Name: Video: HVAC Replacement vs. Repair
Uploaded: 2026-05-01T08:52:15Z
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All right, so when is the best time to change your heating and air conditioning system? That's always a very sensitive question. It's provocative, especially coming from myself as A-H-V-A-C contractor. But what I could give you is facts. And these are three facts that you would look for in your home that would tell you, Hey, it's time for me to change it. Fact number one, if you see spikes in your heating, your gas or electric usage. Do I need to go back? Yeah, let's do that. Fact number one? Yeah. Fact number one. If you see spikes or irregularities in your gas or electric consumption on a monthly basis obviously you're heating or air conditioning system, depending on which one you're utilizing the most at this at time of year is gonna use a lot of energy. It's super important for us to monitor our bills. If you're starting to see that there is elevations in it please feel free to give us a call. We will come out to your home. We'll do a full home assessment. We'll not only look at your heating and air conditioning system, but we'll also look at your installation. Look at your windows. Size your house and do a load calculation on your old home just so you know what you're working with and give you good advice as to how you can move forward and take charge of owning that bill and reducing those that, that, that money you're spending there. Fact number two system is over 10 years old and has not been maintenance properly. HVAC systems are just like cars, just like your car. Every 3000 miles, you get your oil change. Heating and air conditioning system need to be maintenance pretty regularly, even here in the Bay Area. So if your system's over 10 years old, you were not really diligent about getting your system maintenance super important to get your system inspected. Have one of our Com professionals come out there, evaluate what you have. Inspect it, make sure, check it for safety. And while we do we'll let you know where you stand and give you a good idea of what you need to be preparing for, looking for moving forward. And also, ladies and gentlemen our home assessments are completely free of charge, so it's good thing to get on. Fact number three if you're looking to improve indoor air quality and comfort. I would say, these systems nowadays, just like any technology, it has improved over the years. Systems are getting quieter. They don't make as much noise anymore. They actually function super high when it comes to an efficiency standard. Save you a lot of money on your heating and air conditioning bills. And on top of all that, it's gonna improve your air quality. Every one of our systems that we install here comes with an electrostatic filter. Literally kills 97% of all allergies and bacteria that comes through it. We're looking to not only, improve the comfort of your home, but improve the quality of the air that you're breathing inside your house, because that's super important. It's good for our longevity as human beings. With that, please give us a call if you're looking to improve your indoor air quality, if you're looking to change that system out, we'd love to be able to help you. Here at Hassler, we’re looking to take the hassle out of HVAC. And your home comfort.

Video: HVAC Replacement vs. Repair

with Marcus Muller of Hassler Heating &amp; Air Conditioning, LLC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TOiZJOP0oY

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Video: Assessing Filter Options

In maintaining your HVAC system, there are multiple options for filters you can use. Today, we're in El Cerrito with Diamond Certified expert contributor Tim Hassler of Hassler Heating and Air Conditioning to learn more.

Until recently, it was industry standard to install these one-inch fiberglass filters for your heating system. These filters do have some problems; they're very inefficient. They're really only good at filtering out very large particles. This is actually an example of a MERV 13 filter that we recommend upgrading to. It's a four-inch pleated filter, and it does an excellent job of filtering out most dust particles and pollens. At least 60 times more efficient in filtering out particles.

For those of you that have problems with allergies, you might want to consider an air purifier. This is an example of one, and it has a pleated filter and an electrostatic filter. So, this does an excellent job of filtering out down to the size of viruses and even bacteria.

Another important consideration is to make sure you do change your filter regularly. If you know you're using the system a lot, you may have to change the filter as often as once every one or two months. If you use it very rarely, maybe once a year. But it's something you definitely should monitor because the system is going to operate much better if you do have a clean filter.

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