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Tips for Getting Your AC System Ready for the Warm Weather

Tips for Getting Your AC System Ready for the Warm Weather

With all of the incredibly warm spring weather, now is a good time to take a look at your home AC system. While there is some maintenance you can do yourself, it’s best to leave the larger tasks to the pros. Like most things in life, the best time to assess your air conditioner is before you [...]

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The Great Summer Debate: Fans vs. Central AC

These hot summer days give new (non-political) meaning to the term Red States vs. Blue States.  Here are my definitions. Red State A state in which you find yourself turning red from the heat, even in your own home, because you don’t have central AC.  This state is commonly accompanied by an uncontrollable desire to [...]

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The Last Straw: When Your Central Air Conditioning Is Not Keeping Your Home Cool

If you’re doing new construction with central air conditioning–or if your current central A/C isn’t keeping your home cool enough–you should spend some time drinking a soda through a straw.  It could help you make the right decision about what to do. If you’ve ever tried to drink through one of those skinny straws (like the [...]

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A History of Misery: Life Before Central Air A History of Misery: Life Before Central Air Conditioning

How well I remember those hot summer days in our house back in the time B.C.A.C. (Before Central Air Conditioning). You could work up a sweat just sitting there!  Your skin stuck to furniture–which was just as well because you didn’t feel like getting up and doing anything anyway.  You felt like a slug stuck [...]

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A Very Good Reason to Call Your Air Conditioning Contractor Every Year

In this blog, we frequently give advice that will actually help you avoid calling heating and AC contractors like ourselves. It’s not that we don’t like to stay busy.  We do.  But we don’t like having to charge people for repairs that were really unnecessary, or for something they could have done themselves. But with [...]

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