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One of the most difficult parts of adulting these days is making big decisions such as when you should spend money on things like a new air conditioner (AC). Air conditioning systems can be expensive, and although they can provide a great deal of added comfort in the hot summer, they are not as critical…
Close your blinds on sun-facing windows during the day to keep the sun from heating up your home and causing your AC to use more energy.
Turn on your ceiling fan when you’re home while raising the temperature on your thermostat to save energy costs and keep your home feeling cool. Make sure that your fan is rotating counter clockwise to blow the air straight down and therefore feel cool.
What if you could just move heat to where you wanted it most? Actually, you can. Essentially, that’s what a heat pump does. A heat pump is a single heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit that heats your Austin home in the winter and cools it in the summer. Our professionals at AiRCO Heating…
Allergies plague millions of people throughout the world. In fact, worldwide allergic rhinitis, also known as hay fever, affects between 10 percent and 30 percent of the entire population, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Each year, this suffering group heads to the doctor’s office and the allergy aisle at the…
It can be disconcerting if you happen to see ice build up on your air conditioning unit in your Austin home. Why is that happening? There can be several causes to this air conditioning freeze-up. Our AiRCO Heating and Cooling professionals come across this often. Here are the most likely culprits and what you should…
Sunlight escorts you late into the evening. The kids count down the days until vacation. And the mercury rises. All the signs of summer are upon you, and as much you love summer, you probably dread those high energy bills that tend to tag along with the season. Here are some great tips from AiRCO…
A split system replacement refers to a special type of air conditioner, which has a condensing unit that sits separately from an evaporative coil unit. The two parts are connected by a copper tube that carries the refrigerant between the units. Our AiRCO Heating & Cooling professionals would be happy to share the different types…
A heat pump is a device that transfers heat from one place to another, from inside your Round Rock, TX home to outside or from outside to inside. In the winter a heat pump works like a heater, extracting heat energy from outside and transferring it inside. In the summer the process reverses and it…
The best time to have an air conditioning tune-up is late spring, right before the weather gets really hot in Austin. During this time, you probably haven’t run your air conditioner for several months, and it will still be some time before you need it on full blast all the time. Our team at AiRCO…