{"id":623,"date":"2018-10-29T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/?p=623"},"modified":"2018-10-26T15:38:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T19:38:39","slug":"rough-weather-rooftop-hvac-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/commercial-heating\/rough-weather-rooftop-hvac-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough Weather and Your Rooftop HVAC Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frost-pattern-winter-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"frost-on-the-door\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frost-pattern-winter-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frost-pattern-winter-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frost-pattern-winter.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It\u2019s never too early in the fall to prepare your commercial HVAC system for the rigors of another winter in the Greater Toronto Area. And we\u2019re already past early fall! If you haven\u2019t yet signed up for our <a href=\"\/about\/maintenance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commercial maintenance program for Toronto, ON businesses<\/a>, get in touch with us right away. We\u2019ll assign you an account manager and design a customized program that fits <em>your<\/em> facility\u2014not a general checklist applied to any business. We can offer you a <a href=\"\/promotions\/31\/maintenance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free quote on a preventive maintenance program<\/a>\u2014set up an appointment today.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Extreme Weather and Your HVAC System<\/h2>\n<p>You know how cold it gets during our winters. Ice, snow, and storms can have a negative affect on the parts of your facility\u2019s HVAC system exposed to the outside\u2014i.e. the rooftop units. The standard rooftop unit offers many advantages because of its placement: easy to service, noise reduction, frees up space in the facility. The only drawback is outside exposure during the winter extremes.<\/p>\n<p>There are many ways ice, snow, and low temperatures can be trouble for rooftop units.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Corrosion: <\/strong>It\u2019s easy for excess moisture to enter a rooftop unit from the exposure to snow. Corrosion on components is one of the quickest ways to a drop in inefficiency and full component breakdowns.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ice over parts: <\/strong>You don\u2019t want ice developing on any part of a rooftop unit, because it blocks the important heat transfer the unit needs to work. Rooftop HVAC units have a defrost cycle to melt off ice, but if the defrost cycle malfunctions or the system becomes overwhelmed, it will rapidly lead to ineffective equipment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>General debris:<\/strong> A unit can become damaged in a storm because of debris striking it. HVAC units are designed to protect the interior components as much as possible from this, although nothing can stop all potential damage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Protecting Your HVAC Equipment for Winter<\/h2>\n<p>We must stress that neither you nor any of your employees should ever go up to the roof of your facility to check on the HVAC units when environmental problems start. It\u2019s not safe, and you most likely can\u2019t do anything. You might think, \u201cWell, I can just sweep away some snow from around the unit,\u201d but you can\u2019t even be sure that\u2019s the trouble! When you have a heating system malfunctioning in some way so that it\u2019s endangering process or comfort in the facility, always call for professionals. We\u2019ve been working in the Greater Toronto Area for more than 30 years, so we know all about the affects of cold weather on HVAC units and what to do to track down the source of the trouble and fix it.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the best way to defend those rooftop units against another rough Toronto winter is to have our technicians inspect them and tune them up before the icy weather arrives. We know how to \u201cwinter-proof\u201d the units to prevent corrosion and icing over. We\u2019ll locate any place where the units need repair work before the season starts so you won\u2019t have to worry about calling for us later in an emergency.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/contact-us\/message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for commercial HVAC maintenance<\/a> with an experienced team. Advantage Airtech Commercial Ltd. is the Double \u201cA\u201d Name with the Triple \u201cA\u201d Service in the Greater Toronto Area.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s never too early in the fall to prepare your commercial HVAC system for the rigors of another winter in the Greater Toronto Area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[115,144,100],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-heating","tag-commercial-heating-maintenance","tag-rooftop-hvac-units","tag-toronto"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advantageairtechltd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}