Category: Heating & Cooling
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How To Top 10 Required Home Maintenance Check List
A lot of new home owners and even long time home owners can save themselves a lot of money by completing required home maintenance on a scheduled interval. Most of these things can be completed by a home owner without the need of a technician. Other items will need a visit from a professional to…
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How To Keep Your Home Cooler During Summer’s Hottest Days
Every year we experience a short period of time that weather forecasters say is a heatwave. For many of us this is when daytime temperatures get above 95F and nighttime temperatures do not fall to give relief from the heat of the day. The first suggestion I have is that you need to adjust your…
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How To Getting A Yearly Oil Furnace Checkup And Maintenance
Although there are a lot of things that you can take care of yourself when it comes to the internal maintenance of your oil heater it is best to have a professional inspect and service your equipment. I don’t say this because the work is extremely difficult to do but because access to parts and…
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How To Know When Its Time To Replace Your Water Heater
A friend writes us about their 27 year old water heater asking if they should just replace it now or whether they should wait until it fails. This is the kind of question that goes through most homeowners minds when they are up at night and can’t get to sleep. Do I need to replace…
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How To Know When You Should Replace Your R22 HVAC Cooling System
A friend contacts us about his 14 year old HVAC System and is asking when the right time to consider replacing it might be. In the past few years they have had a few repairs including a Capacitor on their outside unit and a circuit board on their inside unit. They recently got a quote…