an air conditioner may need over its lifetime are things that maintenance will prevent or catch early. This not only saves you money, it saves you a lot of hassle.<\/p>\n
This is probably the best maintenance benefit of all: knowing that your air conditioner has little chance of breaking down abruptly during the summer. If an air conditioner goes into the hot months of the year without professional attention\u2014much the same way a car should be tuned-up before driven on a long trip\u2014it has a much higher chance of failing when it\u2019s needed the most. Maintenance will prevent breakdowns, and that will let you relax through the summer.<\/p>\n