Blog - Page 4 of 9

Many of us in Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora and Plainfield can tend to spend a lot of time indoors, particularly at home. What we might not always be aware of is that the air we're breathing inside can be up to five times more polluted than the air outside. The EPA even suggests that our… Read More

When our HVAC comes to mind, we tend to think most about our seasonal heating or cooling. We’re mainly concerned with a furnace that properly functions in winter and an air conditioner that does so in summer. With the attention we give to keeping warm or cool, sometimes it’s easy to forget about the quality… Read More

Winter is back here in Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora and Plainfield (IL), and it never fails to remind us why we own a furnace. With the kind of cold we get, our heating system becomes a VIP at home every year. We're fortunate that many of today's furnaces are more efficient and enduring than ever.… Read More

An ideal situation for homeowners in Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora and Plainfield is to have a furnace that performs all winter long with few issues and no need for repairs. Think of how much you depend on yours when icy winds are whipping and ice and snow are building outside. Your furnace works hard to… Read More

Picture the following: It's the last week of December, and temperatures are starting to drop. A homeowner in Yorkville suddenly realizes the furnace isn't working. She checks the thermostat, the air filter and even the circuit breakers – all are as they should be. She also scans the house for blocked vents – there aren't… Read More

Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora and Plainfield are wonderful places in which to own a home. Each has its own distinctive people, spirit and charm, and living down the road from Chicago can have its advantages too. We also get to experience the four seasons, so it's important to have HVAC that serves us with each… Read More

Here’s a sobering fact: The air we breathe at home in Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora or Plainfield can be five times more polluted than the air we breathe outside. The Environmental Protection Agency identifies indoor air quality as a major health risk. When we consider it, we can begin to understand why. Dust, debris, fumes,… Read More

Here's something that those who live or work in Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora or Plainfield (IL) might not know: The air we breathe when we're inside can sometimes rival polluted air we might breathe outdoors. If that sounds odd, that's because it's easy to imagine the environmental contaminants beyond our doors and perhaps less so… Read More

It's summer in Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora and Plainfield. The heat starts to climb, which activates your air conditioner. Sometime later, you notice the air inside isn't any cooler even though the system has been running awhile. You try some basic troubleshooting such as double-checking the thermostat and the air filter, but those don't appear… Read More

It’s another summer day in the 80s or 90s in Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Aurora and Plainfield. Maybe you’ve been outside for a bit, or you can feel the temperature rising inside. If your thermostat is set, it should be turning on the AC at your set comfort point. But what if your outside AC unit… Read More