Summertime will be here in the next two months, and many people will be using their air conditioning. After all, what better way to cool off during a hot summer day than relaxing in a cool house? With that said, along with the constant use of a central air conditioning, means that the electric bills [...]
Spring is the perfect time for homeowners to perform a variety of maintenance on their home that may have been forgotten during the cold winter months. Spring is also the perfect time to have a home’s HVAC system replaced. For homeowners who have an aging heating and central air conditioning system, here are a few [...]
Staying indoors to beat the summer heat is the optimal way to avoid heat stroke. The shelter provided by a building or domicile protects its inhabitants with shade and a cool environment. The source of the low-temperature emitter will go ignored and under-appreciated until the air conditioning stops working. Then many find themselves in a [...]
With the end of heating season weeks away, it is still of great importance for every household and business in Rhode island to have an established plan of action in the event of a heating emergency. Even into April, nighttime temperatures can dip well below freezing here in the Northeast, making the immediate and reliable [...]
Furnaces are subject to any number of problems and malfunctions. Few of them are more mysterious--or frustrating--than a tendency to shut down before your house has come up to temperature. If you would like to improve your knowledge about the factors that may be involved in this issue, and what it takes to repair your [...]
While it is possible to do basic maintenance work on a number of home appliances, furnace maintenance and repairs are best left to a professional. Yet many people choose to let their furnace remain unserviced for years at a time. If you would like to improve your knowledge about what a furnace repair person can [...]
One of the top recommendations for improving an air conditioning system's efficiency is air sealing your home. Closing the building envelope means locking heating and cooling energy within the house. This is done by improving insulation, upgrading the windows and doors, and a number of other home improvements designed to keep heating and cooling energy from escaping. [...]
You expect your air conditioning to run smoothly throughout the warm season. As long as you keep up on regular maintenance, including changing your air filter once a month, there's a good chance you'll have no problems. But there's more to regular maintenance than just a monthly filter change. Yes, a clean filter helps to [...]
There are times when your air conditioning unit is working perfectly and your home is nice and cool. And, there are times when you can't figure out what's going on, because the home is cool one minute, warm the next. Here, we'd like to provide you with a few common reasons why you may find [...]
We depend on our HVAC system to maintain a certain standard of living for our family. We expect a certain comfort level in our homes. Summer temperatures cause discomfort and we think nothing of reaching for the thermostat to adjust the climate in our homes. We may (or may not) change the filter before we [...]