Heating Replacement Tip: Signs of an Undersized Furnace
If you’re purchasing a new furnace for your Rockville home, you want to avoid buying one that is undersized for your particular space. To do that, here are some common signs that the furnace isn’t powerful enough…
Heating Contractor Secret: How a Ceiling Fan Can Help Heat Your Home
Most people who have ceiling fans in Hillandale never turn them on in the winter. They assume that the fan is designed solely to cool the house – after all, blowing air feels pretty nice doesn’t it? But, a ceiling fan can actually help…
Silver Spring Heating Guide: How to Fix a Faulty Furnace Blower
The blower fan on your furnace is designed to distribute warm air through the ductwork in your Silver Spring home evenly, ensuring you use all of the energy consumed by your furnace. If the blower doesn’t turn on…
A Question from New Market: What Are the Different Types of Furnace Maintenance?
Depending on its frequency, there are different types of maintenance tasks associated with keeping your automobile in tip top shape. Did you also know there are tasks that can be performed at various intervals to keep your New Market home’s furnace…
How to Make Your Takoma Park Heating System More Effective
Everyone wants an effective heating system in Takoma Park – one that will provide steady, reliable heat without you having to spend hundreds of dollars each month on gas, oil or electricity. And while the best way to improve…
What is a Downflow vs. an Upflow Furnace?
When you go looking to buy a furnace, you may well be surprised by how many different elements go into making a good purchasing decision. There are simply so many different kinds of furnaces available now…
Poor Heating Performance with Your Boiler: Possible Solutions
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or a mechanical engineer to troubleshoot – and possibly diagnose – the problems with your Silver Spring home’s boiler when its heating performance is erratic or non-existent.
How to Replace a Thermostat: Some Pointers from Ijamsville
There are a lot of common household tasks that do-it-yourselfers can handle beyond changing light bulbs or replacing a fuse. One of those is changing out a thermostat in your Ijamsville home. The reasons for replacing a thermostat can vary…
Heating System Preventative Maintenance: A Guide from Montgomery Village
Ben Franklin once said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” His famous quotation can apply to many things in life, including the heating system in your Montgomery Village home. While heating systems in Ben Franklin’s time consisted of…
No Heat in the House? Things to Check and Do in Gaithersburg
In general, when your heating system stops working, you’ll need to call a Gaithersburg professional to come out and take a look. However, before you do that, there are likely a couple of things you can check on your own to ensure…