Your Thermostat Is Lying to You
And Please Stop Buying Nest Thermostats Your thermostat says 76°. You’re hot. Your wife says she’s hot. The bedroom is hot. The dog has relocated to the tile floor. You have now walked past the thermostat approximately 37 times hoping the number will have changed. It hasn’t. So you do the only logical thing. You […]
I Have an AC Maintenance Plan. Why Am I Paying for a Service Call?
Maintenance vs. Tune-Ups vs. Service Calls — and Why the HVAC Industry Has Made This So Confusing Your air conditioner stops working. It’s August in Florida. The temperature inside is climbing. You call the same HVAC company that comes to your house once or twice every year to maintain your system. The technician comes out, […]
Veteran’s Guide to HVAC Discounts in Palm Coast
Discover how to access Veteran HVAC discounts Palm Coast for affordable, efficient HVAC solutions. Save on installation, repair, and more!
Are You Sure About This?
A Letter to the HVAC Apprentice So you want to be an HVAC technician. Cool. Are you sure about this? It’s 5:07 on a Friday afternoon. You told your girl you’d be home by 2:30. That was adorable. You’re standing in the driveway of your last call looking at a two-story house. The homeowner opens […]
Why the Hell Did I Move to Florida?
A Florida Homeowner’s Guide to Keeping an Air Conditioner Alive in Paradise You did it. You moved to Florida. For years, you dreamed about this. No snow. No scraping ice off the windshield at 6:30 in the morning. No gray February afternoons where the sun apparently clocks out at 3:47 p.m. Instead, you have palm […]
Mini Splits Suck
A Letter From Your HVAC Technician Dear Homeowner, You know how sometimes you’ll meet a pool guy who spends every day cleaning, repairing and maintaining swimming pools… …and then tells you he’d never own a pool? Welcome to mini splits. Ask a homeowner about their mini split and you’ll hear: “I love this thing.” Ask […]
What Actually Happens During a Proper AC Installation?
Ever Wonder What They’re Doing in Your Attic While You’re Sweating downstairs? It’s installation day. Your old AC is off. The front door keeps opening. There are tools everywhere. Someone just carried what looks like half of your air conditioner through the house. And you’ve heard banging coming from the attic for the last three […]
It’s Not Your Compressor
It’s Not Your Compressor Before a Tech Condemns It, Ask for Proof Your air conditioner isn’t cooling. A technician comes out, spends some time looking at the system and delivers the bad news: “Your compressor is bad.” That’s one of the most expensive diagnoses you can receive on an air conditioner. Depending on the age […]
It’s Not the TXV
The HVAC Industry’s Favorite Suspect There’s an old joke in HVAC: When you can’t figure out what’s wrong with the system, blame the TXV. Low suction pressure? TXV. Coil freezing? TXV. Superheat looks weird? TXV. Mercury is in retrograde? Probably the TXV. We’re joking. Mostly. The truth is that refrigerant-related problems can be some of […]
Why Is HVAC Pricing Such a Secret?
Go to a restaurant and they give you a menu. Buy a television and there’s a price on it. Shop for a truck and they’ll happily tell you it costs approximately the GDP of a small island nation. But try to find out what a new air conditioner costs? CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE IN-HOME […]