With the fall season upon the Dayton area, take advantage of the milder temperatures to prepare your HVAC system for the heating months. You’ll save energy and make your home safer and more comfortable. Use these five tips for fall HVAC maintenance as your guide.
How to Prepare Your Air Conditioner for Fall
Your air conditioning system has worked hard all summer. The components that affect indoor air quality (IAQ), comfort, and energy efficiency are sure to need cleaning, replacing, or sealing. Here are three ways and areas to check to prepare your air conditioner for the upcoming fall and winter seasons.
Make Sure a Pro Checks These Things During Regular A/C Maintenance
Regular A/C maintenance is a must if you expect your system to run reliably and efficiently in Dayton’s hot, muggy summers. Knowing what your technician should check during routine maintenance helps you make sure nothing is overlooked.
Can Ductwork Problems Lead to Poor Indoor Air Quality?
Take a deep breath. How confident are you that your indoor air is clean and safe to inhale? Unless you’re sure that your ductwork is sealed and intact, you and your family could be breathing air pollution on a daily basis. Leaky ducts have been known to lead to poor indoor air quality that can significantly […]
What It Takes to Maintain Your Geothermal System
More and more American homeowners are making the energy-saving switch to geothermal heating and cooling. Professional installation by an experienced contractor is essential, as is correctly maintaining a geothermal system. Following are some important guidelines for any owner or potential owner of a geothermal heat pump system.
Heat Pump Maintenance Tasks to Complete This Spring
With spring here and the transition from heating season to cooling season, heat pump maintenance should not be neglected. If your heat pump is not properly maintained, it will waste energy and under-perform. This requires a mixture of homeowner maintenance steps and professional heat pump maintenance. Here’s what you can do.
Telling Signs It’s Time to Replace Your HVAC System
Making the decision to replace your HVAC system isn’t always straightforward, and it’s definitely not one to make lightly. There are several signs that may indicate it’s time to move ahead with a replacement rather than continuing to pay high energy bills and repair costs.
Is Your HVAC System Ready for Spring?
Now that the weather is finally warming up in the Dayton area, now’s the perfect time to get a few chores done around your home. One of the most important tasks to complete right now is preparing your HVAC system for spring, which should include the following tasks:
Can Changing Your Air Filter Really Affect HVAC Efficiency?
It’s easy to forget to change your HVAC system’s air filter regularly, but doing so is one of the best ways you can improve your system’s energy efficiency and extend the life of your HVAC equipment. Changing your air filter regularly can improve HVAC system efficiency by:
Long-Term Health Benefits of Whole-House Air Cleaners
Most people spend many hours indoors at home and at work, making indoor air quality (IAQ) one of the most influential factors affecting health. Unfortunately, the IAQ in the average home is quite polluted and is even more polluted than city air. Without a proactive IAQ strategy in place, occupants are at risk of illness, less productive work and long-term […]