2016

Addressing A Few Common Air Conditioning Care And Maintenance Questions

The air conditioning system that keeps your home comfortable on a hot summer's day is easily one of the more important devices that you own. However, there are some new homeowners that may not be very informed about their home's air conditioning system. To help you be prepared to be a responsible homeowner when it concerns these systems, you should know the answers to the following few questions. What Can Cause The Air Conditioning System To Stop Cooling The House?

3 Reasons Your Central AC System Might Be Running But Not Producing Cold Air

A working central air conditioner is critical for keeping your house cool during the hot weather. If you have discovered that your system is no longer producing cold air even though it is running, you may wonder what is causing the problem. Here are three of the main things that can prevent a system from producing cold air while it is running. Dirty condenser Every central AC system has an outdoor component known as the condenser.

3 AC Maintenance Tips To Ensure Your System Survives Winter

Cold weather means that you will be turning the AC off soon. It is also a time when you may be doing maintenance around your home to prepare for a long winter. During these months, there may be little thought of your AC, but there are still some AC maintenance tasks that you will want to do to ensure your air conditioning makes it through the winter without any problems when you turn it on next spring.

Simple Ways That You And Your Plumber Can Make Your Bathtub Safer

There are many reasons that you might wish your bathtub to be safer — perhaps you have an elderly family member coming to stay with you and you're concerned about his or her stability, or maybe your young kids have gotten old enough to shower and you don't want them to slip and fall. Whatever the reason, it's always a good idea to increase the safety of your home in any way possible.

CAUTION: Contents Under Pressure, and Reasons Boiler Repair Should Only Be Handled By a Pro

Boilers, as to be expected, are temperamental things. On the one hand, they are constantly heating water and turning it into hot steam as a means of keeping buildings warm. On the other, all of that steam is pressurized. One false move, and you could be blasted with boiling water or boiling hot steam, and this could produce first-, second-, or third-degree burns. Unless you definitely know your way around a boiler, you should not be attempting boiler repair on your own.