It’s August. Your AC has been running since May, and your furnace hasn’t crossed your mind in a while. That’s normal. Still, this is the time when we’d tell a neighbor to have it checked.
It's not because anything is wrong with your system. It's just that Colorado Springs winters arrive fast and hit hard, and systems that haven't been checked tend to show it and malfunction at the worst possible time. Some proactive homeowners call us in late July and openly acknowledge they know it is early, but they want the furnace inspected anyway. That instinct is exactly right.
When you schedule HVAC maintenance between July and September, your furnace gets a full inspection before the first freeze, before the phones get busy, and before a small issue has three more months to quietly get worse.
Book your HVAC maintenance with Awesome Home Services before our calendar fills up. Call (719) 800-7121 or request an appointment online.
What Waiting Until October Actually Costs You
When we say “costs,” we don’t just mean money, though that matters too. We’re really talking about your options.
Call in October and you're calling at the same time as everyone else who just noticed the temperature dropped. Appointments are harder to get. If we find a part that needs replacing, getting parts takes longer. If your system needs more than a tune-up, getting it fixed before the cold arrives becomes a real problem.
Call in August, and that’s less likely to be true. We have time. You have time. If your heat exchanger is starting to crack or your ignition system is off, we find it now and fix it before anyone is watching the forecast.
We give you pricing before any work starts. No surprises. That's easier to hear when you're not also watching a cold front move in. And if you want options for bringing that cost down further, our Awesome Club Membership Program and seasonal specials are worth a look before you book.
Colorado Springs Systems Work Hard. Especially the Older Ones.
A lot of the systems we see this time of year have been running since the late 2000s. Some go back further. Furnaces from 2007, 2011, and even 1989 are still working, usually carrying some wear. They do fine in mild weather. But a Colorado Springs winter is not mild, and a system with 15 or 20 years on it needs to be in good shape before it gets asked to run hard for four months straight.
Our team brings decades of experience in the trade, and our HVAC manager, Dale Chason, has seen just about every way a Colorado Springs heating system can fail and how those failures happen gradually.
"It's easy to assume your furnace is fine because it worked last winter," says Chason. "What we find when we get in there, especially on a system that's been running 12 or 15 years, is wear that doesn't announce itself: a heat exchanger that’s starting to crack, an ignition component that's borderline, airflow problems that have been building all summer. None of those show up on a mild fall day. They show up the first night the temperature drops hard and the system has to run. August is when we find those things and can do something about them."
So the summer visit is less about tune-up and more about reading the system: which parts are worn, what the summer did to it, whether it's ready or whether there's something worth catching now.
When you book maintenance before October, you get a real appointment. If something comes up, we have time to address it. The calendar isn't working against you.
What the Summer Left Behind
Your AC worked hard this summer. While the heat in Colorado Springs may not be extreme, the elevation and temperature swings mean your system runs frequently. By August, it has many hours on it.
During a late-summer maintenance visit, we often find the effects of that work. Refrigerant levels that drifted. Parts that ran hot and are showing it. Ice forming around the hoses. Airflow problems that started in July and have not been resolved.
The problems with your system don't disappear when you switch to heat. They show up on the first cold morning in November, which is not when you want to find out.
Catching them now is routine maintenance. Catching them in November is an emergency call.
What We Check Before the Weather Cools Down
Every maintenance visit checks the important things before winter arrives.
We check your filters and replace them if needed. A clogged filter is a common cause of system underperformance in winter, but it’s also one of the easiest problems to fix.
For older systems, especially those from 2010 or earlier, we pay special attention to heat exchangers, ignition systems, and gas connections. It’s crucial that these safety elements function properly when temperatures drop and your furnace runs nonstop.
We also test your system and thermostat so the switch from cooling to heating is seamless. Sometimes, you won’t notice a problem until the first cold morning. We’d rather catch it in August.
If your system had a rough summer, we want to know now before it becomes a problem in winter.
The Winter Rush Is Real
When a furnace goes down in December, we're already running emergency calls alongside scheduled work. Lead times stretch. Parts that are easy to get in August are suddenly backordered.
Last summer, we completed over 100 HVAC maintenance visits across Colorado Springs between July and September. The homeowners who waited until after summer to schedule are the ones calling to ask why we can't come sooner. The answer is almost always the same: we’re already committed for those who called earlier, and the calendar isn’t as open as it was in the summer.
You can be the proactive person who called in July instead.
It’s easy to get ahead of the winter rush. Contact Awesome Home Services at (719) 800-7121, and we’ll put you on the calendar before the cold temperatures make it urgent.
