At Your Service Plumbing, Heating & Air Blog: Archive for April, 2017

How to Lower Your Cooling Bills This Summer

Monday, April 24th, 2017

Air-conditioning-efficiencySummer is on its way, and that means regular use of your air conditioner to keep high temperatures at bay. With proper care and maintenance, your air conditioner should perform reliably, but you’re still going to be paying more when you run it every day. The good news is that you can take steps to lower your cooling bills this summer. Some steps are easy and can be done without much preparation. Indeed, you may be practicing them already: raising the thermostat a few degrees, for example, and dressing in lightweight clothes throughout the house.

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Help! There’s Frost on My Air Conditioner Coils

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

For most people, the sight of frost or ice on the coils of their air conditioner doesn’t seem out of the ordinary. After all, aren’t air conditioners supposed to be cold? In point of fact, however, frost on the coils usually signals a significant problem, which should be dealt with quickly by a trained professional before it gets any worse. The reasons lie in the basics of the system itself, and the good news is a trained technician can help.

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