Depending on where you live, your furnace may be the most vital household appliance during the winter months. It provides the warmth and comfort you need to remain protected and safe throughout the season. Because it is such an important and complex tool in order to keep your home comfortable and warm, that can also …
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At Ross & Witmer we want to help prevent as many HVAC breakdowns as possible and to help people understand why it is so important to have a regular HVAC maintenance program. Unchecked complications can lead to costly repairs or sudden failure are often the result. HVAC systems need to be regularly checked by a …
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If your home has central heating, it uses a furnace or heat pump to provide warmth and comfort throughout your home. When your heating system stops working, it can be a major inconvenience. Problems can happen for multiple reasons, from a mechanical failure, a problem with the solid-state controls, to a cracked heat exchanger. Here …
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Frustration can arise when your furnace, the primary source of heat for your home, suddenly stops working, in the dead of winter. A furnace is designed to move heated air through ducts and deliver it to rooms throughout the house. A furnace is powered by electricity, natural gas, or fuel oil. A variety of issues …
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When it comes to being comfortable, nothing can be worse than arriving home to find you air-conditioner is not working, and the weather forecast is calling for temperatures to exceed 90º! This happens all too often because homeowners are not proactive about replacing their HVAC system. The equipment which keeps a home warm in the …
by Dev Seeing a frosty heat pump can be alarming, but some frost is a normal occurrence. Recognizing when a frosty heat pump is a problem can ensure that you contact a technician and keep your heat pump from becoming damaged when the temperature plunges. Why It Happens The first step in determining whether a frosty heat …
by Ross and Witmer Increasingly, homes in moderate climates like that of the Charlotte area are opting for heat pumps for efficient heating and cooling. An air-source heat pump is usually installed as a split system with an outdoor condenser/compressor and indoor air handling unit (or an evaporator coil attached to a furnace blower). If maintained properly, it can …
by Ross and Witmer The most important thing to bear in mind about heat pumps is that they’re extremely efficient. Don’t be misled by the name; they work for you all year ’round. Here in the Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Gaston and Union conurbation, your HVAC system works as hard at cooling in the summer as it does at heating in …
by Ross and Witmer Installing a high-efficiency heat pump or geothermal system will cut your heating and cooling bills substantially, and each has specific advantages. Because both are a big investment, it helps to know the pros and cons of each. Geothermal heat pumps offer these benefits: Quiet operation: Geothermal heat pumps do not use an outdoor condenser, which …
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