Why Does Ice Form on My Heat Pump?
If you’ve used a heat pump in your home during the winter season, then you may have noticed the outside unit starting to ice over. This isn’t necessarily a problem, especially if the temperature outside is already sub-freezing. However, it’s still something that you should keep a close eye on. Let’s take a look at …
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Jul 16 2018
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AFUE: The Furnace Efficiency Rating
When you are looking to have a new furnace installed for your home, you’ll have a lot of different stats to consider. Perhaps the most important to examine is the efficiency rating, which gives you an idea of how much a furnace will cost to run during the year. The efficiency rating for a furnace …
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Jul 16 2018
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Another Late Summer AC Tip: Clean the Outdoor Cabinet
Earlier this month, we did a full post of tips to help you with your air conditioning system during the end of summer. The end of August is a time when the blistering heat can, at last, overwhelm a cooling system that’s already labored for a few months in the California deserts. You can always rely …
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Jul 16 2018
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Will the Intense Summer Heat Damage My Air Conditioner?
We’re in for another incredibly hot summer in the Inland Empire and the Desert Communities. The cool days will be in the 90s! Your home’s air conditioning system will be handling a great deal of work over the coming weeks to maintain a livable, comfortable indoor environment for you and your family. With all that …
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Some Heating, Cooling, and Air Quality Plans for 2016
The New Year has arrived, and you’re probably already making plans for various home improvement projects for the coming 12 months. We’d like to take this opportunity to offers a few or our own suggestions for ways to improve your home’s heating and cooling system, as well as its indoor air quality. And they’re remarkably …
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The Ways That High-Efficiency Gas Furnaces Use Less Energy
Saving money with heating and cooling in a home is something that’s on people’s minds more than ever. It’s not enough that you receive adequate temperatures through the year; you want to make sure that you don’t pay more for it than necessary. With the advancing technology of heating and air conditioning, it is now …
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The Very First Labor Day Celebration
Labor Day as a federal holiday, held on the first Monday of September, has been with us now for 120 years. President Grover Cleveland signed the law that made Labor Day a national holiday in 1894. Ever since then, the three-day weekend has provided people in the U.S. with the opportunity for vacations, time with …
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Why Do We Hang Up Mistletoe?
Of course, you probably know part of the answer to this question already. You hang up mistletoe so that the people standing underneath can share a romantic holiday kiss! But what you may not realize is that the origin of this longstanding ritual predates many of the other holiday traditions we celebrate today. Why would …
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When New Year’s Day Was Not on January 1st
Some holidays fall on shifting calendar days for every year, such as Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November) and Easter (the first Sunday after the first full moon to occur on or after March 21). Other holidays, such as Valentine’s Day and Halloween, are fixed. No holiday has a more solid calendar date attached to it …
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A Closer Look at Air Conditioning Maintenance
It’s now officially spring. The weather in Southern California never obeys exactly what the calendar says, so we’ve already encountered some hot days even before March 20. But now that we are actually in the season itself, it’s harder to ignore the need to take care of your air conditioning system. If you haven’t done …
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