Brown's Heating & Cooling Blog: Posts Tagged ‘HVAC’

What to Look For in an HVAC Contractor

Monday, August 14th, 2023

When your air conditioner isn’t working with a heat wave in the forecast, or a heater that goes out on Christmas Eve, spending a lot of time trying to find the best contractor for the job isn’t something you have the time for. That’s why it’s important to know some general things you should be on the lookout for when deciding between cooling and heating contractors.

It’s easy to find plenty of HVAC companies that are ready and willing to work on your home’s precious HVAC systems. But what specifically should you be looking for in an HVAC contractor that really differentiates the professionals from the “chucks in a truck?” Let’s go over 4 key factors to consider when deciding on an HVAC company.

Continue Reading

The Inflation Reduction Act and What It Means for Our Customers

Monday, October 10th, 2022
white-question-mark-on-blue-circle

By now, you’ve heard of the Inflation Reduction Act–a historic act implemented this year that aims to curb inflation by reducing the deficit, lowering prescription drug prices, and investing in domestic energy production while promoting clean energy.

The Inflation Reduction Act is anticipated to be the most aggressive action on tackling the climate crisis and is expected to create clean energy jobs, make the tax code fairer, re-energize American manufacturing, and lower healthcare costs overall too. Read on as we uncover how this impacts our HVAC customers!

Continue Reading

The Power and Importance of Routine HVAC Maintenance

Monday, September 12th, 2022
two-technicians-working-on-outside-ac-unit

Maintaining your home’s climate control systems is a crucial step in keeping them working properly in the long term. Both heating and cooling systems can operate more efficiently, with less risk of problems, if they’re maintained before their heavy season starts.

That said, it makes sense to schedule your heating maintenance pretty soon! But what matters most with HVAC maintenance is consistency, more than timing. It’s important that you have both your air conditioner and your heater each professionally tuned-up once a year. This means if you have a year-round heat pump system, it needs biannual tune-ups.

Read on to learn why HVAC maintenance is so important! For the sake of this blog post, we’re going to use your heater as an example, since fall is right around the corner.

Continue Reading