Tip of the Month, brought to you by Canadian Residential Inspection Services: Air Conditioning Maintenance
Air Conditioning Maintenance
In summer when using air conditioning, consider closing off the dampers of your basement ducts. This will send more cooled air upstairs. You can reopen them in the fall to allow heated air to be sent into the basement.
Inspect the vents for insect or bird nests or other debris or obstructions.
The outside unit may become clogged with leaves, dandelion seeds, grass clippings and other debris. If the unit is located under or next to a dryer exhaust vent, the lint exhausted may collect in and around the coils and cause the air conditioner to run less efficiently and thus require cleaning more often.
Air filters should be inspected every month and then changed or cleaned as necessary.
If you have a drum style humidifier, spring is the time to remember to turn off the water flow, drain and clean the pan to ensure that harmful mould spores and bacteria cannot form over the summer.
Craig Keuleman, CHI Inspector
Canadian Residential Inspection Services
www.CanadianResidential.com
Posted by Cathy Doucette
on June 13, 2008