To honor our core value of Care for the Community, the team at Homesense is holding our first ever coat, hat, gloves drive to benefit the Wheeler Mission. Throughout the month of December, our team will be collecting items to help those in need. Interested in helping, simply drop coats off at our office from...
Read More →
Like male model of the year Hansel, being thankful at the end of November is so hot right now. With that disclaimer out of the way, I’m thankful. I’m thankful for a lovely and supportive wife. I’m thankful for an intelligent and high-character business partner. I’m thankful for the best team of talented individuals in...
Read More →
Whenever we get a call from an Indianapolis area homeowner to check their furnace, before we move to replace the furnace we always do everything possible to seek out a solution to repair and save their system. As we do during our Preventative Maintenance Program visits, we follow a thorough 19-point inspection of your heating system to...
Read More →
Is your furnace not working after our last winter storm in Indiana? Read on to see how to make sure it doesn’t happen again. As I write this blog post, 35 mile-per-hour winds beat at my windows. Meteorologists are calling it a “Witch Storm,” with high winds and storms expected to swirl around the greater...
Read More →
A new indoor air pollution study—conducted by scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health, SUNY-Upstate Medical School and Syracuse University and published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal—just revealed that all the time we spend indoors, nearly 92% of our lives, can be making us stupid. But don’t worry. We’re all about to get...
Read More →
Whether its to lower their utility bills or to help take care of the planet, I’ve noticed more and more of our clients around Indianapolis asking about efficient heating and cooling systems. At Homesense, we install an extremely efficient HVAC system that uses renewable geothermal energy. But before we do anything, we’re always intentional about walking our customers...
Read More →
It’s July in Indianapolis, and that means humidity levels are at their highest. Do you have a basement or crawl space? Have you noticed it’s gotten much damper in these spaces lately? You might be interested to learn about the Aprilaire 1850 Dehumidifier. I’m confident you’ll enjoy the results, as nearly everyone who gets one says that, within...
Read More →
While not as common as wanting bigger air conditioners, we still receive requests from Indianapolis homeowners for small air conditioners. Not just smaller than what they have, but smaller than what their house needs. And while we understand the driver behind such a request—to lower the price of the new air conditioner being installed—there are two primary...
Read More →
A Right-Sized Air Conditioning Unit is Essential For Your Home’s Comfort It’s important to have an air conditioning unit that’s properly sized for your home. An air conditioner that’s the wrong size can have significant negative impact on your comfort and operating costs. Over the next week, I will outline some of the primary risks related to the sizing...
Read More →
Increased Rainfall in Indianapolis Impacts the Comfort Inside Your Home I can’t remember a summer with more rain since I’ve lived in Indianapolis. With the exception of college in West Lafayette and a few years in Cabo, I’ve been here since 1979. According to the National Weather Service, it was officially the 7th wettest June on...
Read More →