Is your air conditioner making a funny noise? Are your electric bills more expensive than they use to be? Have you had the same AC unit for more than 10 years?
Ways to Reduce Home Allergens (Prevention is the Key!)
Natural allergens occur in our homes daily. Often they go unnoticed, but sometimes, the lack of air quality can make us sick. Outside pollutants, dust, dust mites, pets, mold, mildew, etc. all can cause irritants that range from mild symptoms to severe allergic reactions. They can even cause you to develop allergies. Some allergy symptoms range from headaches, cold-like symptoms, and worsening of asthma and other illnesses. More…
Why An HVAC Maintenance Plan Is Essential
Why an HVAC Service Maintenance Plan Is Essential
For any homeowner or business that relies on a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system to ensure the comfort and clean air, a professional HVAC maintenance program is essential. Your HVAC system is an investment, and proper upkeep can help make it last.
Among the many benefits from an HVAC maintenance agreement are saving money through lower electrical, heating, and cooling costs. A well-maintained system functions at a higher level of efficiency than does a system that is neglected or in need of repair.
Why Ongoing Training Is Essential for HVAC Technicians
Why Ongoing Training Is Essential for HVAC Technicians
Effective training is more essential than ever before for all technicians working in the HVAC industry today. The available air conditioning, heating, and furnace equipment and other state of the art products offered by all major HVAC manufacturers and the required service techniques and diagnostic equipment operating procedures are continually evolving to improve overall efficiency, safety, and security, and to enhance the end consumer experience.
Nearly constant ongoing training on both products and techniques is needed to keep abreast of this rapidly changing field. New innovative technologies are continually developing as high-tech ‘smart’ gadgets paired with the modern smartphone continue to provide increased consumer control. These new innovations both change and improve how we heat and cool our homes and manage the quality and purity of the air we breathe.
Terms Every Homeowner Should Know
HVAC Glossary: Terms Every Homeowner Should Know
Trying to maintain your home’s HVAC system can seem like an overwhelming number of acronyms, complex hardware, and odd units of measurement. Learning some of the lingo involved in HVAC maintenance can help you understand your system a bit better, so you can know what exactly you’re using in your home (and hopefully even save money by understanding how certain parts work). It’s never recommended to try to do maintenance or make repairs on your own, there are professional HVAC maintenance programs for just that. But if you find that you do need an air conditioner repair at some point, knowing some of these terms will help you make sure you are getting the best work and equipment for your home (or, at the very least, it’ll be fun to quiz your mechanic’s HVAC vocabulary knowledge).
Is Your AC Ready for Summer?
Is Your Air Conditioner Ready for the Texas Summer Heat?
The official start of summer may still be a few weeks away, but the summer heat has already arrived in some parts of Texas. At ETR, we want to make sure your home’s air conditioner is ready for the sweltering days ahead? There are a number of things that you can do to make sure that your home’s air conditioner is ready and that it won’t let you down on the hottest day of the year. There are also some things you can do to help your house stay a few degrees cooler, so your air conditioner isn’t required to work quite as hard. The following suggestions and tips just might help to ensure that you and your family can keep their cool on even the hottest days to come.