During the hot summer days, you want to keep your home nice and cool. This is also the time of the year when your AC will be working a lot harder to keep your home comfortable. To avoid summer AC failures, you want to know how to do routine maintenance and deal with emergency repair situations. Here are some tips to help you deal with the summer AC maintenance your air conditioner needs during hot weather.
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An easy way for you to understand your home's HVAC ductwork is to picture it much like the highway you may drive each day on your way to work. When things are going smoothly and there aren't many other cars on the road, you can cruise down the highway unobstructed and at a good, steady speed. You can make your turns smoothly and continue down the next road. However, if you get caught up in rush hour, when there are a lot of cars on the road, or if there is something in the middle of the road, then things will come to a halt.
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With the weather outside finally starting to heat up, you may have decided to turn on your air conditioner for this first time this year. Unfortunately, your hopes for a cool home may have been thwarted by warm air. This is a problem you definitely want to get to the bottom of, which could be due to one of these three problems.
1. Refrigerant Leaks
A common issue with central air conditioning is refrigerant leaks.
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Central air and heat are amazing inventions, but if you have a large home or have several people living there, you're going to run into issues with people wanting very different temperatures. Some rooms are going to be hotter than others even when one thermostat setting is supposed to cover both. You'll also likely have at least one person who would rather leave the windows open all the time. A solution to this is to have the air conditioning and heating in your home divided into zones with their own thermostats and controls.
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During the colder months of the year, you expect your home's heating system to perform properly. When it doesn't, it's safe to say that your home is anything, but comfortable. Fortunately, heating systems rarely ever die without offering some level of warning. Learn just some of the signs that could mean your heating system is malfunctioning.
Increased Energy Bills
Is your monthly energy bill going up, but you haven't made any significant changes?
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