New Homeowner
You bought the house. Nobody explained the system.
Somewhere in your house is equipment you did not choose, installed by someone you never met, maintained on a schedule nobody wrote down. It works right now. That is the entire extent of what you know about it.
An evaluation replaces that with a picture: what you have, what condition it is in, what it needs, and roughly when.
What you get out of it
A written record of the system as it stands. Model and age of the equipment, measured operating condition, the state of the distribution system where it is accessible, and what we found that will matter to you.
Not a list of things to buy. A baseline, so that when something changes in two years you have something to compare it to.
Why the first year is the right time
You have not yet formed the habit of ignoring the small things. The previous owner's workarounds are still visible before they become normal to you. And if there is a defect worth acting on, acting on it early is cheaper than acting on it after a season of running that way.
It is also the point at which you are most likely to still have the inspection report, the closing documents, and whatever the seller disclosed. Those are useful context.
What we will tell you
How the system is performing, not just whether it runs. What its remaining useful life looks like based on measured condition rather than age alone. Which of its problems are worth fixing now, which can wait, and which are not worth fixing at all. What filter it actually needs and how often. What normal sounds like, so you know when it changes.
What we will not do
Arrive with a replacement quote. The evaluation is the product. If work comes out of it, that is a separate decision you make with the findings in hand.
Common questions
Common questions
- The home inspector already looked at it.
- He confirmed it operates and reported its age, which is the correct scope for a general inspection. It does not tell you how the system performs.
- The system is new. Do I still need this?
- New is not the same as correct. A new system installed into an undersized duct system is a new system that will never perform.
- What if you find something expensive?
- Then you will know about it, in writing, with the measurements behind it, and you can decide what to do and when. Finding out in August is worse.
- Should I sign up for maintenance?
- Find out what you have first. A maintenance plan on a system with an uncorrected defect is a subscription to the same problem.