{"id":425,"date":"2020-11-16T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2020-11-25T13:45:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:45:55","slug":"tips-lowering-heating-bills-this-coming-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/heating-service\/tips-lowering-heating-bills-this-coming-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Lowering Heating Bills This Coming Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We\u2019re not in winter yet, but the cooler weather will affect our homes soon\u2014and that means turning on our heating systems to stay comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you dreading having to do this because you don\u2019t like the way your utility bills start to rise? That\u2019s a common reaction. Heating costs money; there\u2019s no way to avoid that. But you may be spending more than necessary because of locked-in habits, equipment problems, or simple mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re experts at not only cooling homes in the Conway area, but heating them. We prize efficiency, and we have advice you can use this fall and winter to pull those heating costs down to something reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Schedule fall heating maintenance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is Task #1! A heating system will not live up to expectations unless it has a professional inspection and tune-up before the winter weather arrives. This maintenance not only helps prevent repair problems and extends the heater\u2019s service life, it removes stress and strain from the components that will lead to inefficient performance. Without maintenance, you can expect a heater to lose 5% or more of its efficiency each year \u2026 that adds up quickly! We have a maintenance program to make this easy for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Know your thermostat\u2019s energy-saving settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Moving the thermostat\u2019s temperature setting up and down like a yo-yo based on shifts in your comfort is a guaranteed way to waste money. Unfortunately, many people handle their thermostat like this. Steady and lower is what will help you save. We recommend setting the thermostat to 68\u00b0F during the day when people are home. This is comfortable for most residents, especially with warm clothing. Leave the thermostat at this temperature until the evening, when you can lower it by 8\u00b0F or so. These settings can sometimes drop heating costs by 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put ceiling fans to work\u2014in reverse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Do you have ceiling fans? You might not realize that they can help during cooler weather as well by flipping a switch on their base so their blades turn clockwise rather than counterclockwise. This moves air from the ceiling down to the room so to better distribute heated air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regularly change the air filter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The air filter in your forced-air heating system (furnace, heat pump) needs to be swapped for a clean one every one to three months. If a clogged filter is left in place, it will cause a drop in energy efficiency as the heater strains to pull air through the blocked filter. We recommend a new filter when you first start the heater for the season (we make this part of maintenance) and checking on it every month after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replace the heater<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, the best way to save money is to spend money to replace a heater that\u2019s so old it\u2019s wasting money all the time. If your heater is 15 years old or more, this may be the best approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can help you with your heating in Conway, AR<\/a> so that it\u2019s effective and efficient, working for you whenever you need it but not breaking the bank. We\u2019ve always focused on doing the right thing for homeowners\u2014even when it\u2019s hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dewees HVAC is here to keep you comfortable. <\/strong>Call us for heating service in the Conway area.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We prize efficiency, and we have advice you can use this fall and winter to pull those heating costs down to something reasonable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[87,49,15],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-conway","tag-heating-system-maintenance","tag-heating-system-replacement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}