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For most, home is a source of comfort, that one special place where we feel safe and protected from outside dangers. And yet, did you know that you’re more likely to be injured inside your own home than any other place on the planet? In fact, an average of 21 million annual medical visits in the United States is due to unintentional injuries that occur in the home.

The good news is that many of them can be prevented by following a few important safety precautions like these:

• Develop a fire escape plan, outlining two exits out of every room and establishing a safe meeting place for your family. Have safety drills twice a year.
• Keep a well-stocked first aid kit in your home and replace necessary items as needed.
• Equip your home with smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and a small fire extinguisher. Learn how to use it before you ever need it and remember to have it refilled after use.
• Use safety brackets to straps to secure bookcases, tall dressers, and other large heavy items to the wall.
• Program the poison control hotline number, local police number (for non-emergency situations), and family physician phone numbers into every phone you own.
• Help prevent drowning by never leaving a child in the bathtub unattended, and install locks on all toilets in the home.
• Keep poisonous and dangerous substances such as cleaning supplies and medications locked and out of reach of children.
• Replace all standard electrical outlets near wet areas such as sinks and tubs with the safer GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) outlets.
• Use LED night lights to light hallways, bathrooms, and bedrooms at night.
• Install grab bars in bathtubs and showers and keep your water heater set to a maximum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

To help make your home an even safer living environment, contact DiBiase Heating & Cooling for our annual AC tune-up and inspection, during which we take several important health and safety steps, including checking for mold and mildew and tightening all electrical connections to help prevent electrical fires. Our tune-up and inspection can also help save money on repairs and your utility costs, so act now and call us at (610) 285-1813 for service.

The time has come to tell it like it is: too many homeowners are afraid to have their AC systems professionally serviced for fear that some sort of problem will be reported that will increase the cost of that service.

And so they do nothing, trusting their system to chance and the “hope” that everything will be fine this year because everything was fine last year, and the year before that, and so on.

Take it from someone who knows better: turning the other cheek to annual preventative maintenance is exactly the WRONG thing to do as system neglect is a one-way ticket to potentially serious repair problems, a shorter system lifespan, and higher utility costs.

So what comes next? Nothing is more important to the overall care of your home comfort systems than aligning yourself with a professional contractor you trust absolutely. When that happens, you’ll have no reason to doubt any repair recommendations they might make – following preventative maintenance or any other time, for that matter. Instead, you’ll know that if such a recommendation is made, it’s for real, and in your best interest to get the issue resolved.

Once you’ve found such a home heating and cooling provider, your next best move is to heed their advice, which you already know to be in your best interests. Included in that advice will always be the following: “Have your heating and AC system thoroughly cleaned and inspected once a year, preferably in the spring.”

When you heed that advice, you’ll have your absolute best chance of NEVER experiencing a repair problem. No one can guarantee that, but it’s always the goal. Other benefits you’ll realize from professional maintenance services include the following:

• Longer system lifespan
• Lower utility costs
• More consistent temperatures from one room to another

At DiBiase Heating & Cooling, there’s nothing more important to us than earning and keeping your trust. And there’s only one way to achieve that goal: always put your interests first and do everything in our power to help you enjoy uninterrupted comfort and convenience at the lowest total net cost.

Contact us today to learn more about our approach to customer service and to schedule preventative maintenance for your AC system. Here at DiBiase, we guarantee your 100% satisfaction.