There’s much you can do to help control your energy costs while keeping your home comfort systems in prime working order. Annual preventive maintenance is high on that list, as is regular filter cleaning, beefing up your insulation, and more. Well, “and more” includes replacing your thermostat, but not with just any ol’ model. Here…
How to Reduce Your Heating & Cooling Costs
Here in Arlington, TX and throughout the area, we have pronounced changes of seasons. When it’s cold, it can be brutally cold. And when summer rolls around, the heat can take your breath away. What kind of weather makes you the most comfortable? Whatever that might be, it’s even more important to be prepared for…
Does My Home Need More Attic Ventilation?
Roofing experts claim the majority of U.S. homes do not have proper attic (or roof) ventilation. That can lead to severe roof damage plus big spikes in your energy bills. Without proper ventilation, attic temperatures can climb to 140 degrees and higher during the summer months. What does it feel like? Just like the inside…
What to Ask About a Home’s HVAC Systems
If you’re looking to buy someone else’s home (vs. building your own), there’s a lot to consider. That, of course, includes the home’s heating and cooling systems. And unless you bring in your own HVAC contractor to inspect them, you’re going to have to take the word of the seller and the person selected for…
The Advantages of a Ductless Air System
If you still think a central AC system is your only option for whole-house comfort during the summer months, we have some terrific news for you, especially if you’re in the market for a new or replacement home cooling system. Central air, for all its advantages, isn’t for everyone. Perhaps your house can’t support air…
The Benefits of Whole-House Zone Control
Creating zoned heating and cooling within your home is a relatively simple process, which can create added indoor comfort and reduced energy costs. A zoned HVAC system supplies only the amount of warm or cool air you select for each zoned area. There’s one damper and one thermostat for each zone. Most homes with zoned…
Sometimes, the Lowest Price Isn’t Your Best Option
The dog-eat-dog world of commerce can work for or against you, and often at the same time. Let’s say, for example, you’re planning to replace your heating or air conditioning system, and you’re determined to purchase the lowest price option, because “Nobody’s going to rip me off!” And yet, so many times when price is…
How to Hire a Home Heating Company
When it comes to selecting an HVAC contractor to help safeguard the integrity of your Arlington, Fort Worth, or other area home, clearly you don’t want to choose just anyone. Still, how do you know in advance whether or not you can trust someone you’ve located on the internet but have no experience with? Throughout…
Heating & Air Companies, and What They Really Offer
Sounds like a trick headline, doesn’t it? As in, “What do heating and cooling companies offer? They offer heating and cooling services – you just said so yourself!” That’s how most people think about companies like ours. But what if were to tell you that, at least in the case of Optimum Air Co., you…