Southwest Ohio is known for its weather extremes: bone-chilling cold in the winter and scorching temperatures in the summer. This means your heating and cooling equipment is often called upon to keep things comfortable for your business. One way to ensure your employees and customers remain cool indoors despite the rising outside temperature is to […]
How To Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality
The quality of the air inside your home can have a profound effect on your overall health and well-being. Removing airborne contaminants from your home can:
Routine Heat Pump Maintenance Means Longer Lasting Comfort And Efficiency
A properly installed heat pump can provide significant savings in fuel costs over its lifetime of operation. But those savings may evaporate if the heat pump does not receive appropriate heat pump maintenance. Clogged filters and dirty coils on a heat pump can reduce energy efficiency by 10 to 25 percent.
Heating Bills High? It May Be Time For A Replacement
Nothing lasts forever, and if your heating bills continue to climb, even factoring in the changing cost of fuel and electricity, you may need to replace your heating equipment with a newer, more efficient furnace. High efficiency furnaces currently on the market can use as much as 97 percent of their fuel’s heat to warm […]
Replacing Your Furnace? This Guide Can Help
If your current heating system isn’t heating the way it used to, it might be time to look into replacing your furnace. And as long as you’re replacing your furnace, it’s also a good idea to look at a high-efficiency furnace option. With high energy bills and diminishing resources, high efficiency furnaces can be an […]
Emergency HVAC Upgrade? Take Advantage Of 2011 Tax Credits Before They Expire
If you turn on your furnace and it doesn’t work, the breakdown may not be such a hardship, even though an emergency HVAC upgrade wasn’t in your plans. Some of the federal tax credits for energy-efficient HVAC equipment are in place until Dec. 31, 2011. Besides receiving the financial benefit of the tax credit, the […]
Planned Maintenance Keeps Your HVAC Systems In Tip-Top Condition
There’s nothing worse than going through an HVAC system failure when you need it the most. Homeowners should be sure to have their HVAC system tuned twice a year to prevent any disruption in their home’s comfort level. A residential planned maintenance program, such as the one offered by Ace Hardware Home Services, Inc., not […]
Annual Service Is The Key To Extended Furnace Life And Efficiency
To keep your furnace in good working condition and ready to do its job in the winter, you should perform preventative maintenance at least once a year. Annual service by an HVAC professional will improve furnace efficiency, will keep the unit clean, and will cut down on malfunctions and repairs by catching and fixing problems […]
Let Ace Hardware Home Services Answer Your Questions About Duct Cleaning
Over time, your ductwork system may begin to accumulate dust, dirt, lint, hair, mold, insect nests and other debris. This is especially true after your heating system has been idle for any length of time. When you first turn it on in the winter, you’ll experience that unpleasant blast of hot, dusty air. A dirty […]
Tips For Troubleshooting Furnace Issues
When it’s cold outside and your furnace isn’t working, your main priority is to get the unit fixed and the heat flowing again.