Learning to appreciate good indoor air quality

But it is an old Doom and gloom, thankfully taking care of bad indoor air quality is pretty easy.

If you’ve never had good indoor air quality then you really learn to appreciate it when you do have good indoor air quality. It might come as a surprise to you but your indoor air quality can actually impact your health, your health can easily be affected by bad indoor air quality. So what can cause bad indoor air quality? Well the main cause can be your heating and air conditioning system, you see, the better the air conditioning heating unit that you have, the better your indoor air quality will be. This is because the air comes through your heating and air conditioning system, and your air filter plays a big part in that so this is another reason why it’s important to change your air filters frequently. The problem is, if you have an air conditioning system that either has an air filter that has never been changed, or the AC unit is old, or if the AC unit just doesn’t run efficiently these are all things that could cause you to have bad indoor air quality. But it is an old Doom and gloom, thankfully taking care of bad indoor air quality is pretty easy. First get your HVAC unit looked at by your heating and AC specialist, they will be able to evaluate your situation and tell you what would work best for you and your heating and cooling system. Secondly, if you need it, get an air purification system of some sort. This can be a standing air purifier, a whole home air purification system, or something like a UV light filter. Whatever you choose they all work really well.

 

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I didn't know what it was like to have good indoor air quality

I didn’t know that I was living in a place that had terrible indoor air quality until I lived in a place that had a great indoor hallway.

The reasons are because when you live in a place like that long enough, you just get used to having bad indoor air quality.

I always thought that I had allergies, but I realized that once I moved out after a couple weeks of living in my new place my allergies virtually disappeared. I thought it was strange, but now I know it was actually in my indoor air quality. I don’t think I would have ever figured this out if it wasn’t for a friend of mine, she told me that it could be my indoor air quality that was causing me to have all those hours that was the only thing that she could explain that would be a reasonable explanation for why my allergies just suddenly disappeared when I moved to a new place. At first I dismissed her but she insisted and so I decided to go ahead and have a test done. I chose to have the indoor air quality tested. I had to test it at my old place and my new place and I was shocked at the results. The indoor air quality of my old apartment was absolutely horrendous! I was surprised that I could breathe at all in the air that was filled with dirt, debris and all kinds of other things so I couldn’t believe I was breathing that in for so long. No wonder it was so bad for my health!

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I finally got rid of that old furnace

I’m going to be really unhappy when my oil furnace does finally give out

I’ve had the same old oil furnace for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the house that I currently live in and I can remember going down to the basement and always being creeped out by seeing that furnace. It was large, dark, and loud. It always gave me a creepy vibe and I did my best to stay away from it when I was a kid. As I got older I started to get used to it and I actually enjoyed having the oil furnace. The reason was because I never realized that when I was a kid it was really good at heating the house and keeping it warm. They just don’t make these furnaces like they used to. All the modern performances just cannot compare to the old oil furnace that I have. The modern furnace breaks down a lot more easily and has to be replaced way earlier than the old ones. I think the difference is because the old ones, like with many things, were made to actually last whereas the new ones are cheap and break down more easily. Even the more expensive ones demand many repairs throughout their lifetime. I can confirm living here I’ve only had to have my oil furnace repaired twice and one of those wasn’t even really a repair but more of just a maintenance call. I’m going to be really unhappy when my oil furnace does finally give out. I know that nothing can last forever but I’m hoping that it can last a good another 10 years. As old as it is already but it just might make it as long as it continues to have good care and regular maintenance.

Smart thermostat

I started my own heat and AC company

I started my own Heating and cooling business.

It was not the easiest thing to do but I’m so glad that it was a path that I decided to take. I had been wanting to do something different with my life for quite a long time now but I hadn’t quite figured out what that thing was that I wanted to do. I had been working in a dead-end job for as long as I can remember and I was so done with all of it. I was ready to just quit and leave everything behind me. However at the same time, I was making good money and so it made it hard for me to leave. But what I really wanted was to just start a new life. I wanted to move to a different city, live in a different place and work a different job. Then it occurred to me that if I could become an entrepreneur, I could start my own company and I could be my own boss. The idea was way too tempting to me, it sounded almost too good to be true but what if it wasn’t? Maybe just maybe this might be possible. I did as much research as I could to learn all I needed to know about starting up my own company. Once I learned how to start my own business from the ground up I then had to decide what kind of business it was that I was going to start. I remembered that my granddad had been a really amazing HVAC technician. He could fix the most heating and air conditioning units in a day that anyone that I knew! I made the decision that I was going to follow in his footsteps and become a heating and air conditioning worker for myself, except I wouldn’t work for a heating and a/c business, I would own the heating and AC business.

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Building my own business from the ground up

Two years ago I decided to start my own Heating and cooling business.

