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Maintenance

If You’ve Nursed Your Furnace Through The Heating Season, Now’s The Time To Buy

If you’re nursed a temperamental furnace through the heating season, you know how frustrating it is to have a heating system that doesn’t work properly. It may have been a serious aggravation, but your decision to delay the purchase of … Continue reading

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What Pops, Clicks And Goes Boom? A Heating System That Needs Your Attention

When your heating system is malfunctioning, it’s likely to make unusual noises. Don’t ignore it, or else you might end up without heat at the worst possible time – or worse, a carbon monoxide leak or fire hazard. Here are … Continue reading

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How Prepared Are You For A Winter Power Outage?

Winter storms can cause a power outage that leaves you in the cold and dark for hours or possibly days at a time. Being prepared for an outage can help you avoid some of the most uncomfortable consequences of cold … Continue reading

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Furnace Replacement: Your Guide To Buying The Unit That’s Right For Your Home

A little information can go a long way in allaying any anxiety about furnace replacement. So before you’re mired knee-deep in Energy Star ratings, air flow measurements and cubic feet, here are a few things to remember as you look … Continue reading

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Frozen Pipes: Take Preventive Steps Before The Coldest Days of Winter Arrive

Winters in the Northeast can be very cold, and frozen temperatures sometimes lead to frozen pipes. Luckily, most homes in the Northeast are built with pipes on the interior, so they seldom get cold enough to freeze. However, pipes in … Continue reading

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What You Get When You Purchase A Glasco Service Contract

Conventional wisdom holds that it’s probably not a good idea for consumers to pay for service contracts on small appliances and gadgets, the thought being that they will probably never need them. But when it comes to big-ticket items like … Continue reading

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Consider The AFUE Rating When You’re Buying A Furnace, But Weigh These Features As Well

If you’re in the market for a new furnace, there are several factors, AFUE ratings foremost among them, that you’ll want to keep in mind. First of all, AFUE, or “annual fuel utilization efficiency,” measures how well a furnace converts … Continue reading

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Your HVAC System: 4 Surefire Ways To Boost Efficiency

With today’s rising energy costs, it’s more important than ever to find ways to reduce your energy usage. Here are four simple tips you can use to boost the efficiency of the HVAC system in your Connecticut home: Schedule Regular … Continue reading

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Why Lifetime Costs Impact Your Cooling System Purchase

A new cooling system is a big household purchase. Like an automobile, a cooling system has an initial purchase price and then the continuing costs of operating and maintaining the air conditioning system. While the purchase price is a big-ticket … Continue reading

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The Value Of Preventive Maintenance

Even though the weather is not giving much hint that winter’s on the way, it’s still time to think about preventive maintenance for your home comfort system. After a long hard summer of running the A/C every day, and with … Continue reading

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