Here’s the short answer: “Don’t even try unless you’re an HVAC professional in your own right.” You see, today there are numerous makes and models of home new furnace with similar options and comparable quality. Nine times out of ten, you can’t go wrong. Where you can go wrong is hiring the wrong heating and…
Fall Entertaining Ideas
As the weather grows colder and the leaves begin to fall, there’s nothing quite like enjoying a cozy gathering with family and friends. But between fall sports, holidays, and everything in between, planning the perfect fall get-together can seem a bit stressful. The entertaining ideas is that it doesn’t have to be. Here are 10…
How to Prevent Home Heating Problems
Keeping your home heating system is a team effort – us and you working together for the good of your home and family. Home heating care begins with annual preventive maintenance, a specialty of the house here at Optimum Air. It’s a once-a-year opportunity to ensure your furnace is operating as efficiently and safely as…
How to Declutter Your House
Do you ever feel like clutter magically and quietly multiplies every time you close your eyes? You’re not alone. After all, it takes almost no effort to accumulate “stuff” that sooner or later no longer serves a purpose. But the thought of declutter?Even the thought of it can prove exhausting. So, take baby steps and…
How to Prevent Home Heat Loss
Let’s say you’re as faithful as can be when it comes to keeping your heating system in sound working order. You have it inspected by a professional once a year, every few years you have your ducts cleaned, and you have multiple zones and programmable thermostats so your heating system isn’t over-worked throughout the winter.…
Natural Cures for Household Odors
Between food, pets, and stinky shoes, your home might smell less like a daisy and more like…well, it might be better to use your imagination on that one. The good news is you can do much more than choose between odor tolerance or dousing the space with chemical-packed sprays. Here are 9 items you probably…
How to Prevent Problems with Your Furnace
Picture the last time you bought a new car…the brand-new kind. It’s like an instant love affair, right? It’s perfect, it’s you all over, you think it’s always going to look and smell new, you’ll be the envy of every passerby and, by golly, you deserve to treat yourself to something special. It’s hard to…
Why is My AC System Making Noise?
Okay, so maybe you’re an enlightened parent who does like hearing, and not just seeing your children. Still, there are some things you want to remain as quiet as possible…your central AC system being one of them. When they’re new, they behave well unless they weren’t installed very well. But as your system ages and…
How to Choose the Right Space Heater
What to do when you want a little extra heat while you sleep or watch TV, but don’t want to turn up the thermostat? Or, how about when you feel like using your 3-season room in the 4th season but there’s no central heat? Simple: you use a space heater. When used properly, they can…
Home Projects Better Left to a Pro
In life, it’s always important to know when to go it alone, and when to call a pro. For example, with the right tools and a little know-how, most people can change a tire. But it takes a so much more skill and training to rebuild an engine. The same holds true for home improvement…