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While preparing for your holiday dinner this year, remember not everything should go down the drain. Putting the wrong things down the drain can cause serious and expensive damage to your household plumbing system. You also don’t want to spend your holidays trying to contact a plumber to unclog your drain while the dirty dishes […]

If your air conditioning and/or heating system fails, you are often faced with a choice, to repair the existing unit by replacing parts or by buying a new system. When faced with this decision there are three main factors you should consider: life expectancy, efficiency and current condition of your unit. Life expectancy. Most units

In the HVAC (heating, cooling & ventilation) industry, we often hear the comments, ”We don’t need planned maintenance, we’re still under warranty.” Nothing could be further from the truth! Manufacturers, to help compensate for problems caused by manufacturing defects, provide warranties on new equipment. If a piece of equipment fails during the warranty period and

We all take for granted when we turn on a faucet that water will immediately begin to flow, however, this is really dependent upon the pressure that water is under. Water pressure is created by water forcing its way through the distribution system to your tap. Homeowners experience water pressure problems when they have either

Don’t pay too much for Your Heating & Cooling System We as Americans, think that bigger is better and buy products that are “jumbo”, “extra large”, or “mega” size. We generally think we are getting a better value and more of what we want. But when it comes to a home’s heating and cooling needs,

Going green is a popular trend these days, and by going green you are helping conserve our natural resources. Fortunately for homeowners, the by-product of conserving natural resources is often a reduction in monthly utility bills. The home services industry (i.e. heating & cooling and plumbing) offers products on the market today that are more

These days the internet has become a very valuable tool for price comparing when considering purchases, especially major purchases. Everyone uses it. However, if you are considering a new heating and cooling system you need to consider more than just what the best price is and who carries the top brand. The largest factors when

Have you ever looked out the window in your home on a sunny day and in the sunlight coming through the window seen tons of particles floating in the air?  These particles are in the air that we breathe in.  And these are only the particles you can see; there are many contaminants in the

According to Energy Star, a division of the EPA, “Dirt and neglect are the #1 causes of heating and cooling system failure.” Most people wouldn’t dream of driving their car without performing regular oil changes and tune-ups, but they will go year after year without servicing their heating and cooling systems. Your heating and cooling

As of January 2010, R-22 refrigerant, a HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbon), will no longer be manufactured. This refrigerant has been the refrigerant of choice for residential heat pump and air conditioning systems for over four decades. The Title VI of the Clean Air Act implemented by the EPA has established a schedule to phaseout HCFCs, including R-22,