What Do SEER and SEER2 Mean?

What Do SEER and SEER2 Mean?

by | Feb 27, 2023 | A/C

The United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) new regulations for residential central air conditioning sold in the United States went into effect on January 1st, 2023. The DOE now requires residential air conditioner systems sold in the Northern United States...
6 Tips to Avoid Clogged Drains

6 Tips to Avoid Clogged Drains

by | Jan 30, 2023 | Plumbing

Clogged drains are frustrating. A drain that fails to do the only thing it is meant to do – indeed, the very thing it is named after – means that the entire sink, tub, shower or toilet is nonoperational. You can hire a local plumber to quickly scour a clogged drain...
Ice Dams and the Damage They Can Cause

Ice Dams and the Damage They Can Cause

by | Jan 12, 2023 | Heating

What is an ice dam? It isn’t something that’s made by ice beavers. It is a ridge of ice that accumulates on the edge of a roof. Equally true to both halves of its name, an ice dam prevents meltwater from freely running off the roof – and that can cause...
8 Ways to Keep Your Furnace Running Year After Year

8 Ways to Keep Your Furnace Running Year After Year

by | Jan 10, 2023 | Heating

A new furnace is an expense most homeowners don’t want to deal with. Facing this dilemma in the middle of a Minnesota winter is an even scarier scenario. As the old saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and this couldn’t be more true than...
Why Do You Need a Carbon Monoxide Detector?

Why Do You Need a Carbon Monoxide Detector?

by | Jan 10, 2023 | Air Quality

Colorless. Odorless. Tasteless. Undetectable to the human senses. Accountable for at least 430 deaths and approximately 50,000 hospitalizations in the United States every year. We’re speaking about carbon monoxide – also known as the “silent killer”...