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Is Your Heater Short Cycling?

Monday, December 16th, 2024

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How can you tell when there’s a problem with your heating system? You’ll want to get repairs straightaway, so you need to notice heating issues as soon as possible. What are the signs? You might notice an unusual odor or a sudden sound. You might find that there’s not enough airflow from your vents, or the air is coming through cold. You might even spot an unexplained increase in your utility bills.

There’s another issue with heating systems that might be a little harder to spot. It’s called short cycling, and it can be caused by a few different things. If you don’t have your short cycling heater repaired, more serious issues will develop! Here’s what you need to know.

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Never Fear, Here’s How to Keep Your Drains Clear

Monday, March 2nd, 2020

Problematic drains are a tale as old as time. As long as our homes have had plumbing, things have gotten stuck in drains, blocked the flow of water, or made our lives miserable by messing with our sanitation standards. We’re not here to talk about the history of drains, though, since with technology and scientific breakthroughs we have today there are some clear solutions to the problems you might be encountering.

Plumbing is less guesswork than people think. When becoming a plumber in Hondo, TX there are a lot of guidelines, licensing procedures, exams, and certifications that must be acquired before you can accurately assess how to fix a drain. Since science plays such a huge role in clearing your drains, we’d like to impart some knowledge on how you could use these scientific strategies to combat slow or blocked drains today.

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Common Spring Problems with Your Heat Pump

Monday, March 28th, 2016

A heat pump is a unique device for your heating and cooling needs because it is capable of performing both duties equally well. It uses the same principles as air conditioning – circulating refrigerant through a closed loop to first heat and then cool the air – but with a twist. The cycle can be reversed, allowing you to heat your home as well as cooling it and allowing you to combine both functions into a single unit. Heat pumps tend to experience the most issues during transition periods like now, when they switch over from heating to cooling modes (or from cooling to heating in the fall).  If you can keep an eye out for some of them, you may be able to get a jump on a given issue before it gets out of hand.

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