With a cold front bringing gusty winds to San Antonio, residents finally have the opportunity to turn their heaters on for the first time in months. However, before getting too cozy, HVAC experts recommend a few simple steps to help keep your home safe and your system running efficiently.

Gregory Git, a service technician with Cowboys Air Conditioning & Heating, said one of the most important safety measures is making sure smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are working properly.

“Ensuring that your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors have fresh batteries in them and that they’re functioning, that’s the first and foremost thing that we need to check inside the home,” Git said.

Another common oversight, Git said, is forgetting to change air filters regularly, ideally once a mon

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