Is it Time for a New Thermostat?
You might not realize how much of a luxury your home’s thermostat is until things start going wrong. Your thermostat essentially acts as a line of communication between you and your HVAC system, ensuring your home is set to your preferred temperature and keeping you and your household comfortable at all times. As the seasons…
Read MoreThe Importance of Indoor Air Quality and the Effects of Carbon Dioxide
When it comes to pollutants in the air, we typically think of outdoor pollution and don’t pay as much attention to the common indoor air pollutants that we’re breathing in every day. Indoor air quality is just as important to our health, considering it’s the air we’re breathing inside our own homes. If you or…
Read MoreWhat is Floating Around Your Home?
When we think of pollutants, we typically think of outdoor pollution, but indoor air quality is just as crucial to our everyday lives. The quality of the air you breathe inside your home is critical for good health. As most of us are still spending a significant amount of time inside our homes, the air…
Read MoreOld Furnace Broken in Mid-Winter? Here’s What to Do
When your home’s elderly furnace decides that today, in the middle of winter, is the day to fail, it’s not fun. Depending on the outdoor temperature, your first concern may be staying warm. You can find tips around the internet for temporary ways for your family to keep warm until the heating problem is resolved. Our…
Read MoreBad Thermostat, Bad Heating—The Basic Facts
When you rely on your heating system during our short winters, you expect the heater to, well, heat. If the heater isn’t providing sufficient warmth in the house, is heating some parts unevenly, or won’t come on at all, you’ll probably assume there’s a mechanical or electrical failure somewhere in the heater itself. But a large…
Read MoreWhy Is My Furnace Inadequate at Heating the House?
You may not need your furnace running every day during the winter to keep you comfortable. But when it is running, you want it to do the job you expect—keeping the house warm. If the furnace isn’t up to the task and you’re finding cold spots in the house and the family is complaining about…
Read MoreDoes My Heat Pump Need Maintenance for Winter?
Heat pumps are great for the climate here in Austin. During the heat of the middle of the year, a heat pump is as powerful as the best air conditioning system. When temperatures cool down enough that a house needs a bit of warmth, a heat pump shifts smoothly into heating mode—and uses much less electricity to…
Read MoreThe Most Important Repair Your Furnace May Need!
During the short winter season when you run your gas furnace, your main concern will be that it works the way it should and provides the heat necessary for household comfort. Safety, however, is another concern. We don’t want to be alarmist and make you think the gas furnace in your house is a constant…
Read MoreIs Duct Sealing Beneficial at All?
Unless you live in an older home that doesn’t have any ductwork, you rely daily on the unseen air channels set into the walls and ceilings of your house. Because you can’t see these air ducts, it’s easy for you to forget about them and believe they’ll just take care of themselves. The suggestion of duct…
Read MoreDoes an Evaporative Cooler Really Work as an Air Conditioner?
The heat in Austin is intense in the summer, and hot weather can linger through many other times of the year. That means air conditioning systems take on immense workloads. You probably have a central air conditioner for your home, so you know how high electrical bills rise when the AC runs. When you hear…
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