Sacramento Heating Repair and Service

At Premium, we quickly diagnose the problem and optimize your heater or furnace. If you aren’t sure whether or not it needs repair, look at the questions we have identified below.

Here are some warning signs that your system may not be functioning correctly:

• Is your heating or furnace system making a strange noise?
• Are you turning the thermostat higher and higher and not receiving the desired warmth from your heating or furnace system?
• Are some areas in your home warm while other regions are cold?
• Do you continually have to re-light your pilot light?
• Has it been more than two years since you have had a tune-up on your heating or furnace system?
• Do you smell any strange odors when your heating or furnace system ignites?

Regular maintenance on your furnace or heater will keep your system running more efficiently and thus extend the life of your equipment. We offer Energy Savings Maintenance Programs that include tune-ups twice a year. As an Energy Savings partner, you will be prioritized in scheduling and receive a discount on any service call performed on your system.

Our Tune-ups Include:

• Check and replace filters
• Check and tighten the electrical connection
• Evaluate safety controls
• Measure temperature difference
• Check thermostat batteries and operation
• Check burners for cleanliness
• Adjust burners
• Check air flow
• Check and clean the combustion chamber
• Check and adjust belts
• Lubricate fan motors
• Adjust economizer
• Measure voltage differences
• Measure amp draw
• Check fan pulleys

There will probably be a time when you need to replace your heater or furnace—maybe you are in an older home, and a more efficient heating system would be a better investment, or perhaps you are tired of repairing your heating or furnace system year after year. After contacting Premium for an appointment, you will meet with the owner to discuss the next step. Bob has 21 years of expertise to help assess which high-efficiency system is right for your home and your budget.

When should you replace your Heater or Furnace?

• Is your current heating and air conditioning system 10-15 years old?
• Are you paying money to repair your heating or furnace system every year?
• Are your energy bills higher than they used to be?
• Do you have rooms in your home that never seem to be warm?
• Have you always had a problem keeping your home warm?

Our highly trained technicians will set up and test your new heating system, ensuring you’re satisfied with the results. Our heating specialists provide high customer service and are readily available if any issues arise. The types of systems include:

Gas Furnace
A gas-burning central furnace utilizes a heat exchanger and a blower motor within a cabinet. Gas is ignited inside the heat exchanger and boils to a warm temperature. Air is then circulated over the outside of the heat exchanger by the blower motor, and that warm air is distributed through your ducts into your home.

Electric Furnace
An electric furnace utilizes a bank of electric resistance heaters and a blower motor within the same casing. Electricity flows through the resistance heaters, and they warm up; the blower motor then circulates air over the resistance heaters and distributes the warm air through the ducts within your home.

Heat Pump
Sacramento is an excellent place to use a heat pump because of our temperate and relatively arid climate. Heat pumps are considered electric heat—they utilize a compressor, outdoor coil with fan, indoor coil, and a blower motor. A heat pump is an air conditioner that can reverse its refrigerant flow, thus extracting whatever heat is available outside and discharging this heat throughout your house (utilizing your duct system). The cost per BTU is almost equal to a heat pump versus a gas furnace when compared.

Hydronic Heater
Hydronic heaters are more common in commercial applications but are also beginning to be used in the Sacramento residential area. A hydronic heater utilizes hot water to heat your home. Your water heater supplies hot water, and it is circulated through a radiator coil located in a cabinet with a blower motor and controls. On-demand for heat, the pump circulates hot water through the coil, and the blower motor distributes the air through the ductwork in your home.

Furnaces and heat pumps have different performance rating scales:

The performance of a furnace is measured in AFUE, which stands for Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency. It is a simple formula that indicates what percentage of fuel your furnace uses is converted into actual heat for your home. The standard model in this area is an 80% furnace. In other words, if your furnace uses 100,000 BTUs of input, your furnace will convert 80,000 BTUs of heat to be distributed by your duct system, utilizing your blower motor. Higher-efficiency furnaces have AFUEs of up to 96% efficiency.

The performance of a heat pump is measured by HSPF, which stands for Heating Seasonal Performance Factor. It is a formula similar to SEER in that it measures how your heat pump performs in heating mode over some time. The higher the HSPF, the less electricity you generate heat for your home. Standard measures of 7.0 to 9.5 HSPF are most common in this area. Utility rebate amounts increase with higher AFUE furnaces and higher HSPF heat pumps.