Benefits of a Wall-Mounted AC System

Benefits of a Wall-Mounted AC System

Poor ductless air systems.  How do they make it through a  Wall Mounted AC day without wondering who and what they are? You’d have trouble too if you had more names – a lot more – than you really needed. Should they answer to ductless air systems? Mini-splits? Mini AC units? Wall-mounted AC units? And… Continue reading Benefits of a Wall-Mounted AC System

Why You Need a Central AC Tune-Up

Why You Need a Central AC Tune-Up

Here’s our advice:  after you purchase your next new car, don’t have the oil changed. Instead,  Central AC just wait for the engine to freeze up to the point it needs to be replaced. Makes sense, right? Uh, no more sense than completely bypassing annual maintenance on your home air conditioning system. Just like your… Continue reading Why You Need a Central AC Tune-Up

How to Choose a Shower Curtain

How to Choose a Shower Curtain

On an average daily basis, how much time do you spend  Perfect Bathroom thinking about either your current shower curtain, or what the next one might look like?  Close to zero? That’s pretty much what we figured. Still, when it’s time to buy, some people can’t stop thinking about it, researching new and cool designs,… Continue reading How to Choose a Shower Curtain

What is the Heat Exchanger in My Furnace?

What is the Heat Exchanger in My Furnace?

  The heart and soul of your furnace is the heat exchanger. It’s the largest component and the one most often ignored. The job of the heat exchanger is to release warm air into your home while safely venting fossil fuel byproducts (like carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide) outdoors. A gas furnace, for instance, has… Continue reading What is the Heat Exchanger in My Furnace?

Water Heater Warning Signs

Water Heater Warning Signs

Imagine friends coming over for a visit and, out of nowhere, one of them asks: “So, how’s your water heater?” Here’s how you WOULDN’T reply: “I thought you’d never ask!”  Then again, your friend wouldn’t ask that question in the first place – it’s the kind of thing people discuss only when there’s a problem.… Continue reading Water Heater Warning Signs

How to Select a Heating Company

How to Select a Heating Company

Selecting a home heating company when you suddenly lose heat is easy…you look for someone who can come out right away and accepts your chosen credit card. Later, you hold your breath and hope you made the right decision. But let’s say you’re a planner.  Someone who recently moved into your home and you want… Continue reading How to Select a Heating Company

Things to Clean and Heating After Being Sick

Things to Clean and Heating After Being Sick

Cold and flu season can seem to drag on for months on end.  No escape,  heating cooling no respite. That’s not quite the reality, of course, but you know what they say about perception. How about your family?  Are you caught in a vicious cycle, sort of like a relay race, where one member hands… Continue reading Things to Clean and Heating After Being Sick

How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, filled with sparkling lights,  Christmas tree family gatherings, and excited children with their eyes all aglow. But before you know it, the holiday season will be over and all you’ll have left to show for it are paper cuts from wrapping dozens of presents, a maxed-out credit… Continue reading How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

How to Clean Your Showerhead

How to Clean Your Showerhead

Leave it alone long enough, and your showerhead can clog up from  Showerhead Cleaning excess amount of lime, manganese, calcium, and other mineral deposits. The great the blockage, the more you’ll notice a reduction in water pressure, one you’re likely to assume exists throughout your house. Chances are, the problem is isolated to the showerhead.… Continue reading How to Clean Your Showerhead

How to Cut Home Heating Costs

How to Cut Home Heating Costs

Summer turning to winter in New Jersey is a mixed blessing, utility cost wise. While you’re thrilled to see your electricity go down once you no longer need your central air system, it’s just a matter of time before your heating costs make up the difference and maybe even surpass it. Tell you what…let’s deal… Continue reading How to Cut Home Heating Costs