Indianapolis Heating and Cooling Blog

Trimming Landscape Can Protect your Air Conditioner As you’re working on your landscaping this spring and summer—fertilizing your grass, edging your sidewalks, and weeding your gardens—don’t forget about the plant life growing up around your air conditioner. Your overgrown plants could be undercutting the life of your cooling unit. We get it. Indianapolis has some...
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Memorial Day weekend in Indianapolis carries special weight. Along with the greatest spectacle in racing, schools are winding down, pools are opening, the grills are cooking in earnest, and families are getting together. And while dining al fresco can be fantastic, Indianapolis area weather can also change in an instant—forcing your Memorial Day party to move indoors. And...
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With 80 degree temperatures finally reaching the Indianapolis area, many air conditioners that have been dormant all winter are going to be kicked on for the first time. A call we receive by the dozens is that the air conditioning system has frozen up. There are a few causes behind this issue: Likely causes of...
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Last Updated 07/01/2019 One of the questions our HVAC experts get asked all the time is, “why is my master bedroom so hot.”  Q. My master bedroom is so hot. How can I make the temperature more comfortable? It’s a super important question. Between sleeping, reading, and getting ready for our days, we spend a...
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Homesense supports entrepreneurship by supporting Lemonade Day of Indianapolis Lemonade Day of Indianapolis helps teach youth across central Indiana the principles of business through creative and engaging technology, all leading to the construction of a Lemonade stand on Lemonade Day. To help promote Lemonade Day, local entrepreneurs and celebrities participated in a recreation of old...
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Beginning on January 1, 2015 the Department of Energy in their attempt to reduce energy consumption has enacted new minimum efficiency standards for single phase split system air conditioners and heat pumps. Since that is all in HVAC speak, I’ll break it down by saying residential A/C’s and heat pumps are being mandated to be...
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It’s Indiana, so I may be getting ahead of myself. But as homeowners across Indianapolis start emerging from hibernation and temperatures start to shoot up, we want to get your heating and cooling system prepared. Tip #1 – Make sure you remove your air conditioning condenser cover. While we’re not big supporters of AC covers,...
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What Homeowners Need to Know About Converting to a High-Efficiency Furnace While admittedly a hot button environment issue, fracking has enabled domestic energy companies like Duke & IPL access to previously untapped energy resources. So what does this mean for me converting to a high-efficiency furnace? This translates into lower energy costs for you, the...
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If you’re shopping for a new furnace, or any type of system that keeps your home comfortable, I’ve put together five tips to help you get through it. 1. Consider what it costs to operate. Furnaces and other HVAC systems come in different efficiencies, for different costs. Investing in an Energy Star labeled appliance almost...
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A common question we get during the winters, especially on cold days is “why are my windows fogging up?” While I think most of us have some intuition that is has to do with humidity in the air, it’s not always clear of when it might happen and what we can do to avoid it....
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