Keeping Your Air Conditioner Coils Clean for better Cooling performance

Our Kansas City cooling season is long and hot, and your air conditioner works hard to keep you comfortable. Without proper maintenance, your system will operate inefficiently, raising your utility bills and reducing your comfort level. In addition to your annual preventive maintenance, a thorough check and cleaning of your air conditioner coils will keep your A/C running at top efficiency, …

Your Air Conditioner Replacement: 4 Questions You’ll Need to Ask Your your Heating and Cooling professional

A/C efficiency has really taken off in the past decade, so instead of dreading a pending air conditioner replacement, consider the energy savings that await you, along with other benefits of replacing it sooner rather than later. But before you choose just any contractor to replace your outdated unit, there are four questions you’ll need to ask your heating and cooling …

Your Kansas City Home: Getting the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) out of Your Indoor Air

Have you ever wondered why pregnant women aren’t supposed to help paint the new baby’s nursery? It’s because, until very recently, all paints had volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in them. These VOCs can cause a variety of adverse short-term and long-term side effects. In the short term, exposure can cause eye, nose and throat irritation, dizziness, headaches, nausea and vomiting. …

How to Choose and Use the Ceiling Fans in Your Kansas City Home

Even with all of the advances in air conditioners in the last decade, one of the most effective ways to keep your home comfortable uses a very old technology – the ceiling fan.  With the wind-chill effect of moving air, the breeze produced by a ceiling fan can make a room feel like it’s three or four degrees cooler. That means …