If spring cleaning is a tradition in your home, you soon may be shaking out rugs, putting away winter bedding and organizing your garage. Another item that surely should make your list is HVAC spring cleaning. You’ll help keep your cooling bills lower and HVAC system purring until summer’s end. Clean the Air Vents Clean away the dust and debris from the supply and return air vents in your home. ...
One of the factors that contributes to unnecessarily high energy bills is the unequal distribution of temperatures caused by the thermal characteristics of a home’s envelope. A zoning system solves many comfort problems without requiring extensive home or HVAC improvements. A traditional, un-zoned HVAC system uses one thermostat that runs the system only when the air temperature at the thermostat ...
If you have perfectly even temperatures and airflow in the rooms of your home, consider yourself fortunate. The truth is, there are dozens of factors that affect airflow and heat gain/loss from room to room in every home, and every home is different. Finding the right balance of comfort and efficiency in your home is the goal, and that’s what air balancing is all about. Balancing Comfort and ...
Hidden from view and largely ignored, ductwork leakage is a common problem in many homes. Loose ducts drive up energy costs and contribute to poor indoor air quality. Unless their routinely assessed, the loose ducts in your home could be causing: Higher energy bills. When ducts leak, the air that blows through them escapes before it reaches the registers. As a consequence, rooms that the ducts ...
