When it is time to have a new AC installed in your home, the first step is to ensure that you select a system that matches your specific needs. There are 4 main factors to consider in this process. Sizing Your Air Conditioner It’s important to perform a heat load calculation to make sure your new air
Prepping your home for sale
There are many things you can do to your home to make it more appealing to buyers, including removing wallpaper, painting walls a neutral color, and having your homed staged by a professional stager. However, some of the most effective changes you can make to your home are ones that could help the buyer save
Seasonal Activity Tips
Seasonal cleaning and maintenance of your HVAC system is essential to keeping your family comfortable all year long. And while you may have to change the filters a few times throughout the year, the spring and fall are usually the best times to perform more thorough cleaning and maintenance. Doing so will ensure that your
Save on energy costs
How to Conserve Energy at Home American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning offers an array of high-performing and high-quality HVAC systems that work smarter to manage your home energy consumption and help to reduce your electric bill and natural gas, propane and oil costs. Many factors can influence the potential savings on your energy usage,
Keys to improving Indoor Air Quality: Eliminate pollutants, add fresh air, choose the right filter and control humidity
Home serves as our safe haven and refuge away from the world, but how often do we think about the quality of the air inside it? Most likely, not often enough. Yet we should considering the EPA findings that indoor air pollutant levels are two to five times higher than outdoor levels, and we spend
3 Ways To Keep Your Cool While Waiting For The Air Conditioning Repair Guy
You wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat. No, it’s not a nightmare full of terrifying clowns, it’s your air conditioner. You run down the hall to look at the thermostat and your sweatiest fears are confirmed: your air conditioner crapped out in the middle of the night and it feels
3 Ways To Stay Warm While You’re Waiting For The Furnace Repair Guy
It’s every homeowner’s worst fear during the often unpredictable Colorado winter. You come home from work, but instead of stepping into a nice, warm house, it’s like you’re walking into an igloo. You immediately run to check the thermostat, hitting the little button multiple times to crank the heat up over 70 degrees. Nothing. Looks
3 Surprisingly Easy Ways To Improve The Air Quality In Your Home (Part 1)
In a previous blog post we discussed several surprising things that can pollute the air inside your home. This included everything from furniture and paint, to some types of air purifiers that use unsafe levels of ozone to wipe out other contaminants. Because heavily polluted air can create health issues and cause allergic reactions in
5 Shocking Things That Can Pollute The Air Inside Your Home
Air pollution is a big problem in America. According to a report released in 2014 by the American Lung Association, almost fifty percent of the U.S. population lives in areas where air pollution levels are often dangerously high for them to breathe. That’s a scary statistic but there’s something that makes it even more worrisome:
3 More Surprisingly Easy Ways To Improve The Air Quality In Your Home (Part 2)
According to the Environmental Protection Agency and others, the air inside our homes can be up to five times more polluted than the air we breathe outside. This is quite incredible considering that the outside air is exposed to major sources of contamination, like coal-fired power plants, natural gas, and the exhaust from millions and