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5 Ways to Lower Your Winter Heating Bill. Pigy Bank

5 Ways to Lower Your Winter Heating Bill

October 29, 2024

When the temperature gets low, your energy bill gets high. That’s because you spend more time indoors during the winter. And we don’t blame you—it can get pretty cold here in North Carolina.

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Transitioning Your Heat Pump

October 17, 2024

One reason North Carolina homeowners love heat pumps is they function as an all-in-one unit. Instead of purchasing and maintaining a separate furnace and air conditioning system, you can simply transition your heat pump from the heat setting to the cooling setting and vice versa as seasons warrant.

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Schedule Your Annual Furnace Inspection Now

Schedule Your Annual Furnace Inspection Now

September 27, 2024

What ’s at the top of your fall to-do list? Make sure it is your furnace.
Prepping your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for winter in North Carolina not only enhances your safety and your furnace’s efficiency, it can help keep your repair budget in line during cold weather.

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Why Air Conditioners Freeze Up. Close up photo of an HVAC until frosted over.

Why Air Conditioners Freeze Up

September 14, 2024

Did you accidentally stumble upon your air conditioning (AC) unit’s “winter weather” setting? Nope. You’re probably experiencing a freeze-up.

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Going Ductless

August 30, 2024

You can spend up to 30 percent less to cool and up to 60 percent less to heat when you upgrade your AC system, according to ENERGY STAR®.

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Air Conditioning Basics––Did You Know?

August 16, 2024

Today’s air conditioner (AC) is based on a prototype invented in 1902 by Willis Carrier, an engineer from Buffalo, New York. Unlike earlier forms of cooling, Carrier’s model controlled the temperature by removing heat and humidity from the air.

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Air Handler Maintenance. Service Man Working on Furnace.

Air Handler Maintenance

July 31, 2024

Regularly scheduled maintenance for your air handler keeps you healthier; extends the life of your system; and contributes to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) higher efficiency; and may even reduce your energy bills.

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Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality

July 17, 2024

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consistently ranks indoor air pollution as a growing concern to the public’s health. Fortunately, there are ways to take control of the air you breathe.

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Zone Your Way to Comfort. Person using home automation to control lighting, heating, air conditioning ... etc in modern apartment with fireplace, large windows with blinds, wooden floor and concrete ceiling.

Zone Your Way to Comfort

June 28, 2024

Zone controls are a series of dampers retrofitted in your ductwork, coupled with thermostats. They block or permit air from entering customized zones throughout your home. Zoning allows you to control different temperatures in different parts of your home.

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3 Tips to Getting the Most From Your HVAC Warranty. Image is a photograph of a man taking a photo of the inside of his furnace.

3 Tips to Getting the Most From Your HVAC Warranty 

June 14, 2024

An HVAC warranty offers you a valuable safety net for servicing and repairing the heating and cooling equipment in your China Grove, NC, home.

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