Indoor comfort is a priority all year long – winter being no exception. Should your furnace give out at 1:00 AM on the coldest night of the season, you’ll want more than a few extra blankets to keep you warm; you’ll want your furnace repaired, pronto. But what if your furnace is nearing the end…
Relieve Stress with These Breathing Techniques
Life is often stressful. No, don’t pat us on the back for being insightful, we’re just stating what you already know so we begin this blog on common ground. For one thing, stress isn’t always bad. For example, your son wants you to go on the new roller coaster with him and roller coasters freak…
How to Make Your House Smell Good
Whether you’re preparing to sell or staying put, a stinky house does you no good. You may get used to unpleasant odors after a while, but your guests or visiting family members won’t. After all, first impressions still count for something. So, if you want a cleaner, better smelling house, here’s how to go about…
New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep!
Determined to fly to the moon this year? If you figure out a way, let us know. Or, maybe you want to hit a walk-off grand slam homer in the bottom of the ninth for the Rangers or Astros – in game seven of the World Series, of course. Keep practicing and be on time…
What Is Furnace AFUE Ratings?
Let’s say the furnace you have now is just about done. It’s been a long, comfortable ride, but repair bills are mounting, and the fire is slowly dying…so to speak. Now that you’ve decided to replace it (hypothetically), you’re wondering about which direction to go in – a high efficiency model that promises huge energy…
How to Increase Indoor Humidity
Ready for one of life’s little ironies? Okay, here it is. When people complain about the summer heat, it’s often not the heat that’s bothering them – it’s the humidity. Ninety degrees and dry is pretty comfortable. Ninety degrees with 90% humidity – most would agree – is miserable. When temperatures begin to moderate, you…
Holiday Cleaning Shortcuts
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – sort of! After all, “wonderful”, in this case, includes traffic coming to a standstill here and there. Packed malls and downtown shopping areas. Pushy shoppers who see nothing wrong with cutting way ahead of you in line. Oh, and don’t forget, your relatives coming in from…
How to Heat and Cool a New Room
When planning an addition, there are numerous T’s to cross and I’s to dot. There’s also HVAC to contend with, as in, how you plan to heat and cool the new sunroom, converted attic, master bedroom suite, and so on. You have three basic options on how to move forward. Let’s have a look. Use…
What Does a Heat Exchanger Do?
Let’s say you’re the lead runner in a two-person relay race. Your objective is to run as fast and smartly as you can before effecting a smooth handoff to your teammate. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, not when you remember that this handoff takes place while you’re running at full speed and your teammate is…
Problems Caused by Dry Air
Let’s say you’re nearing retirement or know someone who is. They hate the idea of leaving friends and family, but they’re making the big move to Arizona anyway. Reason? To leave high humidity behind and enjoy all that nice, dry desert air. Uh, really? Indoors or out, dry air has its own fair share of…