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Need New Air Conditioning? Get a Tax Credit!

If your AC is aging, we’ve got good news: 2011 and 2012 will be very good years to get a new system.  The federal government is offering up to $1,500 in tax credit for energy-efficient upgrades to your home–such as new insulation, windows, heating, or air conditioning. Here’s how it works.  The credits are worth [...]

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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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