Home Maintenance Tip: Check Air Ducts In The Attic

Check Air DuctsGetting the air heat delivered via your HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems to your actual living spaces involves several parts of a HVAC system. One part is the large rectangular duct work in your attic that helps to deliver hot or cold air. This is one part of your HVAC system. Sometimes the air that gets forced through these ducts can leak out through loose or broken connections. This is a great time to conduct home maintenance and check to make sure no air is leaking from this duct work. If it is, you are wasting money as the hot or cold air is not being delivered to the living areas of your home and Read More


Improve the Efficiency of the Home by Maintaining the HVAC System

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Guest Blogger: Ken Myers

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning is an important aspect of being comfortable indoors. Whether you are keeping warm in the winter or cool in the summer, maintaining the HVAC system can vastly improve the efficiency of your home. Regardless of the types of devices you use, there is always a need to properly care and clean each of those units prior to using them. What kind of improvements will this regular maintenance create for home life? Read More


What does Energy Star really mean?

It comes up often, how do appliances and home solutions secure an Energy Star ranking? And what is the value of Energy Star appliances and equipment to my home? A solution must meet minimum standards defined by the Environmental Protection Agency. The list of standards can be found here.  One of the standards listed is the ability to measure energy efficiency effectiveness. Another standard is that the products need to be labeled energy efficient.

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