Enjoying the Indoors

Consumer information regarding the air handler unit. Review these vital questions and vital facts on the air handler unit.  An air handler unit is quite often the solution for efficiently managing the home and work place’s comfort system. Compact, standing at approximately three to four-feet, the air handler unit promotes healthy indoor quality, and a slew of other benefits. These consumer questions and answers, pertaining to the air handler unit, highlight various vital facts.  

As the temperatures heat up across the nation, St. Louis’ muggy climate leaves little room to keep the air conditioning unit powered off. With buildings accounting for more than 30 percent of the green house gas emissions, and skyrocketing energy bills, reducing use is not only healthy for the planet, but also gentle on the budget. Hoffmann Brothers, a highly reputed air conditioning contractor for commercial and residential environments recommends the following energy savings tips during the summer.

Read why heating and cooling maintenance is vital and whether it’s better to hire an engineer or commercial HVAC contractor?

Review how to maintain a commercial heating and cooling system, programmed to provide the most energy efficiency:

Review these 12-facts, benefits and consumer details about tankless water heaters.

Given the uncertainty of natural gas coupled with the inflating cost of cooling and heating the home, homeowners recognize the benefits, cost-savings and federal incentives for the replacement of the standard heating and cooling system with a geothermal heating system.  

Hoffmann Brothers, a leading HVAC contractor of St. Louis answers the most prevalently posed questions about the geothermal heating system.

Use these spring-cleaning tips to prepare your air conditioning unit for the summer season…

It’s that time of year, when Spring cleaning signals a time of better temperatures in the northern states. Spring-cleaning is also the prime time to tweak the air conditioning unit, preparing it for an up and coming new season. After four to five months of being inactive, particularly, systems 10 years older require annual maintenance to keep an HVAC unit running efficiently.

For those, who have noticed significant spikes in the energy bill last summer, now may be the time to have the air conditioning unit checked by a professional heating and cooling contractor. Moreover, if the air conditioning unit is older than 12 years old, there’s no time like the present to calculate the cost and overall savings of updating the cooling system. Compared to adding a new room or re-designing the bathroom, improving the home's air conditioning system -- not only adds up to substantial savings, but qualifies for an energy efficient tax credit.

Certain repetitive heating system failures are indicative of the need for a system replacement. Whether the furnace, boiler or heating and cooling systems are aging or rooms are drafty, a heating contractor can diagnose the temperature control problem. Here are a few ways to evaluate the health of your heating and cooling system:

Why is it important to have regular maintenance on my home comfort equipment?

Just as annual doctors visits are necessary for preventative health measures, the same applies to keeping the home’s heating and cooling system operating at peak performance. Many a comfort system breakdown could be avoided with the proper maintenance. When heating system functions properly, the comfort contraptions are innately more energy efficient.