If you’re like most homeowners, you take your home’s air distribution system for granted. As long as the ductwork is delivering conditioned air where it’s supposed to go, why worry? Yet, the type of ducts installed in your home, as well as the way the network is designed, can have an appreciable effect on energy […]
Spring Forward: New Season, New HVAC Tasks
When you’re changing your clocks for Daylight Saving Time, it’s a good reminder to tackle other household chores like installing new batteries in all your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms. You can also use a spring forward reminder to make sure your HVAC system is in optimal condition by taking care of the following […]
A Guide to Understanding Return Air Ducts
A person can be forgiven for not knowing much about their home’s air duct system. It plays a vital role in the home’s forced-air heating and cooling system, performing its job quietly and without much attention. The return air ducts in an HVAC system are especially liable to get taken for granted, even though their […]
Ways You Can Control Indoor Pollutants
There’s a good news, bad news aspect to modern home construction. On the one hand, tight construction practices ensure optimum energy efficiency for long-term savings on utility bills. The bad news is that an airtight home tends to trap dirty air and degrade indoor air quality, threatening the health of home occupants. Fortunately, a variety […]
Great HVAC Customer Service Looks Like This
While most HVAC companies in the Dayton area cover the basics, not all provide personable customer service that makes your experience convenient and stress-free. Those that do have a few things in common.
How You Can Reduce the Load on Your Furnace
Understanding the load on your furnace is easy — it’s just the amount of energy that’s consumed to meet the temperature you’ve set on the thermostat. Lessening the load isn’t complicated either. You can do it by making targeted improvements that increase your home’s efficiency and curb energy consumption.
Preventive HVAC Maintenance: You Should Invest in it
Your HVAC equipment works hard keeping your home at a comfortable temperature, and you can only expect it to operate at an optimal level if it’s well maintained. Investing in preventive HVAC maintenance can give you peace of mind that your heating and cooling system is working safely, reliably and at maximum efficiency all year […]
Considerations When Installing a Furnace
Having a reliable furnace that runs efficiently helps ensure that your home stays warm and your energy bills stay low this winter. If it’s time to replace the furnace in your Dayton home, there are certain things to take into consideration beforehand.
What You Can Do About a Dirty Furnace Coil
Most often, a dirty furnace coil results from lack of HVAC system maintenance year-round. The furnace coil, also called the evaporator coil, is an integral part of a central HVAC system that offers both heating and cooling. The cooling side uses the coil to circulate the refrigerant to remove your home’s heat.
What Makes Good HVAC Ductwork Design?
Regardless of how efficient and expensive your HVAC system is, it will only be as effective as your air ducts that form your home’s circulatory system. Poorly-designed ducts will downgrade comfort and indoor air quality and increase your energy bills. Here are the basic principles of good ductwork design.