We shower, wash our dishes, and draw a bath for our kids without stopping to think about how hard the water heater is working to provide us with all that warm water. Until it reaches capacity and we’re shocked by a blast of icy cold water. If you’re tired of dealing with this problem, it
3 Ways To Keep Your Cool While Waiting For The Air Conditioning Repair Guy
You wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat. No, it’s not a nightmare full of terrifying clowns, it’s your air conditioner. You run down the hall to look at the thermostat and your sweatiest fears are confirmed: your air conditioner crapped out in the middle of the night and it feels
3 Ways To Stay Warm While You’re Waiting For The Furnace Repair Guy
It’s every homeowner’s worst fear during the often unpredictable Colorado winter. You come home from work, but instead of stepping into a nice, warm house, it’s like you’re walking into an igloo. You immediately run to check the thermostat, hitting the little button multiple times to crank the heat up over 70 degrees. Nothing. Looks
5 Shocking Things That Can Pollute The Air Inside Your Home
Air pollution is a big problem in America. According to a report released in 2014 by the American Lung Association, almost fifty percent of the U.S. population lives in areas where air pollution levels are often dangerously high for them to breathe. That’s a scary statistic but there’s something that makes it even more worrisome:
3 Surprisingly Easy Ways To Improve The Air Quality In Your Home (Part 1)
In a previous blog post we discussed several surprising things that can pollute the air inside your home. This included everything from furniture and paint, to some types of air purifiers that use unsafe levels of ozone to wipe out other contaminants. Because heavily polluted air can create health issues and cause allergic reactions in
3 More Surprisingly Easy Ways To Improve The Air Quality In Your Home (Part 2)
According to the Environmental Protection Agency and others, the air inside our homes can be up to five times more polluted than the air we breathe outside. This is quite incredible considering that the outside air is exposed to major sources of contamination, like coal-fired power plants, natural gas, and the exhaust from millions and
What to Expect From Your Air Conditioning Tune-Up
Spring is definitely coming. You can tell by the spring snowstorms followed by 70 degree days across Colorado. This means that shortly you will be turning on your home’s air conditioning for the first time of the season. Before turning your air conditioning unit on for the first time schedule a professional tune up and
How Historical Ways to Keep Cool Will Change the Way You Think About Air Conditioning
Air conditioning was invented in the United States in 1902. Prior to that there weren’t many options in terms of interior climate control. Heat during the summer would slow down agricultural or industrial production and still does in underdeveloped countries. When now we turn to the thermostat for cool air to beat the heat, older
The Skinny on CFCs and Their Use in Air Conditioners
You’ve been told that you shouldn’t get air conditioning because it will perpetuate growing holes in the Ozone. We’re here to tell you that may have been the case once but no longer. We want to give you the skinny on chlorofluorocarbons and why they were once problematic across the United States but no longer
Denver’s Second Winter and Your Furnace
Look the weather was getting nicer. 70 degree days and sun. And then we had a blizzard with the passing of winter storm Selene. Schools were shut down, accidents were piling up on I-25 left and right, and power went out for many people along the Front Range. You can’t help when the power goes
