Category: Cooling
Prepping Ceiling Fans for Summer Energy Savings
Many people break a sweat just thinking about the summer spike in their energy bills necessary to keep their air conditioner running and their home comfortable during the steamy Minnesota summer. But you don’t have to choose between sweating it out to save money or sweating the cost of staying cool. One way to cut
Cleaning A/C Evaporator Coils
Spring: the time of year for afternoon strolls around the lake, making sure kids don’t track mud through the house, and performing seasonal maintenance on your home HVAC systems and appliances to prepare for the summer months ahead. One of those seasonal maintenance tasks is cleaning your air conditioner evaporator coils. Dirt, grime, and mold
How Your Ceiling Fan Can Reduce Winter Heating Costs
Ceiling fans are crucial to surviving humid Minnesota summers. They provide a welcome extra breeze to keep us cool, and they shrink our monthly energy bill by giving our air-conditioning a break. Many people don’t realize ceiling fans can help regulate temperature during the winter months too. Ceiling fans can make a room feel either
Transitioning from Cooling to Heating
It may be October already, but it’s only just this week that the temperatures have finally broken and it’s cool enough to start indulging in our dreams of sweaters, falling leaves, and all things pumpkin-spiced. The chill in the air also means it’s time to start transitioning your HVAC systems from summer to fall. Follow
Weathering the Winter: End of Summer Air Conditioner Maintenance
You can breathe a sigh of relief. The final heat wave of summer is finally waning, and your air conditioner survived another grueling summer of keeping your family cool and comfortable. It’s just about time to give your AC a break, crack open your windows, and leave cool air to the autumn breeze, but before
To Repair or to Replace Your Air Conditioner? That Is the Question.
As the summer winds down, your air conditioner might be showing signs of wear after a long season of use. You may be noticing some ominous sounds, finding that it has trouble coming on, or feeling like your house isn’t as cool as it was in June. It may be that your unit only needs
How to Take Care of Your Air Conditioner
You just had a new air conditioner installed and you’re looking forward to a cool, temperature-controlled summer. Even though your unit is brand new and it’s probably the last thing on your mind, now is the time to start thinking about upkeep. Air conditioners are fairly low maintenance, but there are three important things you
Get the Most Out of Your Ceiling Fan This Summer
The summer heat wave is finally setting in, and the numbers on the thermometer are creeping up—along with the numbers on our electric bills. Whether you’re cranking up the central air or running your ceiling fan all day to keep cool, you’ve probably noticed a significant increase in your monthly energy usage. But there’s no
Why Getting Routine Air Conditioner Service is Important
With summer around the corner, most people are probably busy calling their local technicians to perform a routine air conditioner service. You should join them by contacting the technicians in your area to come over to your house and have a look at your air conditioner. Just hope that no other problems arise when the
5 Signs Your Home’s Cooling System Needs Repair
If your cooling system is not functioning well and you suspect a problem, you need to address it by first identifying the issue, and then calling the technician to repair them. However, you can skip the first step of identifying them entirely and go with the second step of calling the technician to do that