Your home’s indoor air quality is of vital importance. Keeping tabs on air quality and making necessary adjustments will keep contaminants out of your home as we approach summer in the Long Island area. Continue reading “Check Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality”
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Diminished Home Comfort And High Energy Costs? 3 Possible Problems
If your home comfort is not up to par, it will generally result in an unpleasant living environment that leaves you feeling stressed and uncomfortable. When decreased home comfort combines with high energy bills, look to the following three possible problem areas in your home. Then, take action to remedy the problem. Continue reading “Diminished Home Comfort And High Energy Costs? 3 Possible Problems”
What Can You Do To Ease Allergies Indoors? 3 Tips
When temperatures start to warm up around Long Island, allergies appear. Most allergies are caused by the presence and movement of pollen and dust through the air. Continue reading “What Can You Do To Ease Allergies Indoors? 3 Tips”
Maintain Your Ducts And Keep Them Free Of Contaminants In Five Easy Steps
Many of the contaminants that pass through your household air can end up settling in the various components of your HVAC system, such as your ductwork. With proper duct maintenance, however, you can reduce the presence of these contaminants in your home. With that in mind, here are five easy steps to help keep your ducts free of contamination: Continue reading “Maintain Your Ducts And Keep Them Free Of Contaminants In Five Easy Steps”
Not Sure How To Replace The Filter In Your Furnace? Here Are Five Tips To Try
Your furnace filter operates much like the air filter in your car, catching dirt and debris. And when the filter gets clogged, it’s time for a new one, because a full filter causes your heating system to work harder and burn up more energy. In the worst cases, a dirty filter can lead to expensive repairs and even system failure.
It pays, then, to check your furnace filter every month, though you may need wait longer than that to replace it. Start by getting out your furnace’s owner’s manual. This handy booklet, with its detailed diagrams, will literally serve as your furnace road map. Continue reading “Not Sure How To Replace The Filter In Your Furnace? Here Are Five Tips To Try”
Where Do Experts Put The Estimated Life Span Of A Heat-Pump System?
If you are considering a new or replacement heating system, the estimated life span of the system is obviously a key factor that you need to take into consideration. This will largely affect your heating costs for many years to come, and you don’t want to choose a heating system that doesn’t meet your home-comfort requirements. Continue reading “Where Do Experts Put The Estimated Life Span Of A Heat-Pump System?”
Find Out Why Changing Air Filters Regularly Is One Of The Most Effective Steps You Can Take
One of the most costly investments in your Long Island home is your heating and cooling system. One of the least expensive ways to keep it operating efficiently and help it have a long service life is to simply change the air filters. Continue reading “Find Out Why Changing Air Filters Regularly Is One Of The Most Effective Steps You Can Take”
Air-Filter Efficiency: Investigate Factors That Influence Savings
There are two types of heating and air filter ratings. One is HEPA. This stands for High Efficiency Particulate Arresting. HEPA is a more strict government rating for an air filter and is not recommended for home heating or cooling use. The most common and less expensive equipment filters have MERV ratings. MERV is an acronym for Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value. Continue reading “Air-Filter Efficiency: Investigate Factors That Influence Savings”
When Choosing Air Filters Look To MERV
If you’re used to just grabbing the air filter that happens to be on sale, take note: Not all air filters are created equal. The type you are getting may be keeping a lot of grit and trash out of your heating and air system but returning a lot of those smaller particles to your home. Continue reading “When Choosing Air Filters Look To MERV”
Electronic Air Cleaner Options
People tend to think of air pollution as an outdoor problem. However, quite often the air inside our homes is more polluted than the air outside (according to the EPA, substantially more polluted). Allergy, asthma and immunology experts have estimated that half of all illnesses are aggravated by, or even caused by, indoor air pollution, and the terms “sick building syndrome” and “building related illness” have come into use to describe instances where people become sick from simply being indoors. Continue reading “Electronic Air Cleaner Options”