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The best time to hire a heating and air conditioning technician is when one is NOT needed. That may sound a little odd, but read on. Most heating and air conditioning units do not need actual REPAIR work; rather, they need regular servicing. If the unit is a "central" type, the heating system and air conditioning system are contained in the same housing, but each system has separate parts. So, the homeowner needs to have the air conditioning part of the unit serviced BEFORE the heat of summer, and the heating part serviced BEFORE the bitter cold of winter sets in.
The best month to have the air conditioning part serviced is in April. Usually, it has not gotten hot enough to warrant having to run the air conditioner, and the heat is probably not getting as much of a "workout", either. September or the first two weeks of October are both good times to have the heating system serviced. By now, the weather has cooled enough that it is very possible that neither the air conditioning part nor the heating system have been necessary at all.
Scheduling routine maintenance and service on air conditioning and heating units during these periods will ensure the homeowner that the soon-to-be-needed system is working properly. If it isn't, the problem can be fixed BEFORE the weather changes, so that there will be no chance that a system will not work when the time comes.
Some air conditioning and heating businesses advertise service and maintenance "specials" just before the seasons change. Most of these companies are reputable, and it is just a matter of comparing prices before making a decision.
Of course, the homeowner should still check to see that the business is properly licensed, the equipment is up-to-date, and that the technician who actually comes to do the work has and shows proper identification.
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