The hot days of summer are here, and that means it is time to evaluate the state of your air conditioner. For most of us, our air conditioners will need nothing more than some preventive maintenance to get in shape for the summer. For others, though, now is the time to replace our old air conditioning systems with new ones.
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Why You Should Consider Installing Ductless AC This Summer
June 22nd, 2015Why You Should Consider Installing a Heat Pump This Summer
June 15th, 2015Summer is upon us, and air conditioners across the country are starting to see daily use. Some homeowners, however, find themselves in the position of having to find a replacement for their air conditioners. Maybe their systems are just old and broken down. Maybe they just want a more effective cooling solution. No matter what the reason, though, the important thing is to realize that there are more options available than the traditional centralized air conditioner. One of these options is the heat pump. Let’s take a closer look at the heat pump, and the advantages of installing one.
Why Duct Cleaning Is Important for Indoor Air Quality
June 8th, 2015Many homeowners know that indoor air quality is important. If you leave your windows closed all the time, for example, the air in your home is much more likely to become stale and musty. What a lot of homeowners don’t know, however, is how much their indoor air quality is affected by the state of their ducts. The ducts in your home play a big part in determining your overall indoor air quality. Read on to find out more about how your ducts alter your air quality, and what to do about it.
How an Energy Recovery Ventilator Can Benefit You
June 1st, 2015Most buildings constructed over the past couple of decades have been designed to be as airtight as possible. This is to make climate control easier by aiding in insulating the building. Unfortunately, as a side effect of this design strategy, buildings have been cut off from much of the fresh air flow that is necessary for maintaining high indoor air quality. That is where an energy recovery ventilator comes in. Let’s take a closer look at energy recovery ventilators, and some of the advantages of installing one.
How Zone Control Can Improve Your Air Conditioner Efficiency
May 25th, 2015Central air conditioning has a lot to recommend it. It’s relatively cheap, easy to use, and can cover quite a lot of ground with a moderately sized system. For all its advantages, though, central air conditioning does have a couple of drawbacks. For one thing, it often relies on a single thermostat to control it. This limits its accuracy to the readings to a single area of the house, which means that other areas might get too much or too little cooling. Second, it can only cool all of the house—or none of it. There is no way for the system to modulate its output to only serve different parts of the house. Fortunately, there’s a solution to both of these problems in the form of zone control. Read on to find out more about zone control, and how it can improve your air conditioner efficiency.
What You Need to Know About Your Air Conditioner’s Refrigerant Line
May 18th, 2015Though the vast majority of homeowners in the country own air conditioning systems, relatively few of them are aware of how they actually work. This may not seem like a big deal. After all, how many systems in your home do you operate just fine without knowing how they work? The difference here is that the more you know about the inner workings of your air conditioner, the better you’ll be able to recognize when it needs repairs. With that in mind, let’s take a look at one of the most important parts of your air conditioner: the refrigerant line.
How Duct Sealing Can Make Your Air Conditioner More Efficient
May 11th, 2015When was the last time you thought about your ducts? Probably not for quite a while. That’s not really your fault. They’re designed to be as out of the way as possible, after all. However, that doesn’t mean that they don’t need professional services from time to time. Ducts are actually very vulnerable to problems if left alone for long enough, especially leaks.
How Does an Air Conditioner Actually Work?
May 4th, 2015It’s safe to say that you’re going to be using your air conditioner a lot in the next few months, as the heat of summer descends on Texas. Despite the frequency with which people use their air conditioners throughout the year, very few of them know how an air conditioner actually works.
3 Air Purifier Types That Can Improve Your Indoor Air Quality
April 27th, 2015The air in your home is infested with millions upon millions of microscopic contaminants. Some of these are allergens and lung irritants, like dust, pollen, and dander. Others are infectious agents, like viruses, bacteria, and mold spores. All of them can have negative effects on your health, and you’re inhaling a dose of them with every breath you take. So what can you do about these pollutants that are destroying your indoor air quality? Install an air purifier. Read on to find out about 3 common air purifier types that can improve your indoor air quality.
When Is It Time to Replace Your Air Conditioning System?
April 20th, 2015In an ideal world, an air conditioner would last forever and you’d never have to worry about it after installation. Unfortunately, that’s not the world we live in. Timely repairs and regular maintenance can extend the life of an air conditioner, but sooner or later it will fail permanently. You probably don’t want to wait until that happens, which means you need to keep an eye out for the signs that your air conditioner is dying. Read on for an explanation of some of the more obvious signs that it’s time to replace your air conditioning system.
