D'Spain Sales and Service Blog : Archive for the ‘Air Conditioning’ Category

Get Your Air Conditioner Maintained Today!

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Here in Helotes, TX, summer is on the way and longtime residents know exactly that that means: high temperatures, high humidity and a need to keep your air conditioner running on a daily basis. Now is the right time to schedule a proper servicing session for your system, when temperatures are still mild and you won’t have use of your air conditioner every day. It will make a huge difference when summer arrives.

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Are Ductless Cooling Systems Right for You?

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Spring is officially here, and while many of us in the Fredericksburg, TX area are still recovering from the winter, now is an excellent time to consider adding a new air conditioner or swapping out an old one whose time has come. Most people tend to think of air conditioners as centralized units, blowing air through a series of ducts to get to the rooms of your home. There is, however, an alternative for those so interested. Ductless air conditioning systems get rid of those ducts in favor of smaller individual units, each controlled separately from the rest and each charged with cooling a single room or section of your home. Ductless systems cost a little more to install than other kinds of air conditioner, so you need to make sure that the benefits they offer match your specific needs. Here’s a few tips to determine whether ductless cooling systems are right for you.

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3 Signs of a Refrigerant Leak in Your AC System

Monday, March 14th, 2016

With March arriving in its usual fashion, residents of Kerrville, TX are turning their attention towards their air conditioner, which has likely sat unused over the last few months but which will soon be called upon to get your household through another hot Texas summer. Now is the time to have your system checked out for any lingering problems that it may have picked up over the winter: getting them identified and repaired now means it won’t cause you any trouble when you need it.

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Schedule a Maintenance Session for Your Air Conditioner

Monday, March 7th, 2016

Have you scheduled a maintenance session for your air conditioner in the last year? If you haven’t, there’s no time like the present. With spring right around the corner, warm weather is well on its way, and you want to ensure that you have a fully functioning air conditioner to keep comfortable. Air conditioner maintenance is essential to avoiding major AC problems in the future.

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Is R-22 Refrigerant Still Available?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

The cooling industry has been under mandates since the early 1990s to make air conditioning products more environmentally-friendly. One of the biggest aspects of these mandates is phasing out the use of R-22 refrigerant, most often known by its brand name Freon. Since discovering that Freon emits a great deal of greenhouse gases, changes have been underway to permanently phase-out the chemical. While it is still currently available, it will no longer be available after January 1, 2020.

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3 Things That Will Happen After Your Air Conditioner Is Professionally Maintained

Monday, September 28th, 2015

Our daytime heat isn’t slowing down all that much in Helotes, but our evenings are relatively comfortable. But the bottom line is that most homeowners are still needing their air conditioning systems around the clock, and we have a long cooling season here. The fall equinox reminds us that another season is upon us, but more importantly that it’s time to once again maintain our properties, and this includes the bi-annual maintenance of your air conditioning system.

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Ways Zone Control Is Good for Both Heating and Cooling

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

Have you gotten so frustrated with the battle over the thermostat that you’ve considered putting a lock box around it? Finding a single setting to make everyone in your home happy is pretty much impossible – but not when you have zone control in your home. A zone control system allows everyone in your home to enjoy the temperature of his/her choice in each zone, ending the battle over the thermostat and taking the stress off your HVAC system as the thermostat switch goes up and down. But to understand how a zone control system helps both your heating and cooling, you need to understand what the system is and how it works.

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Why Is My AC Leaking?

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

Many of our customers have the air handler for their AC in their home’s attic space. This location works for a lot of homeowners for a number of reasons, but it means making sure that you stay very aware of the potential for leaks. While it’s never good to have a leaking air conditioner anywhere, having a leaking AC in your attic can mean a lot of water damage to deal with to your ceiling and walls. What is the main cause of leaking? We’ll discuss this more below.

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The Advantages a Ductless Air Conditioner Can Offer

Monday, August 3rd, 2015

Have you been circling around the idea of installing a ductless air conditioning system in your home, but aren’t sure if it is a fit for your home? Let us give you some help. While you should always work with a trained professional when deciding on the system you’d like, it’s important to know ahead of time how the system works and what it can offer you. As such, here’s a general overview to give you some of the facts about ductless cooling systems:

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Why a Load Calculation Is Critical for a Successful AC Installation

Monday, July 13th, 2015

When you go shopping for a pair of shoes, you check the box for the right size, correct? It’s the same when you install a whole home air conditioning system: if you don’t have the right-sized system, you won’t get the cooling you need. You may have heard that you only need to know the square footage of your home to determine what size AC you need, but this simply isn’t true. What you need is a load calculation, and the experts at D’Spain Sales & Service, Inc., can help you with this.

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