Last week, I covered the basics of cleaning your air conditioner’s condenser unit and performing some basic maintenance. This week, I will cover the inside maintenance you’ll want to perform to clean your air conditioner’s condenser unit. The inside maintenance on your air conditioner is just as important as the outside maintenance. Keeping your evaporator [...]

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Spring has come early this year, and while the temperature change has been nice (and welcome), it’s a good reminder that the 2012 cooling season is nearly upon us. If you have an air conditioner, you’ll need to do some annual air conditioner maintenance to ensure that your AC unit works well, efficiently and remains [...]

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Spring seems to have made an early appearance, so there’s no better time to get your annual air conditioner maintenance done. In the next few posts, I’ll be concentrating on air conditioning, and what you’ll want to do to be sure you can avoid an expensive air conditioner repair in Boston this summer. As far [...]

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Your forced-air furnace has a filter that helps catch dust and debris. Ultimately, the filter prevents this material from being distributed through the ductwork. Most forced-air furnaces have disposable filters, although you can buy cleanable filters you can re-use. Furnace manufacturers recommend that the filter be cleaned or changed monthly for best performance. For homeowners [...]

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Last week, I talked about air conditioner efficiency in terms of window air conditioners. In some situations, window air conditioners will work just fine. For some homeowners in Boston, central air conditioning is the preferred solution because it cools the entire house, instead of a single room or selected rooms. As a brief refresher, the [...]

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In Boston, air conditioning is needed only for a few months during the year, so homeowners may wonder whether central air conditioning is really needed? Will window units suffice? How much will central air conditioning cost to install, maintain and operate? One big part of the answer is efficiency. Highly efficient central air conditioners may [...]

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Homeowners around the country may have been surprised to learn that new HCFC-22 air conditioners – that is, new air conditioning units that run on R-22 refrigerant – are no longer sold in the US. The change, which took effect on January 1, 2010, is part of the global effort to reduce harmful hydrochlorofluorocarbons emitted [...]

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Winter is coming to an end, and that means lower heating bills, but it also means that homeowners should be thinking about air conditioning in Boston homes. Maintenance is key to keeping your Boston air conditioning working as efficiently as possible throughout the summer cooling season. Air conditioners require maintenance each season, even though it [...]

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Homeowners haven’t totally missed the boat on last year’s home heating tax credits. Boston home heating can hit you right where it counts – in the pocketbook – so programs designed to reduce the cost of modernizing your Boston home heating system are welcome, no matter how much they cover. This year, the generous $1,500 [...]

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As the fall temperatures turn colder, most Boston homeowners are thinking about winterizing their homes. This post has a few tips for helping to reduce heating costs by winterizing your Boston home. In future posts, I’ll help you winterize a home that is (or will be) vacant during the winter months. The first step in [...]

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