What Counts as an HVAC Emergency
What genuinely needs somebody out tonight, what can wait until morning, and what you should handle yourself before calling anyone.
Derek Mills ·
Maintenance
The seasonal work that keeps equipment from failing on the coldest or hottest day of the year.
What Should Be in a Commercial HVAC Maintenance Agreement
Most agreements are priced per visit and say very little about what happens on the visit. What to require before you sign one.
Chris Wheeler ·
Spring AC Tune Up: What Is Worth Doing
What a real tune up includes, what you can do yourself in twenty minutes, and how to tell a genuine service from a sticker on the side of the unit.
Derek Mills ·
Rooftop HVAC Units: What Neglect Actually Costs
RTUs are out of sight and they stay that way until the tenants complain. What a real quarterly service covers and the failures that come from skipping it.
Derek Mills ·
Mini Split Maintenance: What You Can Do Yourself
Ductless systems are low maintenance, not no maintenance. The filters you should be rinsing monthly and the deep clean that needs a tech.
Derek Mills ·
How to Bleed Air Out of a Hot Water Heating System
Air in the loop is one of the most common heating complaints and one of the few you can genuinely fix yourself. The order matters.
Derek Mills ·
Getting Your Heating System Through a New Hampshire Winter
A fall checklist worth working through in October, when a problem is an appointment instead of an emergency.
Chris Wheeler ·
Repair or Replace? How We Think About It
A framework for deciding, including the parts of the calculation that have nothing to do with the price of the repair.
Chris Wheeler ·
How Often Should You Really Change Your Furnace Filter?
The number on the box assumes a house that does not exist. What actually determines your interval, and why a thicker filter is not always better.
Derek Mills ·