{"id":1284,"date":"2020-03-16T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2020-03-10T13:53:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:53:32","slug":"why-is-hvac-system-unevenly-heating-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/heating-service\/why-is-hvac-system-unevenly-heating-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is My HVAC System Unevenly Heating the House?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cold-sweater-man-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"cold-sweater-man\" class=\"wp-image-1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cold-sweater-man-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cold-sweater-man-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cold-sweater-man.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The end of the winter season is when a heating system is\nmost likely to run into problems. After all, it\u2019s gone through a few steady\nmonths of regular work keeping a house warm against extreme cold. If a heater\nhad proper maintenance done in fall, it has a strong chance of making it through\nto the warmer weather of spring without incident. But nothing can be guaranteed,\nand one common trouble a house may encounter with its heating at the end of the\nseason is uneven comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When heating is uneven, parts of the house will feel colder than normal, while others may feel hotter. Yes, stuffy rooms are as much a warning as cold rooms! Something is wrong with the forced-air heating system that has created this imbalance. It may be a simple error, but in many cases you will need a professional <a href=\"\/service-areas\/georgetown-de-hvac-refrigeration-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Georgetown, DE, HVAC<\/a> contractor to locate the problem and fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>Reasons This May Be Happening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s examine potential causes of uneven heating in a house.\nThese aren\u2019t substitutes for a professional diagnosis of the system, but they\u2019ll\nhelp you understand what you may be up against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Broken zone controls: <\/strong>If your house has zone\ncontrols that permit you to provide conditioned air to some rooms and not\nothers, the system may have failed. This could be broken connections from the thermostats\nor dampers that have stuck shut or open inside the ductwork.<\/li><li><strong>Faulty thermostat(s):<\/strong> A thermostat\npicking up the wrong temperatures can cause the heater to turn on and off at\nthe wrong times, either leaving the house to hot or too cool. Satellite\nthermostats for a zone control system that are mis-reading temperatures will\ncause individual rooms to be improperly heated. Professionals can recalibrate\nthe thermostats, or they may replace them.<\/li><li><strong>Leaky air ducts:<\/strong> This is a common\nproblem, and it often causes people to mistake it for trouble with the heater.\nWhen the air ducts begin to allow air to escape, air pressure all around the\nventilation system drops, lowering comfort. The rooms connected to the leaking\nducts will have the worst problem. You can\u2019t solve duct leaks with duct tape,\nwhich isn\u2019t useful for this job (no matter the name). Call our technicians for\nduct testing followed by duct sealing.<\/li><li><strong>Blower assembly problems:<\/strong> For forced-air\nheaters like furnaces and heat pumps, the blower is the part responsible for\npushing air into the ducts. When the blower fan runs into trouble from a\nfailing motors or mechanical problem, air pressure will decline and comfort around\nthe house start to plunge. If you hear any odd sounds from the blower, shut off\nthe heating system and call us for repair work.<\/li><li><strong>Dying heater:<\/strong> The failure to evenly heat\nand cool your house may be the heating system telling you it is at the end of its\nservice life. Furnaces can last around 15 years, sometimes more, and heat pumps\nare often finished between 10 to 15 years. If you have a heater in that range, please\nhave us take a look at it. We\u2019ll give you an honest assessment about whether repairs\nare best or a replacement is better.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>At Atlantic Refrigeration &amp; Air Conditioning, Inc. \u201cWe Take Pride in Your Comfort\u201d! <a href=\"\/contact\/service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Call us for heating repair 24\/7.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come to our professionals when you want heating services that leave you toasty all season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[99,196,195],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}