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Close your blinds on sun-facing windows during the day to keep the sun from heating up your home and causing your AC to use more energy.

Indoor air quality is on everyone’s mind but how do you know what equipment is right for your home?

A heat pump is a device that transfers heat from one place to another, from inside your home to outside or from outside to inside. In the winter a heat pump works like a heater, extracting heat energy from outside and transferring it inside. In the summer the process reverses and it will remove heat from your home and transfer it outside similar to an air conditioner.

Change the batteries in your smoke and CO detectors when you change your clocks for daylight savings. It’s an easy reminder to replace them and is very important for your safety!

On most thermostats, you can choose between On or Auto for your fan setting. On tells your HVAC unit to run its fans all the time, even when the air isn’t being heated or cooled. Auto means the fan only runs when your air is being treated. It might be a good idea to try a combination of both settings.

If you hear any unusual noise coming from your HVAC unit, please turn it off and call us at 208.321.8663. Don’t attempt any kind of repair without consulting an HVAC certified technician first.

Carbon monoxide is a poisonous, odorless, tasteless gas. It is formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon, or the incomplete burning of natural gas and other things that contain carbon. It can often be mixed with other gasses with odors. Carbon monoxide can result from the burning of any of these, gasoline, kerosene, oil, propane, coal, wood and other things. It is also a byproduct of an internal combustion engine.

Upgrade your furnace for increased energy efficiency and heating cost reduction.

Air quality in your home is important to your family’s health. Having the right humidity levels, changing your filters regularly and installing air-cleaning or filtration systems like UV lights and air scrubbers.

Change your HVAC filters regularly, as recommended, which is usually at least every three months. A good HEPA filter will catch the particles before they reach your lungs. There’s so much floating in the air our eyes can’t see, and changing your filter as recommended makes all the difference.

It is no secret that your oven will toast your house up and cooking on a cold day is nice sometimes, but on a hot day it will warm your house up in an unnecessary way. Try to utilize the opportunity you might have to cook outside.

Protect your pets from indoor air pollution by changing your air filters regularly.

It’s time to replace your old or broken AC unit in your home and you don’t want anything to go wrong with the new one. Avoid the common mistakes people make when purchasing a new air conditioner and learn how to prevent them.

Keeping clean air circulating your home is very especially important due to more time spent at home.

You turn on your furnace, and you smell gas. What should you do? First assess what the smell most likely is, and you may not need to call anyone. Of course, if you’re still nervous because you just don’t know, turn off your furnace and give one of our highly trained technicians a call at 208-321-8663 to come out to diagnose the smell for you.

Upgrade your HVAC equipment to help you save money on your monthly energy bills. Call us at 208.321.8663 today for more information.

Upgrade your furnace for increased energy efficiency and heating cost reduction.

Just like a regular physical, a regularly scheduled maintenance appointment can help find and diagnose problems that would be otherwise invisible to you because the signs are not easily seen or heard. So often we notice problems only because we miss the benefit we lost when something stops working.

In the case that your home’s furnace is blowing cold air, check your thermostat settings, air filter, and your ductwork.

Your home’s air ducts connect to your heating and cooling system, which carries all the air in your home. When you are breathing your home’s air, it is optimal for the traveling air to be as clean as possible, because it carries particles or debris that will settle in the ducts and carry it straight…

Schedule a clean-check today!

Need a check up on your home’s air conditioner? Our team wants to help clean and check your AC unit to have it running smoothly this summer.

Is your home’s air conditioner looking old and inefficient? Our team wants to share with you three signs that you may need to replace your AC.