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A functional furnace is essential to you and your family’s comfort during the winter season. Whether your home is equipped with a natural gas or electric furnace, it will help you maintain a warm and comfortable indoor space. There are several things you should do to prepare your furnace ahead of time. Clean the Heat …
A furnace tune-up isn’t something that most homeowners think about. They assume their furnace will always do its job of warming the air inside their homes. Furnaces, however, are complex systems consisting of many different parts. If any of these parts fail, the furnace may struggle to perform its job. Rather than waiting until a …
Do you live in a multi-story home? Whether it has two or tree stories, you may discover that the bottom floor is often cooler during the winter. Heat, of course, rises. When warm air is released out the vents, it will naturally rise to the upper floors. Fortunately, there are a few things you can …
Have you noticed condensation dripping from your home’s AC vents? A phenomenon known as sweating, it’s often a sign of an underlying problem. AC systems naturally produce condensation when extracting heat from the air inside your home. When warm air is exposed to a cold surface, such as AC vent, moisture may accumulate on it …
Regardless of where you live, you’ll probably experience an occasional storm. While most storms are minor and pose little or no risk to your property, others are more severe. If a severe storm makes its away across your home, it could damage your heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system. Unfortunately, you can’t control the direction …
AC units manufactured and sold in the United States are often labeled with SEER rating. An acronym for “Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio,” it’s the country’s universal standard for cooling efficiency. Unless you’re familiar with the SEER rating, though, you might be wondering what it means. Overview of SEER Rating The SEER rating is a measurement …
The furnace is an essential component of a heating, ventilation and cooling system (HVAC) system. As you may know, it’s responsible for creating warm air, which is circulated throughout your home via a blower motor and ventilation ducts. While all furnaces serve as central heating units, though, some of them use different fuel than others. …
The heating, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC) system plays an essential role in creating a comfortable living environment in your home. Typically consisting of either an AC unit and furnace or a dual-purpose heat pump, it allows you to control the temperature inside your home. Unfortunately, there are several common HVAC myths that lead homeowners down …
Space heaters offer a fast and effective way to warm individual rooms in your home without relying on a furnace or heat pump. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), however, space heaters are responsible for roughly one in three of all house fires that occur during the winter. If you’re going to use …
Although there are exceptions, most residential heating, cooling and ventilation (HVAC) systems use either a single-stage or two-stage furnace to produce heat. The \”stage\” of a furnace refers to its method of operation. While either a single-stage or two-stage furnace can warm your home, they aren’t necessarily the same. Whether you’re purchasing a new home …