I was nervous about taking this big leap into the unknown but I knew it was best for me. I wasn’t happy with the job I had been working at, and getting another job wasn’t what I was wanting to do. I had long since decided that I’d wanted to become my own boss and why not do it with a heating and AC company? It made the most sense to me because my father was a heating and air conditioning worker, and I had always been interested in repairing things myself. I actually made a good side income when I was 15 repairing different things for the neighborhood kids. So going into something like this just felt natural to me. I wanted to do all my research so I knew exactly what I was getting into before I decided to take the punch because I knew that once I started there was no going back. I found out all I could about heating and AC workers, how to properly run a business, what kind of HVAC products I should carry, how to properly hire people, and more things like that. I had a rocky start at first but after a couple of years of getting the hang of things, I finally felt like I could do things without even thinking about it. Sometimes on some days it just felt like I was going through the motions, but I was doing what I loved. I didn’t have to depend on anybody anymore. The best part was, my heating and I see this was a success.

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What does it mean to be a heat and AC worker?

What does it mean to be a heating and cooling worker? What that depends on who you ask, for me being a heating and air conditioning worker means that I go around and fix people’s seating and cooling systems.

Pretty simple right? However, that’s only if you’re talking about what I do for a living. If you’re asking me the question what does it mean to be a heating and cooling worker that is an entirely different question. It’s going to depend on who you ask but to me, being a heating and AC worker means that I am someone that can help somebody out. I have been on the other side of where these people are at, the other side of the fence so to speak. I have had my heating and AC system break down at separate times. There was this one time that I had to go without air conditioning during one of the hottest Summers of the year and it was unbearable! I haven’t really had too many issues with my heater but there was this one time where my thermostat had stopped working and therefore I couldn’t get my central heating system to heat my house correctly. I know what this is like to have heating and AC problems, that I dedicated my life to becoming an HVAC technician to help other people out. I make decent pay, but love what I do and that to me is worth more than the money. Maybe some people think it’s odd that I love being a heating and AC worker, but for me it really is a perfect job.

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Keeping up with heat and a/c maintenance

Can you have a heating and air conditioning system like any other system in your home that needs to be maintained and taken care of.

This means that if it breaks down you’re going to want to repair it, this also means that you should be doing things that prevent it from breaking down in the first place.

This would be things like having it regularly tuned up and cleaned. I know all too many people that do not do this, and they do not have any issues as time but it catches up with them and they start having issues with their heating and air conditioning system way later. This is why it was always important to have your heating and AC system serviced and maintained. I have been regularly having my heating and air conditioning system maintained every 6 months and I haven’t had any issues with it since then. I only had one problem that occurred two years ago but that went away after it was repaired and then once I started regularly maintaining it I haven’t had any problems since that first one. The first one was pretty simple too, it was just a simple clog that needed to be removed, thankfully nothing serious. I would advise heating and AC tune ups to everybody who can get them, but not all people listen. Unfortunately for them, they often have to learn the hard way. But that is ok, I will continue to try to tell them until hopefully they can see the best thing to do is to have regular heat and a/c tune-ups.
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Scheduling an appointment for heating and cooling maintenance

All it took was a simple air filter change and then some cleaning of the vents and the noise went away

Today I made an appointment for a heating and air conditioning worker to come out to my house to take a look at my ductwork. I’m not sure what’s going on but I’ve been having strange noises coming from the air ducts. It sounds like flies buzzing around in there. It started all of a sudden and I don’t know what’s causing it. I was really wondering if there was something seriously wrong with it or if it’s just something simple like maybe the air ducts being clogged or something. If it is something like the air ducts being clogged or something I can easily fix that just by going and paying for a ductwork cleaning. When the heating and air conditioning worker came out I found out that the problem was actually very easily accessible, the problem was that my air filter had not been changed in a while and that was causing clogging in the vents. All it took was a simple air filter change and then some cleaning of the vents and the noise went away. It was great to sit back and relax and enjoy the air without having to worry about the strange buzzing noises. I have a great I see that I was working well and I was also working with clean air ducts! You know, I remember the heating and AC technicians telling me that your duct cleanings every now and then we’re good for your HVAC system but I didn’t listen, now I know.

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I helped my son get an a/c

When my son moved out on his own he was having a lot of problems with this heating and cooling system.

He had been living in an apartment for a while but he had finally saved up enough money to buy his own house and he and his fiance were moving in there.

I was really proud of him and his accomplishments and I wanted to help him out. He’d been telling me recently that he had been having a lot of problems with his air conditioning system. His AC was not working properly and despite having a HVAC worker coming out and doing some tune up and some repairs on it it was still not functioning correctly after three separate Heating and acquaintances. Eventually, he found another heating and AC technician and this one told him that it was going to need a plethora of repairs in order to get it working again. Unfortunately, he moved into a house that had a really old and crappy HVAC system and he didn’t have the funds to be able to repair it. That is where I came in, I knew I’d be able to help him and so I loaned him the money to help him get a brand new air conditioning system. We went shopping for air conditioners together and it was a really fun experience. It was great to spend time with them and I was so happy that he would have his AC again.

 

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