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What Do SEER and SEER2 Mean?

What Do SEER and SEER2 Mean?

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 to have...

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6 Tips to Avoid Clogged Drains

6 Tips to Avoid Clogged Drains

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...

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Ice Dams and the Damage They Can Cause

Ice Dams and the Damage They Can Cause

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 many problems...

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8 Ways to Keep Your Furnace Running Year After Year

8 Ways to Keep Your Furnace Running Year After Year

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...

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Why Do You Need a Carbon Monoxide Detector?

Why Do You Need a Carbon Monoxide Detector?

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" – and what you can...

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What Are Ductless Air Conditioners?

What Are Ductless Air Conditioners?

Installing new ductwork for air conditioning makes perfect sense in many situations – but it is inconvenient when the house is already built, and usually costs thousands of dollars. Adding ductwork is also frequently not an option in older houses which lack space for...

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October Is Healthy Lung Month

October Is Healthy Lung Month

How You Can Keep Your Lungs Healthier   Did you know, October is national Italian American heritage month, national apple month, national bat appreciation month, national cookie month, national toilet tank repair month, national roller-skating month, and national...

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Give Your Air Conditioner Space to Breathe

Give Your Air Conditioner Space to Breathe

Your air conditioner provides you with comfortable air all summer long. In spite of that, it's easy to forget that your central air conditioning unit also needs its own air to function correctly. That means giving it space to breathe! Keeping the right amount of...

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Why You Should Install a Sump Pump – And How to Maintain It

Why You Should Install a Sump Pump – And How to Maintain It

A basement which doubles as a sump will encounter serious problems without some sort of mechanism in place to drain it. A flooded basement doesn’t just damage or destroy anything stored inside it. It also poses a serious risk of lethal electric shock to anyone living inside the house, and it may quickly breed mold and mildew which will colonize the frame, walls, and floorboards above.

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Guide to Tankless Water Heater Maintenance

Guide to Tankless Water Heater Maintenance

A tankless water heater is exactly what it sounds like. Rather than store and continually heat water in a tank, the unit instantly heats any water which passes through it. A tankless water heater's primary advantage is its energy efficiency. The unit is 24% to 34%...

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