Furnaces

Seasonal HVAC Maintenance Guide

As the seasons change, so do the demands on your home’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Keeping it running smoothly requires regular maintenance, tailored to the needs of each season. This comprehensive guide offers a look at how to maintain your HVAC system throughout the year, ensuring efficiency, prolonging its life, and keeping …

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Why is My Furnace Clicking?

All heating systems make some kind of noise. Radiators make knocking and hissing sounds, and even a small ductless system will hum a little. Furnaces will make a low hum or rumble while operating normally. Clicking sounds are one noise you don’t want to hear. Furnace Making Clicking Noise? Clicking furnaces are more than a …

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Why Is My Furnace Leaking?

Perplexed by a leaking furnace? Under normal circumstances, a furnace does not use water or create condensation. However, anything from a tilted drain pipe to a faulty humidifier can cause pooling liquid under a furnace. Water Under Furnace In most cases, you simply need some regular furnace maintenance to clear things up and get the …

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7 Essential Furnace Safety Tips

Temperatures have begun dropping, which means that you’re going to need your furnace to keep you warm and safe this winter season, especially here in the Chicago area. Because you’ll be depending so heavily on your furnace, it’s important that you keep the following seven safety tips in mind: Have your furnace inspected once a …

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Why Does My Furnace Smell Like It’s Burning?

You should not have to accept that your furnace makes a burning smell or other foul odors when it runs. If your furnace has a chronic smell of burning dust or has suddenly begun making strange odors, turn it off now and then take appropriate steps to ensure your safety and air quality. Common Reasons …

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American Standard AccuClean Recognized by Asthma & Allergy Foundation

Here at Glenbrook Heating & Air Conditioning, we are proud to deliver customer service and work with reputable manufacturers. One of which is American Standard! The American Standard AccuClean™ Whole Home Air Cleaner has just been recognized by Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America’s asthma & allergy friendly® certification program. Learn more HERE! Give us …

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Effectively Preparing Your Furnace for Winter

Every year, millions of Chicagoans mark the changing of seasons in an exciting ceremony—by switching the thermostat from “cool” to “heat.” Well, it might not be much of a ceremony, because it happens about as fast as the seasons change here on the North Shore. That’s why it’s never too early to be prepared to …

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