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As a homeowner, keeping up with all the systems that keep your home comfortable can be overwhelming. One of the systems in a home that can create the most frustration is your HVAC system. HVAC stands for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. Whether in your home or in a business...

For so many of us, our furry friends make up another member of the household. We cannot imagine a life without our dogs and/or cats, and we enjoy their company as much as they need ours. However, there are times when being a pet owner brings with it a downside,...

It is a question much wondered about – and squabbled over – in households around the nation and here in the state of Georgia: What temperature should I keep my thermostat? The reason for this is about getting the most out of your HVAC – while not sending energy bills...

There is nothing better than cozying up to a roaring fire on a cold winter night. It is almost meditative: ignoring the chill while wood flame crackles and dances behind a warm hearth. As with every wonderful thing there are a few drawbacks to a wood fire, however. Cleaning the...

Stink bugs... The name says it all. And while these insects are not “dangerous” to humans, you don’t want anything to do with something that might stink up your house, right? Unfortunately, the stink bug loves the sight of a warm home in wintertime, meaning that you need to know...

A common occurrence in older homes but certainly not unheard of in newer homes, uneven air flow can make for quite an annoyance. For what we pay in energy usage costs and on HVAC installation, we expect the entirety of our homes to be heated and cooled the same throughout....

Many of us love a good scare this time of year. And yet there is a common Halloween decoration that is in fact very real and provides a good scare for lots of homeowners year-round. We’re talking, of course, about the spider. So many people get squeamish around these eight-legged...

There is no doubt that the state of Georgia, and north Georgia in particular, is a nice place to live. The region’s combination of scenery and weather can be truly stunning, and, at the very least, is often enjoyable and comforting. People aren’t the only beings that enjoy this area,...

Have you ever thought more about what’s in the air you breathe than you do right now? Thanks to a number of factors, not least of which being the novel coronavirus pandemic, so many of us are now conscious of breathing the freshest, cleanest air. The thing is, there are...

Quite often, when a homeowner or business owner thinks about Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), they think only in terms of the big piece of equipment that provides the cold (or warm) air. The truth is, however, that a tiny little computer that sits on your wall can be...

OK, let’s go ahead and say it, cockroaches make most people’s skin crawl – and with good reason. Besides being a nuisance and downright nasty looking, cockroaches carry harmful bacteria such as salmonella that they deposit wherever they crawl inside your home – and that can include over food, serving...

Warm spring air makes us all want to get outside and move around more (even if we are under directives to stay away from our fellow man to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic). But while humans we are currently limited in what we can do, insects have...