9 articles
Knowledge base
Plain answers about home heating and cooling: what a symptom usually means, what a homeowner can check, and when it needs a technician.
Heating Solutions
See the serviceWhy a furnace starts and stops every few minutes
Short cycling is the most common winter complaint that is not a total breakdown, and the cause is usually one of four things.
5 min readWhat a furnace tune up actually includes
The word covers everything from a filter swap to a full combustion analysis, so it is worth knowing which one you are being sold.
4 min read
Cooling Solutions
See the serviceThe air conditioner runs but the house will not cool
Air moving and air cooling are two separate failures, and telling them apart in five minutes narrows the problem considerably.
5 min readRepair or replace: how to think about an ageing system
Age alone is a poor guide. Four other facts about the system decide it faster, and one of them is the refrigerant it runs on.
6 min read