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Kerry’s HVAC Blog

Peace Of Mind With An Automatic Standby Generator

February 7, 2013

Long Island Experiences Enough Outages to Make It a Good Idea to Have Back Up Power   You can do any number of things to help ensure the comfort of your home for yourself and your family — from properly maintaining your heat pump to installing a programmable thermostat. However, without power, these efforts are… Continue Reading

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A Home Duct System That’s Designed to Deliver

February 5, 2013

Delivering Air Evenly to the Whole House is Important   A well-designed home duct system is a fundamental component for maximizing your house’s overall energy efficiency.

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Your Forced-Air System: How It Keeps You Warm In The Winter

January 31, 2013

  Learn How Your Heating System Works   When the forced-air system in your Long Island home is working well, it’s easy to think of it as just a basic appliance that distributes warm or cool air. Although that is what the system does, a number of components are involved in getting that seemingly simple… Continue Reading

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Done Insulating? Not If The Attic Hatch Is Leaking

January 29, 2013

Warm Air Can Escape Into Your Attic Through the Hatch: Seal it! If your attic hatch is leaking, it may be a big source of energy loss in your home. Further, it will negate other insulation improvements you make to the attic. Fortunately, it’s fairly easy to stop leaks through the attic hatch.

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Heat Pump Troubleshooting: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Try Again — Call The Experts

January 25, 2013

Try These Things Before Calling Us About Your Heat Pump   Do you have heat pump problems? To save time and money, it may be worth attempting a few fundamental heat pump troubleshooting tips to get your system up and running before you call your HVAC technician.  

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Shopping For A Furnace? Take A Look At These High-Performance Features

January 23, 2013

A New Furnace Could Save You Money in the Long Run Today’s premium furnaces offer a wealth of useful innovations. Among models in a similar price bracket and with a similar Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE), it’s the features and extras that create a stand-out product. Knowing which high-performance enhancements to look for can mean… Continue Reading

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Heating And Cooling The 2-Story Addition You’re Planning To Construct

January 17, 2013

How to Plan a Two Story Addition That Will Be Comfortable Heating and cooling is an essential part of planning a second-story addition, since the space has to be conditioned if you’re going to use it as livable space. Incorporating the heating and cooling system early on in the design process makes it easier for… Continue Reading

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Your Geothermal Heat Pump: Factors That Will Affect The Final Cost

January 15, 2013

Weigh the Cost and Savings Benefits of a Geothermal System There are many reasons to install a geothermal heat pump system in your home. Geothermal heating is effective, environmentally friendly, safe and has a low operating cost.

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What’s Even More Coveted Than The Energy Star Logo? The Most Efficient Label

January 11, 2013

If You’re Shopping for an HVAC System, Learn Which One is Most Efficient Sooner or later, you’re going to need to shop around for new heating and cooling equipment for your Long Island home. There are many choices out there, but luckily, you can count on the Energy Star logo to point you to the… Continue Reading

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Are You Letting The Contaminated Air From Your Garage Get Into Your Home?

January 9, 2013

Keep Dirty Air Out of Your Home or Purify It   If your home has an attached garage, contaminated air from your garage could be degrading the quality of your indoor air.

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