Category: Homeowner Tips

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    heat exchanger cleanout in a gas fired water heating boiler

  • Truth abough high efficiency tankless boilers

    Truth abough high efficiency tankless boilers

    There are many good things to say about high efficiency/ tankless hot water heating boilers.  You’ve heard many good things like the savings and the energy efficiency.  These things are smart.  Some units even come with an outdoor sensor that will adjust their output according to the temperature outside.  So if it’s 20 out it […]

  • Heating Maintenance Part II, Combustion

    Heating Maintenance Part II, Combustion

    In the last post we talked about the importance of changing of water in a hydronic (water) heating system.  This post I’d like to discuss the importance of maintenance of the heating part of the system.  In order for your boiler or furnace to operate for years to come it must operate with clean combustion […]

  • Heating Maintenance Part I, Boilers

    Heating Maintenance Part I, Boilers

    In this post Id like to address the importance of heating pre-season maintenance.  More specifically the water heating boilers.  You depend on your heating system all fall, winter, and part of spring to perform without a hitch year in and year out and to do so things must be looked over and serviced if and […]

  • Best time to do heating maintenance

    The question we get a lot from our customers is, when should we do our heating service?  September is upon us and nights are getting cooler, which is normal this time of year.  Many of you reading will not consider turning on your heat, however some may.  If you are considering turning on your heat […]

  • Whole house inline water filtration system

    Whole house inline water filtration system

    This is a nice alternative to a whole house water softening system for those who wish not to deal with the salt.  This does not make your water soft.  This filtration system simply filters water of most contaminants and debris. Share…FacebookGoogleLinkedinTwitterPinterestTumblrRedditEmailPrint

  • Quality Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning

    Although we can service and install every brand, not every brand is worth installing.  Some brands we try to steer clear of.  These brands produce poor quality products and back it up with even worse quality warranties.  Our company guarantee our labor for up to one year on everything we do whether its a faucet […]

  • Air conditioning Refrigerant Freon leaks

    Air conditioning Refrigerant Freon leaks

    In the last several posts we have been discussing different consequences of not changing air filters or not having them at all.  Some of the more severe consequences are frozen evaporator coils (inside/ air handler), which we have also discussed.  When ice expands so rapidly sometimes things move and or shift. That can create small […]

  • Leak from ac system

    What to do if there is a leak from attic air conditioning unit? First and foremost it is best to turn the system off at the thermostat. If possible, access the attic and confim that leak is actually coimng from ac system. There can be several reasons why the air handler (the attic unit) is […]

  • Importance of changing air filters

    Importance of changing air filters

    There seems to be a lot question and misunderstanding as to how often to chance air filters in central air system (hot air furnace heat).  Hopefully reading this will clarify some questions. First, allow us to explain the basics of mechanics of forced air system.  Each system contains a motor (blower), which is designed to […]