Can an AC Check Save You Money

As the excitement from the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win wears down, it’s time for Kansas City residents like yourself to go back to business. That business includes home maintenance and budgeting. Whether you’re in the middle of a cold winter or preparing for spring weather, your home should have a functional AC unit. Read on to see how AC Tune up Kansas City will help you save money.

Did you know that maintaining your AC can go a long way in keeping yourself healthy? If your unit relies on a duct system, it can harbor contaminants, dirt, and mold when you don’t have regular maintenance and inspections. When you turn your unit on, all those nasty elements are circulating through the air. Anyone in your home will inhale that and be susceptible to allergic reactions, asthma attacks, and mold contamination. By keeping your AC maintained, you’re less likely to get sick and have to spend money going to the doctor.

Speaking of being sick, when going into an office every day, you probably don’t want to be one of a few people calling out sick all the time. What if you have to use several sick days because you can barely breathe or your allergies are just out of whack thanks to your AC unit? Once you use all your sick days, it can cut into your take-home pay. 

As a homeowner, it’s hard to escape energy bills unless you’ve gone solar. Otherwise, you’re likely dealing with electrical bills, which tend to be the highest bill in the home. Your HVAC usage may account for as much as half of those electrical bills. As your unit ages, it starts burning more energy to function, unless you have an AC professional intervene. As it increases its energy burn, expect those bills to rise.

Did you know your HVAC system isn’t just for heating and cooling your space, but it is effective at controlling humidity? When you have a modern and well-maintained unit, you can reduce the damage that humidity can cause. For example, if you have a green thumb, you don’t want your beloved plants to wilt and die. That can happen if your plants aren’t in a humid, controlled environment. Controlling humidity can prevent wood warp or rot if you want to preserve your beautiful wooden furniture and floors. Then, you can avoid spending money repairing or replacing your wooden items. Humidity also provides enough moisture to breed mold. The time and money you would have to spend on a mold remediation professional can also eat into your home budget.

Your HVAC system likely has a warranty. The warranty means that professionals agree to work on your unit without charging you additional money within a certain period. It may even include a future replacement. To maintain your warranty, you need regularly scheduled maintenance and inspections. Otherwise, if the unit breaks down because you didn’t keep up with those inspections, the warranty becomes null and void as a result. 

As you can see, being mindful of your AC maintenance schedule can save you in more ways than one. Of course, it’ll save you from having a premature unit breakdown in the middle of winter or summer. However, you’ll also save on health care costs and damage to your home. If you haven’t already scheduled your 2024 AC inspection, there’s no better time than now to do so.