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Even in Texas, it can be quite miserable to have problems with the heating in your home, and air conditioning failure can be unbearable in the summer. It’s best to take care of your HVAC system with regular maintenance but it’s always possible that something will go wrong anyway. But one thing that customers sometimes overlook is their thermostat. If your heat or AC isn’t coming on or isn’t staying at the correct temperature, it’s easy to assume the heater or AC unit is the problem. Sometimes the thermostat is the real culprit.
How can you tell if your temperature problem is caused by your thermostat? What can be done about it? Will it need to be replaced? We’ll cover things you should check if you suspect a thermostat issue and then go over your options for getting the problem sorted out.
It’s a common question among new homeowners, people with aging furnaces, and those purchasing new ones: how long can I expect a furnace to last before I’ll have to replace it? It’s not a question with a very simple answer. Under the worst circumstances, a furnace might only survive for seven or eight years. In a best-case scenario, a furnace might last for more than twenty years!
We’ll get into some details here to help you understand how long different types of furnaces might last, and how to make sure they live as long as they can.
New homeowners, or those encountering furnace problems for the first time, often have questions about what issues are common and what can be done about them. Here are some common furnace repairs that we see most frequently, tips for handling them, and preventative measures for avoiding them in the future.
To keep your heater working as well as possible through the coming winter, it’s important to schedule heating maintenance. This will do more than just catch any existing problems before they cause your heater to shut down on a cold winter night. It will improve the efficiency of your heating system so your utility costs don’t increase, ensure that there are no safety hazards such as fuel leaks or carbon monoxide emissions, and increase the life expectancy of your heater so it will last as long as possible before you need to worry about replacing it.
But the process may be a little mysterious, and we’d like to demystify it for you. Here is a guide to what your technician will actually be doing during heating maintenance. Some of the steps will be different for gas and electric heaters, but many are identical.
Your thermostat is the part of your heating and cooling system that keeps track of the ambient temperature in your home and tells those systems when it’s time to turn on and off. No matter how new or efficient those systems are, they won’t do you any good if your thermostat is broken. Many customers think they need repairs to their furnace or air conditioner only to find that the thermostat was the real culprit.
In recent years, many homeowners are making the switch to smart thermostats, which offer a variety of benefits that the older models simply can’t compete with. Could a smart thermostat be right for you? We’ve got some information that can help you decide if you’re ready for smart thermostat installation in Houston.
While our last blog post was about air conditioning, the seasons are turning, and it’s time to think about your heating system. While Texan heaters don’t see as much use as those in other parts of the country, they are still important, and as recent cold snaps have taught us, sometimes having a functional heating system is absolutely critical.
So how is your heater doing? Since you haven’t turned it on since spring, there’s really no way you can know for sure.
As the weather cools down and you start to enjoy autumn events and celebrations, it’s easy to forget about your air conditioner. It’s done a lot of work during the summer, and perhaps you’re thinking it deserves a bit of rest. But just how exhausted is your air conditioner? Taking a break for the season won’t resolve any actual problems, so if your air conditioner is exhibiting any of these warning signs, you should get your AC repaired so it will be ready again when you need it.
If you’ve had the same air conditioning system for many years, you might be wondering how much longer it will last. It’s always better to know your options before your air conditioner fails entirely, and we believe our customers deserve all the information they need to make the best decision for their homes and their families. Right now, there’s some new information that may affect your decision.
We’re going to help you determine whether your AC unit is ready for replacement and what you can do about it, especially in light of these new considerations.
Just last year, the Environmental Protection agency reported that “Americans, on average, spend approximately 90% of their time indoors.” While indoors, we breathe whatever contaminants are in our indoor air, and some contaminants are found in concentrations up to five times higher indoors than outdoors! Of course, spending more time outdoors can be beneficial to our health in many ways. But a significant amount of time is spent breathing indoor air regardless. Do we have to resign ourselves to breathing in all those contaminants?
No! A whole-home air purifier can dramatically reduce the particles in our air and give us much higher indoor air quality—and higher quality of life. Let’s begin by answering some frequently asked questions about indoor air quality and the systems that can improve it.
Air conditioners in Texas really have their work cut out for them. The cooling season is long and sometimes the temperature outdoors is over 100°! The summer might be ending for school-age kids, but we know you still need your air conditioner to have your back during the hot early-autumn days. In gratitude for all our air conditioners do for us, and in the hope of your air conditioner lasting through the rest of the cooling season and far beyond, let’s make sure you know how your AC system lets you know when it has a problem.
