4 Tips For A More Efficient Heating Do you want to save money? Sure, we all do especially when it comes to your Air Condition and Heating System for your home. Heat can account for nearly half of you monthly utilities. Check out these tips that will help you have money while maintaining your HVAC [...]
Keep Your Cool! Air Conditioning Tips During the Holidays. The holidays are a wonderful time of year, maybe if the best time, filled with shopping, family & friends, and lots of cooking. Thoughts surround planning, gifts, and food. Most likely, your Air Conditioner will not even cross your mind, unless of course it breaks. If [...]
Tips for Maintaining a Wood-Burning Fireplace Even though it is hot in Louisiana many people still have a wood-burning fireplace. As soon as a hint of cool hits the air, you can smell the lit fireplaces in the night air. It is very nice to feel the warmth and watch the fire glowing in the [...]
What's That Smell..... It's the time of year, when we fire up the heater and get the house warm during our New Orleans Winter month. You have probably smelled it in the past..It smells like something is burning. Most of the time, there is nothing to worry about. It is normal. During this time of [...]
Five Easy AC Maintenance Tips We all do chores from the dishes to dusting, but there are other household maintenance chores that are also very important to do. One of the most important routine household maintenance chores that will payoff is a maintenance schedule for your air conditioning unit. Not only will it help to keep [...]
The Big Chill Out: A History of Air Conditioning If you have ever heard the phrase, "In the good ole' days", I bit we can at least partially agree that the real good ol' days began with the invention of Air Conditioning, at least in the hot southern states. Have you ever wondered about [...]
5 Reasons Your HVAC System Breaks Your HVAC system is made of a variety of components from Heating and Cooling to Ventilation components that all work together to maintain a comfortable living space. Maintaining all of these components in good working order will ensure the comfort of your home and extend the life of you [...]
Don't Cool Your Attic Have you ever gone up in your attic to store something and found that the temperature was almost pleasant? If you have ever experienced this refreshing surprise, you may have a problem. Attics in New Orleans are simple not suppose to be cool....they are suppose to be really hot. Many studies have [...]
What Are Air Conditioner Coils? The AC coils are basically a heat exchanger, cooling the air inside the house and transferring the heat to the outside condenser unit. The air conditioner's evaporator coil and condenser coil collect dirt over their months and years of service. A clean filter helps to prevents the evaporator coil from getting dirt quickly. [...]
How Often Should I Change My Air Filter? One of the easiest ways to save some money is to look at your energy costs. Heating and cooling make up about 50% of our energy bills. The United States Department of Energy reports that changing your HVAC filter can improve the efficiency of your HVAC equipment by [...]
