With the frigid Northern Virginia winter already in effect, you'd better hope your gas furnace is ready for several months of reliable operation. If you're a conscientious homeowner, you've probably already scheduled an annual furnace maintenance tune-up. But no...
Keep Your Kids Comfortable with the Right Humidifier
The ideal range for household humidity levels lies between 30 and 50 percent, but during the winter months, your household's humidity can drop as low as 10 percent. The conditioned air produced by a heating system saps any existing moisture...
Keep More of Your Hard-Earned Money in Your Pocket with Our Energy Saving Tips
Who doesn’t want to lower their energy costs and save some money? But there’s usually a catch or some kind of drawback to making that happen. If saving money means being inconvenienced or uncomfortable in your Mid-Atlantic home, that’s not a very good trade off. If...
How to Troubleshoot a Gas Furnace
Most of the time a gas furnace runs reliably, especially if you keep it professionally serviced annually. In the rare event it doesn't run as it should, these guidelines for troubleshooting a gas furnace might fix the problem safely and quickly before you need to...
Troubleshooting Tips for an Oil Furnace
Oil furnaces are traditionally very stable and reliable sources of home heating. When the inevitable occurs and your heating system starts acting up, you can benefit from the following tips on troubleshooting an oil furnace. These techniques may save you the trouble...
Selling an Oil Heated Home? Don’t Feel Pressured to Convert to Natural Gas
Selling a home that has been reliably heated by fuel oil should be no different from selling a home that uses natural gas for heating. In some cases, a real estate agent or a buyer might insist that the oil heating system be converted to natural gas before the home...
How to Maintain Energy Efficiency With Your Holiday Light Display
'Tis the season for higher energy bills, and if you've recently started using tips to reduce your energy costs, you're likely interested in finding ways to keep costs down throughout winter, from getting the most from your programmable thermostat to finding ways...
Breathe Easier by Preventing Dirty Ductwork in 6 Straightforward Steps
If you’re like most northern Virginia homeowners, chances are you never contemplate your home's ductwork. While the ducts route conditioned air from your heating and cooling system back and forth to your rooms, what's getting left behind? What is that duct debris...
The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide — What to Know to Avoid Poisoning
You probably think you're doing everything possible to keep your family and your home safe. However, there's a dangerous threat lurking within your home. That danger is carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide (CO) can’t be seen, heard or smelled, but...
The Benefits of Propane Fuel
If you're like most homeowners, the fuel you use to heat your home is probably whatever was already in place when you purchased your home. While this might seem like the easiest option, are you sure you aren't needlessly spending extra money on heating or doing more...
