If your furnace is reaching the end of its natural life expectancy, you’re probably considering many home heating options, including converting to an oil heat system. Of course, you can simply stick with the status quo and upgrade to a newer model of what you...
Is Your Gas Furnace Malfunctioning? Troubleshooting Tips for Virginia Homeowners
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...
