Improving My Business 1 June 2017 3 Ways Air Conditioners Can Protect Your Health Sure, having an air conditioner in your home will keep your home cooler. Did you know that it can also keep you healthier? Here are just some of the health benefits having a cooling unit in your home can afford you and the rest of your family. Allergy Control If someone in your home suffers from airborne allergies, having an A/C unit in your home can help. As the air from outside is pulled into the system, it is first cooled and then passes through a filter before it is sent back into your home. 18 April 2017 What To Do To Your New Place If you have recently purchased a new home, then you want to go around the house and the property to ensure you are making it as comfortable and secure as possible for you and everyone else in the household. Here are some of the additions and changes you may want to consider making to your new home: Consider putting in double-paned windows If the house currently has only single-paned windows, then it can cause you to have a more difficult time regulating the temperature inside your home. 6 April 2017 Tips To Help You Prepare Your Air Conditioning Unit For Summer In many parts of the country, warm weather has already arrived, bringing with it the need for cold drinks, sun shades, and getting your air conditioner running for the season. Since your air conditioner sat over the winter and collected debris, it is important to prepare it for use by cleaning it inside and out. Here are some tips to help you clean your air conditioner unit and get it ready for summer's use. 28 March 2017 Odor From Your Air Ducts In The Winter? 4 Reasons Why When the outside temperature starts to drop, the feeling of your furnace pumping warm air into your home can feel great. What you need to be concerned about is if that warm air is accompanied by an odor. It's a problem you should look into immediately, because it could be due to one of these 4 reasons. Dust That Is Burning When a furnace is not being used regularly, dust can easily gather inside the furnace where the main heating element is. 13 March 2017 What Can You Do About Dirty Water Backing Up Into The Kitchen Sink? A gurgling sound in your kitchen followed by the sight of dirty water filling your sink is the stuff that nightmares are made of. When your sink fills with water from the drain, your first reaction might be to turn on the garbage disposal, but it could be the source of your problems. If you have water filling the sink, here is what you need to know. What Is Causing It? 6 March 2017 Top 3 Air Conditioner Malfunctions And How To Keep Them From Happening With the winter chill giving way to warmer temperatures, chances are you're getting your air conditioner ready to tackle the spring and summer heat ahead. The last thing you want is for your A/C system to suddenly cut out due to an unexpected malfunction. While there are plenty of reasons why your air conditioner could break down suddenly, there's a good chance it'll involve one of these three all-too-common causes. 5 December 2016 Is Your Air Conditioner Tripping The Circuit Breaker? Here's What You Should Know Imagine running your air conditioner as usual, only for it to abruptly shut down without any warning. You try to turn it back on, but the AC unit still remains unresponsive. When you finally check the circuit breaker panel, you find the circuit breaker flipped to the "off" position. So you reset the breaker switch and turn your AC back on, only for the problem to happen again. To stop your air conditioner from triggering the circuit breaker panel's failsafes, you'll need to get to the bottom of the issue. 2 December 2016 The Early Bird Stays Cool: How To Prepare Your Air Conditioner For The Coming Spring And Summer It may be the middle of winter, but sooner or later, you're going to need your air conditioner. Now is a good time to shake the cobwebs off your A/C unit and get it ready for the coming spring and summer months. The following offers an in-depth look at how you can prepare your home's A/C system. Make Sure the Outdoor Condenser Coil is Clean and Debris-Free Throughout the fall and winter months, leaves, branches, and other debris can migrate into the outdoor cabinet where the condenser coil resides. «« « 1 2 3 4 » »» About Me I have always been one of those people who loves saving money because I love stability. I realized a few years ago that my home expenses were all over the map because of how much I used my heater and air conditioner. I wanted to do something to cut down on expenses, so I started thinking carefully about ways to improve my usage. I talked with my power company and an HVAC contractor, and they did a lot of research regarding my home and my expenses. They found ways that I could scale back, and it really helped to shave a little off of my monthly expenses. This blog is all about saving money through careful HVAC usage. Search Archive 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Tags 2018 Improving My Business