Can a Heat Pump Maintain 70 Degrees in NY?
A heat pump is an excellent and cost-effective choice to warm your home during the chilly seasons of fall and winter. However, to reap the full benefits of a heat pump system, knowing the optimal settings for your thermostat is essential. Adhering to some basic guidelines can significantly enhance your system’s efficiency, ensuring a comfortable […]
Homeowner’s Guide to Setting Your Thermostat
With the escalation of summer heat, our reliable companion, the air conditioner, becomes indispensable. Though these devices serve us relentlessly, they also require our attention to function safely and efficiently throughout the summer’s hottest days. What Should I Set My AC To? Determining the optimal setting for your AC involves several factors. Temperature Variation: Your […]
Why You Need Heating Oil During the Summer
While Long Island has experienced a relatively mild spring, the possibility of a hot summer looms ahead. As temperatures rise, our focus naturally shifts towards cooling our homes. We pay attention to air conditioning units, central air systems, fans, and create cross-breezes by strategically opening doors and windows to beat the heat. However, amidst all […]
What Temperature Should I Set My Thermostat When on Vacation?
Summer is here, and many of us want to take a break and travel. In fact, approximately 80% of people across the country plan on traveling at some point during the summer. While some plan one big trip, many will plan out multiple weekend getaways or may even spend weeks away from home. While it […]
Do Windows Affect Your HVAC?
There are many factors that impact the efficiency of your HVAC system. Its size, how well maintained it is, the weather, and the temperature at which you’ve set your thermostat all determine how well your heater and air conditioner will function. But did you know that one of the biggest (and often overlooked) factors in […]
When Should You Turn AC On?
As the days get longer and warmer, we’re approaching that inevitable day when we turn on the air conditioning in our homes and businesses. We may be tempted to look only to the daytime high temperatures to determine whether or not it’s time to switch on the AC, but we also need to look at […]
7 Tips to Make Sure Your HVAC System is Ready for Warm Weather
It’s April, and we all know that day is coming: It’s the day you realize the weather is too warm to rely on open windows to keep your home cool, and it’s time to boot up the air conditioner. Before that day arrives, we recommend you do some basic HVAC prep to make sure your […]
How To Lower Your Heating Bills
This winter season has been a fairly mild one for Long Island residents. We’ve avoided bad winter storms well into February. Still, anything can happen, and we should be prepared for ice and snow throughout the winter season into early spring. Just because we’ve avoided a string of bad winter storms doesn’t mean we haven’t […]
Tips To Prepare Your HVAC Unit For A Snow Storm
It’s that time of year when we take the sweaters out and turn the thermostat up. And with how cold it can get on Long Island in winter, you want to know that when you raise that thermostat that you have a properly functioning home heating system that can keep you and your family comfortable. […]
Five Money-Saving Home Heating Tips
The U.S. Department of Energy says that home heating represents almost 50 percent of our annual energy bills, costing many people upward of $1,700 a year. When oil costs are exceptionally high or winters are especially bad, those prices go up and up. What can you do as a homeowner to keep that cost as […]