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Ventilating Your Home During the Winter Months: A Complete Guide

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Maintaining a healthy amount of airflow and good indoor air quality can sometimes be difficult when cold weather hits, because homeowners have a tendency to close their

HVAC Terms Made Simple: Manual J Load Calculation

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Manual J load calculation is the gold standard in the HVAC industry for properly sizing a heating and cooling system. Bigger is not better when

What Should You Do Before Turning on Your Heater?

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After a blazingly hot summer, most homeowners are looking forward to the cooler months of the year. At some point, your heating system will come into

The History of Heat: Furnaces

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Home heating of one sort of another has been around for millions of years but it’s been less than one hundred years that furnaces, as

Ways to Alter Thermostat Settings for the End of Daylight Saving

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When daylight saving time ends on November 4th this year, you’ll be setting back the time on your clocks by one hour. You should also mark

Myths About Ductless System

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Despite the continuing increase in residential installations, ductless technology myths linger. Sales of ductless mini-split heat pumps consistently account for about 10 percent of the HVAC market

Set Your Home on Vacation Mode Before Your Trip

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Going on vacation this year? If so, you no doubt will be making a list of things you need to square away on the home

HVAC Isn’t Synonymous With A/C

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While often used interchangeably, the acronyms HVAC and A/C are not synonymous. Your A/C is but one unit of all the HVAC systems that control

Ways Weather Can Affect Energy Bill

As any homeowner can attest, your energy bill is something you are constantly thinking about. The energy that we use at any given time and

Homeowners Should Know These HVAC Parts

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It takes a variety of HVAC parts to make up the whole system that keeps your home comfortable in all seasons. A weakness in any

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