It's Time To Get Your Furnace Ready For Winter
What’s happening: The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting a colder and wetter winter this year for most of the South, including Texas.
Here’s why: The reason is the El Niño weather pattern now in place. Yep, that’s the same culprit that just brought us the second-hottest summer since the Department of Agriculture began keeping records in 1881 (the Weather Bureau didn’t come along until 1917).
What it means: Without getting into the details of trade winds and warm water building up along the equator in the eastern Pacific, we’ll just say that El Niño means hotter, drier summers and colder, wetter winters for the Southlake area.
Keep in mind: The DFW area’s coldest days dip into the teens and 20s in January and February, and we hit -2 degrees in 2020 and 2021. That is dangerous cold!
With regular maintenance, your furnace will last longer and cost less to operate. If you have a gas furnace, we will check for problems that could let deadly carbon monoxide gas into your home.
Take an Extra Look at Your AC, Too.
The endless days of 100-degree-plus temperatures appear to be over for this year – after Texas recorded our second-hottest summer on record. Finally, your air conditioner doesn’t have to run full out, 24 x 7.
The long drive: Your central air conditioning just completed an endurance run comparable to driving your car 60,000 – 100,000 miles.
Why that matters: Would you drive your car that much for some routine maintenance? Probably not. We tend to notice car problems fast because we are close to the source of a new noise when driving.
Central HVAC equipment is located in attics and outside in Texas, so we may not notice new noises right away.
If your AC is making noises you don’t normally hear, or if it doesn’t seem to be cooling enough, we’ll be glad to check it out with you when we do your furnace tuneup.
The Furnace and AC Tuneup Bargain
The best way to get AC and furnace tuneups is with a billyGO Now! membership. Here’s why.
A tuneup on a single furnace or air conditioning system in the DFW area will cost $60 - $200. Most homes in the Southlake area have three systems. Even at the lowest price ($59), you would pay $180 for fall heater tuneups and $180 for spring AC tuneups, or $360.
A billyGO NOW! membership includes tuneups on all central AC and furnace systems in your home – no matter how many.
The $99 membership fee is a bargain for the tuneups alone, but billyGO NOW! provides all these benefits:
Annual heating, and A/C tuneup service to all units in your home.
Annual plumbing inspection.
No dispatch fees ($50 savings).
Automatic 15% discount for all billyGO services.
Automatic $50 discount on any Holiday service.
VIP priority service and repairs from dedicated service technicians.
Priority 24/7 emergency plumbing, heating, and air service.
15% savings on new and upgraded plumbing and HVAC equipment.
Bonus: You also get billyGO’s exclusive Customer Hub for scheduling appointments, maintaining service call records for your HVAC and plumbing systems.
You Set the Day and Time for Service
You schedule your own appointment day and time for service with billyGO, so you never need to write off half a day waiting for a technician to arrive.
If you’d like to talk with someone you can call our office for complete billyGO NOW! details, eligibility, dates, and restrictions. Please call 817.813.9177.
