The Alexander family had been heating their New Jersey home with a Weil McLain hot water boiler for many years. However, their heating system was in need of an upgrade as it was rusty, old and it did not perform as well as it used to. With every passing winter season, the Alexanders were paying higher energy costs, and their heating system did not provide the comfort that they wanted.
During a service call, the homeowner had expressed concern that the heating system would not make it through the upcoming winter. He especially was concerned with the very real possibility of a heater breakdown in the middle of the winter.
Ted Francisco, one of our trusted HVAC technicians, conducted an in-home consultation with the Alexanders. After reviewing their needs, he recommended an Energy Kinetics System 2000 90+ Resolute™ replacement for their Manasquan, NJ home.
Scheduling regular maintenance is one of the best ways to care for your home heating system. Annual tune-ups are necessary for virtually all heaters. Professional heating maintenance should be completed immediately before the heating season begins, preferably in early autumn. Professional tune-ups will ensure that your system does not have to labor too hard and this will subsequently increase its lifespan.
If you have experienced an increase in your home heating costs that you can find no logical explanation for, it may be time to replace your boiler. The reason is that all systems lose efficiency as they age. For this reason, rather than paying extraordinarily high energy bills, it is a better option to invest in a new boiler. Running the old, inefficient unit is more expensive than the long-term cost of replacement.