As the seasons change, so do the demands on your home’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Keeping it running smoothly requires regular maintenance, tailored to the needs of each season. This comprehensive guide offers a look at how to maintain your HVAC system throughout the year, ensuring efficiency, prolonging its life, and keeping …
Indoor air quality is an essential aspect of our daily lives that significantly impacts our health, comfort, and productivity. Given that people spend a large portion of their time indoors, especially during winter, the air quality within homes, offices, and other buildings is a critical public health concern. This article explores the importance of maintaining …
All heating systems make some kind of noise. Radiators make knocking and hissing sounds, and even a small ductless system will hum a little. Furnaces will make a low hum or rumble while operating normally. Clicking sounds are one noise you don’t want to hear. Furnace Making Clicking Noise? Clicking furnaces are more than a …
Perplexed by a leaking furnace? Under normal circumstances, a furnace does not use water or create condensation. However, anything from a tilted drain pipe to a faulty humidifier can cause pooling liquid under a furnace. Water Under Furnace In most cases, you simply need some regular furnace maintenance to clear things up and get the …
Air conditioners use condensation and evaporation to cool the air inside your home, so there’s some water involved in the process. Normally, the condensation collects in a drain pan. Water leaks can start from a problem with the drainage system, or you might have a frozen up AC equipment that drips water as it melts. …
Temperatures have begun dropping, which means that you’re going to need your furnace to keep you warm and safe this winter season, especially here in the Chicago area. Because you’ll be depending so heavily on your furnace, it’s important that you keep the following seven safety tips in mind: Have your furnace inspected once a …
Hot water gets taken for granted so much that many folks forget about annual maintenance for their water heater. Just like a furnace or air conditioner, your water heater should be inspected and repaired at least annually. Winter maintenance works well for water heaters because that’s when you’ll rely on a hot shower the most! …
You should not have to accept that your furnace makes a burning smell or other foul odors when it runs. If your furnace has a chronic smell of burning dust or has suddenly begun making strange odors, turn it off now and then take appropriate steps to ensure your safety and air quality. Common Reasons …
If air conditioning could be totally silent, most people would love summer even more. Other folks enjoy a little white noise courtesy of the air conditioner blowing. Nobody wants a repetitive, annoying sound like clicking, though. Air conditioner clicking sounds can be categorized (and fixed) based on where the sound comes from. Be forewarned, that …
Air conditioning problems can strike anytime, whether it’s the first warm day of spring or a 100-degree heat wave in July. Before an air conditioner stops working entirely, it usually gives you warning signs of trouble that you can feel, hear, or even smell. If you notice any of these symptoms, don’t ignore them—try to …
