You’ve been told to get twice-yearly inspections and change the filter regularly, but there’s a better way to keep your home’s HVAC system in shape. A maintenance plan — basically, a contract that provides regularly scheduled inspections and maintenance appointments, as well as priority emergency help — offers benefits that you wouldn’t get by setting up a basic appointment now and then. Four benefits in…
During the summer months, air conditioning is really a necessity, especially in Ontario where the humidity can make the temperature seem much more awful than it is. Running the air conditioner all the time, though, consumes a lot of energy that you could save by using some natural or lower-energy methods to keep cool. If you want to save on your energy bills while not…
If you want to install landscape lighting — and you really should if you want to make your yard a lot safer at night — two types of ground-based lights stand out. One is solar-powered, and the other is a low-voltage version of hardwired electrical landscape lighting. Some of the differences and advantages between the two are obvious, but there are a few pros and…
Finding the right HVAC company when you need work done may seem like a difficult task, but it’s easier than you realize if you know what to look for. Rather than hope that whoever you hire will somehow be OK, do your research first by looking for these five characteristics. Experience and History Look for a traceable history and a lot of experience working on…
Southwestern Ontario has to deal with everything from industrial air pollution to ragweed and grass pollen to mold, making life rather miserable for allergy and asthma sufferers. But an air purifier, also sometimes called an air cleaner, can remove a lot of the extra pollen, spores, and pollutants from a room. If you or a family member have allergies or asthma, a purifier could make…
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