Your air conditioner is an essential part of your Kansas City home. With many days that routinely hit the 90-degree mark, you’ll want to confirm that your air conditioning system is ready to work when you need it most. Properly maintaining your cooling system will help you avoid common air conditioner problems, save money, and reduce wear and tear on your system.
Spring Clean All Over: Schedule Your Seasonal HVAC Maintenance
When it’s time for your annual spring cleaning, it’s important to do a thorough job. Dusting indoors and cleaning out your garage simply aren’t enough. Schedule seasonal HVAC maintenance and ensure your home gets the overall cleaning it deserves to run as efficiently as possible.
5 Easy Ways To Prevent Frozen Pipes
Frozen pipes can happen in any building for many different reasons, but they are preventable. If you live in a climate that experiences freezing temperatures in the winter, you need to be aware of the possibility of frozen pipes, and are these five easy ways to prevent them.
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 …
5 Proven Benefits A/C Maintenance Offers
With cooling season arriving in the Kansas City area, now is a good time to schedule your annual A/C maintenance with a qualified HVAC technician. Much like your car, your air conditioner needs a periodic tune-up to keep it operating reliably and efficiently. Yearly maintenance will benefit you in five key ways:
It’s Charming, But Is Your Older Home Energy Efficient Too?
Older homes may be charming, but they are often much less energy efficient than newer homes. The good news is that you don’t have to choose between charm and efficiency. Here are some ways to tell if your older home is energy efficient, and what to do if it’s not.
Using Your Ceiling Fans For Year-Round Energy Savings
There are a number of ways that you can cut down on energy usage around your Kansas City-area home, thereby reducing your energy bills. One way is by using your ceiling fans throughout the year. Using your ceiling fans during both cooling and heating seasons will not only help to decrease energy costs, it will also make your home more comfortable.
Smart Thermostat Technology Takes Comfort Control To The Next Level
It’s time to consider replacing your thermostat if it is more than 5 years old. The thermostat is a crucial and intregal part of your heating and cooling operation. Old non digital thermostats are obsolete and most contain mercury to turn on and off your heating and cooling system. Today’s smart thermostats, also known as interactive thermostats, do most of the …
Schedule Your Service Check Before Winter Gets Here
The colder days of winter will be here before you know it. To make sure your home is prepared for the shift in temperature, you should schedule a service check for your heating system.
Making Sense Of HEPA Filters
The fact that you are reading an article about HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters means you probably already understand that there are smoke particles, dust mites, pollen, dander, mold and other microscopic hazards floating around in your household air and settling on flat surfaces. A quality HEPA system is the key to eliminating these hazard.