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Furnace Replacement: Is it time?
Furnace Replacement: Key Factors to Consider Before Repairing or Replacing Your HVAC System Since a home is the largest investment that most American families make, homeowners are keenly interested in maintaining their homes and keeping them in good repair. This ensures property values remain high, but more importantly, it keeps the whole family safe, healthy,…
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4 Tips to Help Choose the Best Furnace Repair Services
How to Select the Best Heating and Furnace Repair Services After a home is constructed, most building components remain in place continuously. Few things change in a home unless damaged or intentionally altered by a major update. There are two exceptions—both the roof and the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system will need to…
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Questions to Ask Your HVAC Technician Before Hiring Them
Key Questions to Ask Your HVAC Technician Before Starting Work Have you selected a professional technician to care for your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system? When you do consider these facts: Central heat and air conditioning became common construction amenities during the 1950s, and Ninety percent of the Houston housing stock was built…
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HVAC Refrigerant: What Changes in 2025
New HVAC Refrigerant Changes Will Happen in 2025 The new air conditioner models have arrived, and they contain a new brand of refrigerant. All new systems will use either R-32 or R-454B HVAC Refrigerant, replacing the older R-410A version. It might seem like a great bother until you understand the purpose of these refrigerants. Air…
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How to Find a Great AC Contractor
Your Guide to Find a Great AC Contractor A quick internet search for a service provider often delivers a long list of people who CAN do the work. With so many providers, searching for the lowest price and moving forward is tempting. However, so many providers offer homeowners the opportunity to be very discerning and…
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AC Installation Guide
A Homeowners Guide to AC Installation Homeownership is hard and it always has been. It seems that time, weather, and wear are determined to tear down everything you work so hard to build; upkeep is a constant task and can be quite expensive. This is especially true when it comes to caring for your HVAC…
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Choosing the Best AC Installation Contractor
How to Choose the Best AC Installation Company Whether installing an air conditioning system in new construction or replacing an existing system, the process requires many decisions, so be prepared. An extremely important decision is finding the BEST AC installation contractor for your system. Beginning a search usually results in several pages of results and…
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AC Installation: Knowing When It Is Time
AC Installation: Repair or Replace, That is the Question Summer heat and humidity stay with us for a long time in South Texas. This can be quite disconcerting, especially when the lifespan of an air conditioning system is running short. Remember that the three leading signs of air conditioner failure are: The average useful lifespan…
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How to Hire the Right HVAC Professionals
HVAC Professionals Hiring Guide Tackling tough home improvement projects can bring satisfaction and save a little money in the process. After the successful completion of a difficult job, it feels good to look over the handiwork with pride and fulfillment. However, working hard to complete a difficult task, only to see it fall apart—whether literally…
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How to Hire a Licensed HVAC Professional
How to Recognize a Licensed HVAC Professional The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is one of the largest and most essential building systems in any modern residence. It is expensive, specialized, and complex, requiring skillful installation and continual care by a trained professional. Why is it important to find a qualified technician to…
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What AC Maintenance Questions Should I Ask the Technician
Ask Your AC Maintenance Technician These Questions During Your Appointment The US Department of Energy, air conditioner manufacturers, and HVAC technicians all agree that: Air conditioners of all sizes and ages need regular maintenance—an annual maintenance schedule is best. Ignoring air conditioner maintenance shortens useful life, but scheduling maintenance can stretch useful life by about…
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Tips to Hire a Licensed AC Repair Contractor
How to Hire a Licensed AC Repair Contractor In the beginning, air conditioners were a luxury amenity, but today, they have become essential for keeping our families healthy, safe, and comfortable. The air conditioner is part of an entire building system: the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The air conditioner seems to be…
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HVAC System Buying Guide
The Houston Trane HVAC System Buying Guide Owning or managing a business gets more complicated with every passing year. Human resources, budgetary details, and long-term planning get piled on top of the expertise needed to do the main business tasks. There is little time or energy to focus on maintaining building systems with a high level…
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Hurricane Proof Your HVAC System
3 Steps to Hurricane Proof Your HVAC System During the summer months, the waters of the South Atlantic warm up each year. When the surface temperature of the water rises above 790 degrees, a combination of evaporation and heat energy forms terrific tropical storms. The most severe of these storms are called hurricanes, which can…
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AC Repair vs AC Replacement
AC Repair vs AC Replacement: Pros and Cons Did the beginning of this cooling season start a little differently than normal? If switching the thermostat from heat to cool didn’t result in a steady rush of cool air and the spring started with an AC repair, you might be wondering whether your faithful old air…
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AC Maintenance Steps to Prepartion for Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season AC Maintenance Preparation As summer approaches, it is time to begin emergency preparations for the hurricane season. This year’s forecast predicts a very active season: 20 tropical storms, 9 storms that become hurricanes, and 4 that will become a Category 4 or 5 storm. Some preparation steps take time, so now is not…
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Commercial HVAC Maintenance Checklist
Commercial HVAC Maintenance Commercial air conditioning is an essential service for businesses in Texas during the summer for customers and staff alike. Neither business owners nor property managers relish days or weeks without AC, so they understand the benefits of proper maintenance of air conditioning systems. Trane-certified Commercial HVAC Maintenance technicians have the equipment and…
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Your Indoor Air Quality Guide
The Homeowners Indoor Air Quality Guide It feels good around here! Spring has come, and the cold of winter is in the rearview mirror. After being cooped up inside, we can step out and take a breath of fresh spring air. There is more truth to this than you know. According to the American Lung…
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HVAC System Upgrades to Increase the Value of Your Home
HVAC System Upgrades You Should Consider Determining home values is rather tricky. There is the valuation that happens for taxation at the local level. There is a real estate appraisal that happens during a real estate transaction, establishing a maximum that a bank should loan for a home. An “asking price” is developed by a…
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6 HVAC Repair Detection Tips for Home Buyers
HVAC Repair: What You Need to Look for When Buying a New Home If you have the pleasure of purchasing a home that is new to you, the decision might become overwhelming. Location, location, location might be the first thought, along with flooring, finishes, and layout. The structure of the building envelope and building systems…
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HVAC Maintenance: Preparing Your HVAC System for Winter
HVAC Maintenance Tips for the Winter The Holiday Season was so pleasant, filled with celebrations with family and friends, but the new year has arrived. Attitudes change a little, so a reflective mood. With a brand-new calendar, many people feel a “call to action” and make resolutions and dietary changes. The immediate projection is several…
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5 Reasons to Consider a Heat Pump For Your Home
Heat Pump vs. Furnace: Which Heating Option is Best for Your Home It happens. Age catches up with all of us. The same can also be said of your residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. They exist in the background of our daily lives, barely noticeable beyond a quiet whisper of air movement during heating…