Installing a new HVAC system is a big deal. It can bring you many benefits, but to make sure that everything goes off without a hitch, you’ll need to prepare your home in Gardendale, AL for the big day. Here are five things you can do to get your home ready for a new HVAC installation.
1. Be Home
Perhaps the simplest but most important thing you can do to help the HVAC installation team do its work is to just be home during installation day. HVAC installation is a long and laborious process that can take up an entire day or more, and it would be very useful if you could supervise the process. From time to time, the team may need to know important information like the location of your circuit breaker or fuse box, and your being there to direct the technicians can greatly speed things along.
Arrange for installation ahead of time so that you can find a way to take a day or two off from work when the time comes. If this won’t be possible, at least arrange to have someone you trust be home to let the installation team in and supply any information required.
2. Clear Your Driveway
When the HVAC technicians show up at your home, they’ll bring a great deal of large, heavy and cumbersome equipment with them. Some of that equipment will have to go into your home, and some of it will sit on the outside. In any case, moving it around will be difficult, and clearing out your driveway will make it easier for them to park their vehicle and carry everything to where it needs to be.
3. Clear Paths Through Your Home
In addition to clearing a path to your home, you should be sure to clear a few paths through your home. Specifically, the installation team will have to be able to reach places like your breaker box, your furnace and your electrical panel without difficulty.
Since technicians will be going back and forth between one place and another quite often, it would be a good idea to clear all of your hallways. If necessary, move all large furniture you have into areas where it won’t interfere with the installation team’s work. Remember that as technicians move through your home, they’ll probably be carrying large HVAC parts and equipment, so you’ll have to make proper room for those as well.
4. Send the Kids Away
Small children are very easily apt to interfere with an HVAC installation. If they’re in the home on installation day, they’re likely to run around and block HVAC technicians’ paths, and technicians may accidentally bump into them as they’re moving tools and equipment around.
There’s no need to risk any injuries, mishaps or difficulties from this type of situation. If possible, arrange for any little kids to stay at the home of a trusted friend or family member during the installation.
5. Keep Your Pets Under Control
Pets can also prove to be major obstacles to a smooth and easy HVAC installation. Pets that can roam around the house, especially cats and dogs, can disrupt and meddle in an HVAC installation team’s work in much the same way that small children can. They become obstacles the team needs to avoid.
For the duration of the installation, you should pen your pets into an area that the team will not need to access.
By properly preparing yourself and your home in Gardendale, AL for HVAC installation, you’ll make the process more straightforward and uncomplicated. Call One Source Heating, Cooling & Electrical and get ready for an air conditioning or heating installation.
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