What to Check If Your Heat Isn’t Working
Maybe you came home from work and walked straight into an icebox that was your cozy home when you left in the morning, or maybe the chill snuck up on you while you were watching […]
Funky Furnace Startup Smells
If you haven’t turned on your heat yet, you probably will be real soon. Turning on your furnace for the first time isn’t always a piece of cake, though. If you haven’t had preseason maintenance […]
Lower Heating Costs Predicted For 2014-2015 Winter
There’s some good news for the entire country: the Energy Department predicts heating costs across the nation for the upcoming 2014-2015 winter. Nearly half of a home’s yearly energy goes to heating and cooling; that […]
4 Heat Pump Maintenance Tasks You Can Do
Heat pumps provide such seamless comfort to our homes year round that we often forget that these hard working machines require a little TLC every once in a while. The fall is a great time […]
3 Simple Mid-Season A/C Maintenance Tasks
With the Northern Georgia summer temperatures back in the nineties, your A/C is undoubtedly working hard each and every day. Even if you’re no Mr. of Ms. Fixit, you can help prevent breakdowns and make […]
Dr. John Gorrie – A Pioneer in the Modern Staple of Refrigeration and A/C
If you were to do a quick Google search for a history of modern air conditioning, you’ll most likely find volumes of information about Willis Carrier. The 1902 installation of Carrier’s system at a Brooklyn publishing […]
Schedule a Spring Tune-Up for Your A/C Unit… Before You Turn It On!
Spring is in the air in Georgia, and that means that it won’t be too long before it’s time to kick on the A/C again. But don’t wait till it’s 85 degrees outside to turn […]
Is Your Furnace Blowing Cool Air? Here’s What To Do…
A common heating issue many people run into this time of year is their furnace blowing cool air when it should be keeping your house or office warm and toasty from the late winter cold […]
How to Make Your Old Home More Energy Efficient This Winter
Old homes can be chock-full of character, charm and enduring style. But unfortunately, they generally come up empty-handed when you consider energy efficiency. You may love the look and feel of your traditional or historic […]
The Effect of Rain on an Air Conditioning Unit
It has been an unseasonably wet summer this year in the Southeast. First, we had Tropical Storm Andrea drop as much as 7 inches of rain in metro-Atlanta and surrounding areas, and on top […]