When your furnace or boiler comes on for the winter, or you switch your heat pump into heating mode, you can expect a rise utility bills. That’s the nature of the beast—but the beast doesn’t need to be as fierce or bite as hard as it does. You’re probably paying more for your winter heating in Marlton, NJ than necessary.
Getting a grip on those beastly bills isn’t as tough as it might seem. In some cases, you’ll need to upgrade older equipment. In others, some basic steps will help lower costs. Below is our advice for making the cost of winter heating cost less.
Fall is when we make sure our customers know that it’s time for heating maintenance. This is an essential home service for 
We’re still enjoying summer weather in Cherry Hill, and we can expect a few more weeks of it—the hot weather usually carries through September. However, when the calendar says September on it and kids are heading back to school, it means the fall weather isn’t far off. This month is a good time to start making plans for the switch from the days of air conditioning to the days (and nights) of heating. 
It’s October, and maybe you’re having spooky thoughts about parts of your house during the evenings. If you have a gas furnace in the basement, you might be a bit startled at the sounds it makes as it comes on if you’re wandering in the depths of the house at night. But is that gas furnace an actual danger? Not just a noise in the night, but something that could turn into a combustion hazard or allow for the leak of toxic gases?
Once the calendar turns to October, there’s no denying that fall has arrived. The weather will start to cool down (although a few hot days may still blaze up) and the leaves change color. The kids are back in school, your neighbors are planning their Halloween party, and you’re starting to wonder if your heating system is going to work when you need it.
How high are your monthly heating bills during the winter? We think they’re probably too high. Of course, we can’t know for certain. We have, however, been in the HVAC business long enough to have experience with the ways people heat their homes—and often there are many places for improvements. You might already be spending more than you should without even realizing it.
