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Furnace Overheating Symptoms & Prevention Tips
Just about any electrical appliance has the potential to overheat. Furnaces are no exception. As a homeowner, you need to take precautions to lower the risk of an overheated unit. You should also be wary of the associated symptoms, so you know when to take action....
Air Duct Cleaning
Your air ducts circulate a supply of fresh and properly treated air. But since ductwork mostly hides behind walls, ceilings, and floors, many Shrewsbury homeowners don’t take the time to monitor its condition. As time ticks on, a thick layer of dust naturally...
How Do I Know When It’s Time to Buy a New Furnace?
Nobody wants a problem with their furnace—but even the most efficient systems have to be replaced at some point. Is the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in your Westborough home malfunctioning? If so, be sure to address the issue as soon as...
How Do I Know I Have a Cracked Heat Exchanger?
Your helpful neighbor suggested the issue you are having with your gas furnace sounds like it could be due to a cracked heat exchanger. What is a heat exchanger? How can you tell if this is the issue? What should you do about it? Do not ignore the possibility! Be...
4 Factors to Consider When Buying a Heat Pump
So you are looking to invest in a heat pump. You are not alone––many Americans are making the switch. Why? For starters, heat pumps are generally more efficient than a traditional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. What is more, they offer...
7 Furnace Maintenance Tips
It’s understandable that maintenance tasks often fall by the wayside. Many Shrewsbury homeowners follow the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Everyone is busy and many seemingly more important priorities tend to creep up every month to consume time and...
How Does a Gas Furnace Work?
On a frosty winter’s day here in Massachusetts, your gas furnace is hard at work, keeping your Shrewsbury home warm and cozy. Feeling grateful? You’re not alone—it’s one of the most popular forms of heating, as American as apple pie. In 1919, New Jersey inventor...
How Can I Lower My Heating Bill This Winter?
Are you anticipating a higher heating bill this winter? Here in Shrewsbury, temperatures can get pretty low. The only way to ensure you remain perfectly comfortable inside your Massachusetts home is by cranking up the heat. But that can get expensive. So how do you...
4 Important Heat Pump Maintenance Tips
How often do you schedule a maintenance visit for the heat pump in your Shrewsbury home? Taking proper care of your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is the best way to ensure it will function efficiently and reach its full service life...
Why Is My Heat Pump Blowing Cold Air?
When it comes to staying warm during the cold winter months, folks in CITY love their heat pumps. Fast, reliable, and cost effective to use, heat pumps are a popular choice in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. But what if it’s freezing...
Why Air Duct Cleaning Is Important
Just like your lungs are an important connection to the rest of your respiratory system, your home’s ductwork, or air ducts, are importantly connected to your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. For your HVAC system—and your lungs—to perform...
What is a Heat Pump?
What’s the best way to preserve resources? Working with what you already have. Heat pumps make your Westborough home more comfortable by using heat that already exists. It pushes heat from outdoors to indoors (to warm) or pulls heat from indoors to outdoors (to...