What are the advantages of evaporative cooling?

An evaporative cooling system is eco friendly. Evaporative cooling uses the same cooling principles as found in nature. Evaporative cooling is close to the same effect you feel of cool air when you stand near a waterfall.

The evaporative cooling system uses up to 90% lower peak energy, which implies lower wiring costs. It can be easily used with solar energy and lower requirements of additional power systems.

Evaporative coolers cool the air without the use of refrigerants which can harm the ozone layer. It implies 80% less production of green house gases.

It is the best solution for cooling the drier areas, such as Colorado, with higher humidity. Using an air ............

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You may have read about indoor air cleaners and wondered if they could help you breathe better. Certainly you should decide for yourself and we're going to provide you with some indoor air quality information that can help you make the right choice for you and your family.

 Home's today are being built or remodeled with more weather stripping, caulking and insulation becoming both tighter and more energy efficient in the process. The problem? More contaminants are becoming trapped inside our homes. The air we breathe indoors can be loaded with pollutants like respirable dust, pet dander, dust mites, mold spores, bacteria, viruses and more that aren't finding their way out through cracks or air leaks in the............

I know. I know. Why does a blog about air conditioning bring up Tim Tebow? What does an NFL Quarterback have to do with something so mundane  as your air conditioning system?

Maybe this blog on air conditioning shouldn't delve into an area that is seemingly so remote from football but I can't help it. And, quite frankly I guess I'm willing to take the risk that someone may be offended. But here goes.

Air conditioning systems are somewhat like quarterbacks. When you first get them you are all excited about the job they are going to do. You can't wait for that first hot day to come along and stand back and watch them do their work.

That was a lot like what Tim Tebow was to Denver. He ............

 Man, what a long winter! If you're like me you didn't think the snow was ever going to leave. And while there is a possibity (as always in Colorado) that we may still have some more snow we know it won't stick around.

So back those cars up in the driveway. Time to wash that car. Rake out the gardens. Time to water the perennials that are returning. Clean up the loose leaves. Time to put a layer of water on that grass.

Spring is almost here!

Okay, so you may think I'm pulling the Scrooge of Spring here but please let me give you a word of caution.

First, we don't know for sure if there could (although remote) be a late freeze.

Second, make sure when you turn the ............

Did you ever wake up one morning, turn on the water and all of a sudden it sounds like the house is going to vibrate off the foundation?

Or, you flush the toilet and it sounds like gun fire coming from the other room?

That is water hammer.

What is it?

What causes it?

What can you do about it?

That is what we will be addressing over the next couple of blogs.

We'll help you stop banging your head on the wall because of the noise coming from inside the wall. 

A sewer line backup ranks right up there with some of the nastiest things to deal with. And, they always seem to back up at the most inconvenient times.

Then they not only cause a mess but the backup can also cause some serious damage.

So, what causes backups and what can you do to prevent them?

There are three main causes for pipe and sewer blockages and while some are simple to detect and easy to prevent, some are hidden and can hardly ever be detected before the damage occurs.

1. Solid Flushes
The most common cause of sewage backup is a blockage of the lateral service pipe between the home and the city main. This is usually caused by solid objects accidentally flushed down a household drain.

In ............

So here we are at the tail end of the heating season. You can breathe a sigh of relief now because you had no heating issues this winter. As a matter of fact you were frugal and didn't even have your furnace serviced. That saved you some dough right? Well not necessarily. You're not out of the woods yet.

Think about your car. Would you continue to drive it without changing the oil? Or would you go two years without a tune up? Didn't think so. Well your heating system is like an engine also. As a matter of fact one heating season for your heating system is equivalent to 10,000 miles driven on your car.

Okay, maybe you agree with me and admit you should have had it serviced. But now spring is ............

You see them all the time. Special offers that are just too good to be true.

One special offer that seems to be running its course in our industry right now is the "low ball rate" to service your furnace and then the servicing company will guarantee you will pay no repairs for a year.

Okay, lets think about this for a second. How can they service a furnace for lets say $49.00 and then guarantee no repair bills for a year? I mean it is a piece of equipment with several intricate parts. They can't see inside a circuit board and tell you there is not going to be a short that burns the board. They can't look at metal and tell you its not going to stress crack? And, at $49.00 per furnace, ............

You turned down the thermostat when you left the house on the morning of a cold day. Then let's say you come home in the middle of the day to a cold house. You want to warm back up to 68 ASAP, so you crank the dial up to 78 to get the furnace working harder and faster. Will that work? 

Not really. No time is saved in reheating the house. Most furnaces pump out heat at the same rate no matter the temperature. They just cycle on for a longer period to reach a higher temperature. The furnace will take the same amount of time to return to 68 degrees regardless of the thermostat setting. By cranking up the thermostat, you are likely to overheat the house past 68 degrees and waste energy. Just reset the ............