HVAC Preventative Maintenance Service | United Service Specialists

Preventative Maintenance: HVAC, Plumbing & More

When considering your heating, cooling, generator, or plumbing equipment, we recognize that you have made a significant investment to your home and maintaining it is one of the best ways to provide whole-home comfort and peace of mind for you and your family. Much like your car needs regular maintenance in order to run at an optimal level, your systems need to be maintained and fine-tuned in order to achieve maximum energy efficiency and/or performance.

When it comes to maintenance and service, Maryland and Washington DC, area residents have come to rely on United Service Specialists Heating & Air Conditioning. With warranted repairs and our on-time commitment, we have always been dedicated to our customers, their homes as well as their time.

Having regular maintenance performed provides a number of excellent benefits including:

Improved energy efficiency
Potentially lower utility bills
Fewer inconvenient breakdowns and subsequent repairs
Improved system performance
Improved home comfort
Improved indoor air quality
Increased lifespan for your systems
And more!

What Does A Preventative Maintenance Service Call Entail?

One of our skilled and trained technicians performs a diagnostic check on your system, and determines your problem. They will also make recommendations as to how to best remedy the problem to ensure that your system performs at the highest level of efficiency.

HVAC Preventative Maintenance

Regular HVAC preventative maintenance is the best way to ensure trouble-free operation and peak performance. Pre-season maintenance is also important. Regularly scheduled preventative maintenance prolongs equipment life, can reduce the extent or frequency of failures and helps contain utility bills by increasing efficiency. United Service Specialists Heating & Air Conditioning’s goal is to provide complete preventative maintenance for your systems and to ensure smooth, seamless, and efficient function. It is the recommendation of utilities and manufacturers to have regular preventative maintenance in order to qualify for warranty benefits. Our Preventative Maintenance Program can protect your heating and air conditioning system as well as your generator and includes two tune-ups per year for your HVAC systems and either one or two times per year for your 20 point generator tune up.

In addition to informing the customer of equipment condition, and making recommendations on necessary repairs or replacement if needed, when a trained service technician comes to your home to perform the maintenance check, they will do several things:

Check refrigerant levels and inspect for leaks
Test electronic components and system controls
Flush condensate drain to protect against overflow
Evaluate airflow
Inspect drainage systems
Test gas valve operation
Check gas connections for leaks
Tighten and perform a safety test on wires and connections
Lubricate all moving parts
Clean thermostat and check operation
Evaluate condition of air filter

Plumbing Preventative Maintenance

Preventative maintenance is always a great way to avoid major home repair costs over time. Ensure your home’s plumbing systems stay in top shape year-round with United Service Specialists Heating & Air Conditioning’s plumbing preventative maintenance. Regularly scheduled plumbing preventative maintenance prolongs equipment life, improves plumbing performance, and helps avert costly disasters that may stem from plumbing issues. Our goal is to provide complete preventative maintenance for your systems and to ensure smooth, seamless, and efficient function.

In addition to thoroughly inspecting your home’s plumbing systems for safety and operational concerns, informing the customer of equipment condition, and making recommendations on necessary repairs or replacement if needed, when a trained service technician comes to your home to perform the maintenance check, they will do several things:

GAS WATER HEATERS

Inspect pilot assembly
Inspect burner assembly
Inspect flue pipe for rust and deterioration
Check flue draft
Check for discharge pipe off relief valve
Check water temperature

ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS

Check upper element AMP Draw
Check lower element AMP Draw
Check electrical connections
Check thermostat
Inspect manual high limit reset control
Inspect safety relief valve for seepage
Check for discharge pipe off relief valve
Check water temperature

WATER CLOSETS

Inspect ball cock
Inspect flapper or tank ball
Inspect lift assembly
Inspect line supply
Inspect closet bolts
Check tank and bowl for leaks
Dye test water
Observe flow

SINKS & LAVATORIES

Check faucet(s) for operation and leaks
Check drains for flow
Check drain lines and traps for leaks

TUBS & SHOWERS

Check faucet(s) for operation and leaks
Check drains for flow
Check drain lines and traps for leak

KITCHEN SINK

Check faucet(s) for operation and leaks
Check spray hose for condition, operation and leaks
Inspect D/W air gap and lines
Inspect D/W supply lines
Inspect garbage disposal for operation and leaks
Inspect drain & traps for leaks

MISC. DRAINS

Check condition of washing machine hoses & drain line flow
Check for leaks on accessible drain lines

OTHER CHECKS

Check CO detectors – batteries/plug in
Install Identification Tags on main valves
Recommend disconnecting garden hoses
Drain Backflow Preventers before freezing weather in late fall
Check sump pump operation
Check sewage ejection operation
Check outside hose bib(s) for leaks-circle location(s)
Inspect all walls, ceilings and floors for water, water damage or stains
Bio-clean all drains / add drain opener.

Generator Preventative Maintenance

Loss of power always comes at a time that simply cannot be predicted. United Service Specialists Heating & Air Conditioning’s preventative maintenance for generators will improve the state of readiness for your emergency generator and will greatly improve the reliability of your backup system. A generator will do you no good unless it will function to its desired capacity when you need it most and the best way to ensure that this happens is by having periodic maintenance done. In addition to the obvious long-term benefits, having your generator maintained regularly also keeps it working efficiently and optimally, which can save you money in the long-term. Our trained service technician includes the following maintenance checks, when performing your check up: