First things first do you have a boiler or a furnace? The easiest way to tell is if you see ductwork; it's a furnace as pictured below.
For furnaces, we would recommend having a semi-annual maintenance contract. If you're a DIYer, the easiest thing to do is change the air filters on your ductwork every six months at a minimum. There are countless times when customers have not changed the filter regularly and the fan motor ends up getting burned out because it has to work harder to function correctly with more of a restriction in the airflow.

If it is a boiler it will have copper (hot water) or black iron pipes (steam) running in different directions as pictured below. For a steam boiler, the easiest thing to do is skim it. Over time, the boiler will accumulate particulates inside the piping and that will end up building inside the boiler itself. Therefore by skimming the boiler, you will increase the life of the equipment.


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