Furnace Issue: Emergency or Not?
When your home’s furnace is properly installed, tested and maintained by a trained and certified HVAC technician, it should operate smoothly and maintain a comfortable temperature in your home. However, when your furnace is having issues, how do you know when it’s just a regular furnace repair or an emergency? As a homeowner in the […]
Should You Replace Your Standard Furnace with a New High-Efficiency Unit?
When it comes time to replace your home’s furnace, you have essentially two options when it comes to efficiency – “standard” or 80% efficiency and “high efficiency” of 95% or more. The energy savings sounds tempting, but is replacing your current standard furnace with a high-efficiency unit the best choice? We’ll explain the differences and […]
Drafty House? Six Energy Savings Tips for Your Home
Putting extra cash in your pocket is always a good thing, right? Here are some simple tips to help you save ten percent or more on your energy bills, by eliminating as many of the leaks in your home as possible. During the summer, warm air leaks into your home from outside; in the winter […]
Top Tips for Purchasing a New Furnace in Columbus
Let’s start with the basics: a furnace is the appliance permanently installed in your home used for heating the entire home. Most homes in the Columbus area have a central heating device, installed in a basement, crawlspace, or attic, whose job is to heat air and distribute it throughout the house, ultimately making the structure […]
How Smart Thermostats Work and Can Save You Money
More people are turning to SMART THERMOSTATS to save money and get more control over their home’s HVAC system. Is it right for you?
I Just Turned My Heat on For The First Time. What’s That Strange Smell Coming from My Furnace?
The recent sudden temperature changes with the arrival of November has prompted many homeowners in the central Ohio area to turn their furnace on for the first time. If you did just turn it on, were you met with a strange musty or burning smell, or other unusual smell? Usually, the smell is nothing to […]
Five Ways to Improve the Indoor Air Quality of Your Home
What is the importance of breathing healthy, clean air? Pretty important, wouldn’t you say, especially if you care about the health of your family. And doubly important if someone in your home has breathing difficulties, such as allergies or asthma. According to Wikipedia: Indoor air quality (IAQ) is the air quality within and around buildings. IAQ is known to […]
What is the “capacitor” in my furnace, and what does it do?
When calling your nearby heating repair service when there’s a problem with your furnace, a little homeowner knowledge goes a long way to expedite a repair. This is part of a series of articles to help you better understand how your furnace works. You may have heard the term “capacitor” in regards to your home’s […]
How Does a Furnace Work?
Although furnaces can differ from model to model, they all operate on similar principles. In this post, we explain in general principles how a forced air furnace works and describe potential troubles you may encounter with your furnace.
Top Furnace Problems (part 2 of 2)
In part two of this two-part blog post, we examine the most common problems that we see when we go out on furnace service calls. Read on to discover the adventures our certified HVAC technicians encounter daily when trying to resolve furnace problems for our customers.
