Summers are long and hot here in Sherman, TX, and even with August drawing to a close, we still have some hot weather ahead of us. Hopefully, you air conditioner has been doing the job reliably, keeping your house cool and comfortable in the heat of the summer. Now is the right time to give your air conditioner a quick check to see if things are as they should be.
Hutchins Plumbing & Air Conditioning Blog : Archive for the ‘Air Conditioning’ Category
Late Summer Advice for Handling Your Air Conditioner
Monday, August 29th, 2016What is a SEER Rating?
Monday, July 11th, 2016If you’re in the market for a new air conditioning system, congratulations! A new system can pay huge dividends not only in your ability to reliably keep your Plano, TX home cool, but in lowering those monthly air conditioning bills in the process. The SEER rating is a huge part of that, information your of how efficiently the new system does its job and helping you save money in the process. Here’s a quick breakdown of how the SEER rating works and what it means. It should help you make a decision as to which unit to buy.
How to Size a New Air Conditioner
Monday, June 27th, 2016If you’re in the market for a new air conditioner, now is the time to install it: early in the summer while you can still get a huge benefit from improved efficiency and similar features. Before you can install it, however, you need to get it sized: ensuring that the power levels match what your home needs exactly. It takes a trained technician to do so, but fortunately, we’re skilled at sizing air conditioners as part of our normal installation procedures. Here’s how it all works.
3 Signs You Need a New Air Conditioner
Monday, June 20th, 2016Early summer is here, and residents of Frisco, TX will need their air conditioners functioning at full capacity if they want to keep their homes cool and comfortable. If your system is older, now is a good time to think about replacing it. Better to do so now and enjoy the benefits of a new system all summer than suffer a breakdown in the middle of a heat wave that necessitates you scrambling for a replacement option. Only you can decide if your old system requires replacing, but we have 3 quick guidelines that can help make that decision easier.
Beware of Leaking Refrigerant in Your AC
Monday, June 13th, 2016Summer is here in Plano, TX, in deed if not in actual date, and as such you need to be especially aware of problems with your air conditioner. A seemingly innocent little twitch can mean a potential breakdown, which you don’t want to arrive just when the latest heat wave is about to hit us like a wall of bricks. The sooner you can spot such air conditioning problems and get them resolved, the better prepared you’ll be for the high temperatures of summer.
How Does a Zone Control System Work?
Monday, June 6th, 2016Summer is on its way here in Garland, TX, and now is the time to consider any maintenance or upgrades to your air conditioning system. It’s tough to face those 100-degree days without one, and while your current system may be able to do the job, it can cost you an arm and a leg in the process. If your system is working well, but you’d like something to provide a few extra options, then we recommend installing a zone control system in your existing AC. It gives you a number of tangible benefits that can serve you quite well this summer.
3 Common Signs You Need Air Conditioning Repair
Monday, May 30th, 2016Summers in Plano, TX are quite brutal and in order to survive them, you need your air conditioner to function exactly as intended day in and day out. That can lead to a lot of strain on the system, and while you can usually get a repair technician in quickly in the event your air conditioner breaks down, the system usually gives you warning signs letting you know that things aren’t as they should be. 3 of them are quite common and if you spot them, you may be able to turn a big repair into a smaller one.
