You hear the furnace kick on, you hold a hand over the register, and the air coming out is cool. A furnace blowing cold air is one of the most common calls we get in the last week of October, and it is less alarming than it feels. Sometimes nothing is wrong at all. Sometimes…
The first cold morning in October is when we find out which furnaces made it through summer. You turn the thermostat up, wait, and nothing happens. A furnace not turning on after months of sitting idle is common, and a good share of the time the cause is something you can check yourself in ten…
Most operators think of winter as the easy season for refrigeration. It is 20 degrees outside, the freezer wants to sit at 0, so the compressor ought to coast. Then December arrives, and we still get the calls. Walk-in freezer maintenance in October costs far less than any of those calls, and the faults it…
If your heat pump has spent all summer keeping you cool, fall is when it switches jobs — and that switch is exactly when small problems turn into cold houses. Fall heat pump maintenance is the difference between a system that carries you through a North Idaho or Eastern Washington winter without drama and one…
Most people do not research heat pumps because they are curious. They research them because their air conditioner died in the middle of July and someone mentioned a heat pump might be worth a look. If that is roughly where you are, the heat pump vs air conditioner decision comes down to something simpler than…
The sun is out, the weather is perfect, and the trees are starting to bloom in . Spring is officially here! And because we’re a month or two away from the first real heatwave hitting (if we’re lucky), nearly every homeowner asks the same question: “Do I really need to pay for an AC tune-up…
Do you experience four seasons just by walking through your home? Does one room feel like a hot summer day and another like a cold winter night all at the same time? Inconsistent heating and cooling are common problems that can affect your comfort and increase your energy bills in . At , we’ve got…
If you are looking for an HVAC system that heats and cools your Spokane home, lowers energy bills, and is easy on the environment and your budget, consider an air-source heat pump.
This winter, you’re hoping to have a brand-new furnace to keep you warm. But there are so many furnaces to choose from. You’re left wondering, which is the right one for your Coeurd Alene, home?
Winter in Spokane is shaping up to be especially harsh this year. Can you imagine not having your furnace to help you make it through? You go to turn it on … and instead of rushing warm air through your ducts, it rattles, groans, and then just sits in sullen silence, clearly protesting another season of overworked servitude.