Furnaces heat up homes, just as fireplaces heat up log cabins and french maid costumes heat up all-day tax audits. Keep things warm and toasty with today’s Groupon to A.S.A.P. Burner Service. Choose between the following options:

• For $79, you get a furnace-maintenance package (a $164.99 total value) that includes:
• Furnace cleaning (an $89.99 value)
• One nozzle and oil-filter replacement (a $15 value each)
• Efficiency test (a $15 value)

• $30 toward a chimney sweep<p>

• For $39, you get a home heating system evaluation (an $89.99 value).
  
  

Today’s deal is valid for homes within the Halifax Regional Municipality and Mount Uniacke, and an additional gas charge may apply for service outside of these areas. Today’s deal is valid for oil furnaces only.

A.S.A.P. Burner Service’s team of professional heating gurus ensures that homes remain balmy throughout the winter via meticulous furnace and chimney maintenance services. During the home heating system evaluation, adroit technicians put domestic warming networks through their paces as they test the capabilities of zone valves, circulators, and thermostats with a pop quiz on Celsius to Fahrenheit conversions. An appliance-efficiency test then evaluates CO2 levels and system-stack temperature to make certain that homes remain safe. Once the inspection is complete, homeowners receive a printout of their system’s test results to determine whether future maintenance or a celebratory ice-cream outing is called for.

Alternatively, frazzled furnaces undergo a complete gussying up during a one-hour cleaning that commences with the swapping out of aged nozzles and oil filters for idealistic new versions in ripped jeans. Clogged smoke pipes get uprooted from their dwelling for a thorough brushing, and hard-working heat exchangers are inspected for holes. Post-service, technicians start the engines of newly groomed furnaces as they conduct a final efficiency test. Today’s deal also includes $30 toward the cost of a chimney sweep and inspection ($119) to clear away pernicious agents such as soot and napping Santas.