Before the first cold snap
Heating Maintenance
A furnace that has not run since February should be proved safe before the first cold morning finds out, not during it.
What a heating maintenance visit actually checks
Reid's maintains heating systems, not just repairs and replaces them, and the visit is built around the parts a furnace depends on when it finally gets asked to work. That means a thorough inspection of the blower, the burners and the heat exchanger, along with the safe-operation checks that matter on gas equipment: a gas leak check and an ignition test, not a glance and a signature. The technician shows up on time, gives clear pricing upfront with nothing added afterward, and cleans up before leaving, because it is still someone's house. If something needs attention, you get an honest recommendation, not an upsell built into the visit.
The furnace that has sat idle since February is the one worth checking
Houston does not run heat for long, which is exactly the problem. A gas furnace that has been switched off since the last cold snap, sometimes nine months earlier, is not a system with a known track record for this winter. Confirming the ignition sequence and checking for a gas leak while the weather is still mild is a different conversation than doing it for the first time on a genuinely cold night with the family standing in the hallway waiting.
Gas leak and ignition checks on this visit are run by EPA-licensed technicians like Chris Clements, twenty years in HVAC. Licence TACLB#012399C.
How most customers actually book this
The fall tune-up is part of Service Club membership
Most heating maintenance visits happen because a customer is already a Service Club member. Membership guarantees appointments within 24 hours on repairs when parts are in stock, includes a spring tune-up on the A/C and a fall tune-up on the heating, and carries a repair discount and email reminders twice a year so scheduling maintenance is not something you have to remember on your own. The full published benefit list and the tune-up values are on the Service Club page.
If the immediate problem is a heater that has already stopped working rather than one due for a check, that is a heating repair call, and it gets the same same-day priority. Either way, see the full services list or get in touch to schedule.