Collier's Heating & Air Conditioning Blog: Archive for the ‘Indoor Air Quality’ Category

Does HVAC Air Duct Cleaning Really Do Anything?

Monday, April 1st, 2024
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Indoor air quality is a crucial aspect of maintaining a healthy and comfortable living environment. Many homeowners overlook the significance of their HVAC system’s air ducts when considering indoor air quality. 

However, the truth is that these ducts play a vital role in the circulation of air throughout the home, and HVAC air duct cleaning services in Warsaw, IN are essential for optimal performance of your HVAC system. In this article, we’ll delve into why this service should be done every 3-5 years.

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Condo Comfort: 3 Big Tips

Monday, October 9th, 2023

Oftentimes there’s a major distinction between people who are renting a living space and those who own it. While there might be some overlap in terms of an HVAC installation or service, there’s a big difference financially. But there’s one category that we haven’t mentioned yet, that’s definitely worth mentioning, and that’s condo owners.

Condos are great living spaces for people who want to own their own home, but don’t like all the tasks and maintenance issues that come with a house on its own property. They usually have the same internal mechanisms of a house, but with a layout that’s more like a townhome, or shared property for parking, gardening, and other uses. This is easy for many people, and we totally understand why condos have gotten so popular in the past few years.

But if you’re going to invest in HVAC, you might want to be aware of how much space your ducts are taking up. Our team can provide air duct repair in Warsaw, IN, but fixing old air ducts is just one tip from a list of a few that we’ll mention below.

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Fixing Your Ducts Goes a Long Way

Monday, May 15th, 2023

Your air ducts need to be addressed in order for you to get long-term home comfort. They’re a vital part of a centralized, forced-air heating or cooling system, and they’re going to be better off in professional hands.

We hear stories all the time of homeowners trying to clean or fix their ducts on their own, but that ends up leading to damage and hours of wasted time or money spent on equipment that just doesn’t work. Avoid this kind of worst-case scenario by calling a licensed professional to have your air ducts fixed.

How do you know if your air ducts need fixing? Well, that’s what we’re here for!

We’ll cover all of the signs that you might have ducts in disrepair, and we’ll talk about why duct repair in Columbia City, IN goes a long way towards improving your home comfort.

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3 Benefits to Air Duct Cleaning

Monday, April 10th, 2023
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Air ducts serve an important role in your home, meaning that dirty ducts can cause multiple problems. And, to make matters even more difficult, air ducts that are dirty are nearly impossible to clean without professional help.

They’re delicate systems which means they can be easily injured or ruined when conventional cleaning equipment is used to empty them of dust, debris, mold, critter nests, and more.

So, we arrive at a crossroads. Professional air duct cleaning in Warsaw, IN sounds like a great idea, but is it entirely worth it? Will you benefit from it, or is the stress of thinking about how dirty they are getting to you?

Let’s take things step by step. First, we’ll tell you about the three major benefits to air duct cleaning. Then we’ll leave the decision up to you. If you think that your ducts are in rough enough shape to require professional support, then our team can help you as soon as you’re ready.

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What Might Be in Your Ducts?

Monday, October 17th, 2022

Air ducts are a spot in your home reserved for one thing only: air. That’s not just because they’re called “air ducts,” but because it relates to their sole function. Air ducts are supposed to bring cool, conditioned air in the summer (and heated air in the winter) throughout your home and deposit it into the rooms where you can feel it. Without air ducts, you’d simply sit in your uncomfortable room while your AC or heater churned out the temperatures you wanted but only in the area that it worked.

Air ducts are great, but the truth is that they don’t get nearly the attention they deserve. Sometimes they fall into disrepair (which we can help with), but even when they’re in relatively good shape, they’ll get covered in contaminants. Those contaminants can end up in your breathable air if you don’t hire a team for air duct cleaning service in Warsaw, IN.

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Battling Dry Winter Air in Your House

Monday, January 21st, 2019

cold-man-with-thermostatWe’re dedicated to the local community, and making sure our neighbors have the best household heating through the winter is extremely important to us. That’s why we offer services like our HomeSavers Club so our customers receive the help they need to get through a winter without any heating system trouble.

But there’s another important job we do for comfort, and that’s installing whole-house humidifiers in Fort Wayne, IN and the rest of our service area in Northern Indiana. The right whole-house humidifier can make a huge impact on comfort and energy savings during the winter.

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Fight Flu Season with Air Purifiers

Monday, November 27th, 2017

UV-air-purifier-lightWinter can be festive and beautiful. It can also be aggravating, uncomfortable, and filled with flus and colds. There are ways you can prepare to keep sickness away from your household during the coming flu season, such as arranging to have flu shots. But you may not have considered indoor air quality installations as one of the best weapons against the spread of germs and viruses in your house. The proper installation of air purifiers (as well as air filters) will improve health in your house and alleviate issues for asthma and allergy sufferers. Contact us for an air purifier in Syracuse, IN, and we’ll help you find the right IAQ options for your house.

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How a Dehumidifier Helps in the Summer

Monday, July 10th, 2017

woman-in-front-of-fan-hand-on-headHigh humidity is a common comfort problem people experience during the summers here in Northern Indiana. High relative humidity levels make hot days feel even hotter, but there are other troubles that high humidity can cause when it occurs inside a home, from illness to building damage.

If you’re dealing with high humidity problems in your home, the best solution is to have a whole-house dehumidifier installed. You can purchase portable dehumidifiers, but not only are these limited in how effective they are (you don’t really want to drag the unit from room to room, do you?) they can also present fire hazards. It’s easy to enjoy a whole-house dehumidifier in Fort Wayne, IN: you only need to contact our experienced indoor air quality team and arrange to have one installed.

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An Important Spring Cleaning Job: Duct Cleaning

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

duct-cleaning-with-vacuumSpring means both house cleaning and financial cleaning. As you look over your taxes for the year and think about big-scale home cleaning jobs, it’s easy to pass over a few cleaning jobs hiding out of sight. One of these is professional air duct cleaning.

You can’t see most of the ductwork in your home, so it’s no wonder you probably give little thought to having it cleaned. But if more than a couple years have gone by since you arrange to have the air ducts cleaned—or you’ve never had them cleaned—right now during spring and tax season is an excellent time to have it done. You can relax outside while the professionals do the work, or spend the time getting the last bit of your taxes finished.

When you need duct cleaning in Columbia City, IN or the surrounding areas, we’re the people to contact!

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The Benefits of a UV Air Purifier for Your Home

Monday, January 9th, 2017

There are many ways to improve the air quality inside a home. Air filters are the most common, and in many situations all a house will need to remove the airborne contaminants floating through it is a professionally installed set of filters.

But filters have limitations. The more powerful filters that can stop small allergens, bacteria, viruses, and other microbes are usually a bad idea for a house. These filters have such thick weaves that they will cut off the airflow from a residential HVAC system—and that means no comfort and higher bills.

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