Category Archives: Heating

Remember how excited you were the day your new furnace was installed and worked so well, you thought “I’ll never be cold in my own home again!” Ah, feels like yesterday, doesn’t it?  Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but no matter what splendid of a furnace it might have been, its days were numbered […]

If you’re thinking about replacing your furnace, you probably have more questions than answers right now.  After all, if yours has done its job, it’s lasted you a solid 15-20 years.  So even if you purchased (vs. inherited) it yourself, how much can you remember about the process from all those years ago.  And if […]

If you’ve been told and strictly adhere to the belief that a furnace filter should be cleaned or replaced every 30 days without fail, you are among millions of Americans who routinely err on the side of caution. Can you look both ways before crossing a street too many times? Of course not. Should you […]

If your heating is acting up, chances are you’re aware of the symptoms, even if you haven’t yet connected them to your heating system. In this blog, we’ll talk about the most common problems related to residential warm air furnaces – the type of heating system that distributes warm air through your ducts. (We’ll dedicate […]

If it’s time to at least consider replacing your home heating system, here’s your first bit of good news: you no doubt have several more choices than you might imagine. Let’s say, for example, that you now have a central air conditioning system and a forced air furnace, both systems using the same ductwork to […]

If you have a pack of bandages and first aid equipment handy in case something goes wrong with your furnace, now there’s a better way to deal with the sudden loss of heat. And that’s to prevent any such problems in the first place. The best way to do that? With a furnace cleaning and […]

Sometimes it’s okay to wait until the last possible minute before deciding what to do, and sometimes circumstances decide for you. Should you or shouldn’t you go out to dinner tonight, for example? Well, all you know is that your favorite restaurant stops serving at 10 PM and you’d kind of like to go, and […]

According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, home heating and cooling accounts, on average, for 48% of your monthly utility costs. Which is to say that, if you pay a combined total of $300 per month in utility bills, $150 of that is being absorbed by your heating and cooling systems. For now, let’s worry […]

There’s a saying in the American south that goes something like this: “Nobody retires up north.” And while one can never say never, the Pew Research Center reports that Americans prefer living in warmer vs. colder climates by a margin of 57% to 29%. Even in the North Eastern states, in fact, 20% more people […]