D'Spain Sales and Service Blog : Posts Tagged ‘Heating’

Finding the Optimal Temperature for Your Home

Monday, February 28th, 2022

Finding the optimal temperature for a home is a lot like finding a leprechaun. Sure, you’ve probably heard that it exists, but no matter what you do or how hard you look it seems like you just can’t find it. It seems like every single person has different advice to tell you about their home temperature. Some people “never turn the thermostat lower than 68” while others “never turn it higher than 60.” Isn’t it frustrating?

Today, we’re going to talk about the “optimal temperature of a home.” Did you know that the energy.gov website actually lists a specific range of temperatures that are the most efficient for a heating system? It’s true! Let’s talk about the objective, factually optimal temperature for your heating in Boerne, TX to run at.

Remember, it needs to meet your comfort preferences and your budget requirements! Let’s meet in the middle and find the best home temperature for you.

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What Exactly Is Carbon Monoxide?

Monday, February 14th, 2022

Most of our customers know one big detail about carbon monoxide–that it’s poisonous. As long as you know that carbon monoxide is bad and should never be allowed to exist in your home, then you’re probably fine to continue with life as usual. However, for our more curious customers that want a bit more information as to why carbon monoxide is poisonous, then you’re in the right place.

This info isn’t meant to scare anyone or cause people to panic. Carbon monoxide coming from a furnace can only really happen in specific circumstances, and our team helps homeowners avoid those circumstances at all costs. This blog post is only meant to inform you and help you parse facts from fiction.

So, let’s talk about the chemical makeup of carbon monoxide, why it might come from your heater, and how our team’s heater repair in Bulverde, TX can keep your home safe.

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The Importance of Load Calculation

Monday, December 21st, 2020

When your old heater was installed, was it sized correctly? Did a professional perform a load calculation? If you don’t know what load calculation is, it’s okay. We don’t expect homeowners to be so familiar with HVAC services that they’d understand the complicated math behind these kinds of things. Basically, when a heater is being set up in a home, it needs to accurately be sized according to how much air exists inside the house. The larger the home, the more volume of air the heater needs to be able to heat. It’s that simple!

When it comes to a heating installation in Boerne, TX, you can’t get through it properly without load calculation. If you’d been thinking about signing up with the amateur down the street, we’d like to use this moment to steer you away from that. We perform load calculations on every install we make, so you know we’re the real deal.

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3 Ways a Warranty Helps Your Heater

Monday, November 23rd, 2020

Heater warranties are worth their weight in gold these days. We’re not kidding, they can be worth thousands of dollars whenever you run into an issue, and they are the object of envy for any homeowner that doesn’t have one. Think about it—what’s better than a service like a manufacturer’s warranty that will pay for any repairs or services within a specific time-frame?

Well, we’d like to highlight some of the lesser-known benefits of heater warranties. Aside from the abundant amount of money you usually save when you sign up for a heater installation that comes with a warranty, there are some other qualities of life improvements that come from warranties. Our job is to inform you about how a warranty can help with heating repair in Boerne, and why you should always work with a professional to keep your system’s warranty as long as possible!

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Don’t Panic, Here’s Everything To Know About Carbon Monoxide

Monday, December 23rd, 2019

If you don’t know what carbon monoxide is, we recommend doing a few internet searches after reading this blog post. While we hope that everyone knows what it is, it’s particularly important that homeowners and gas furnace owners, in particular, know about carbon monoxide, since it can be a threat when a heating system has been neglected.

Carbon monoxide doesn’t have a smell, color, or taste. What it does have, is the ability to cause nausea, memory loss, fatigue, unconsciousness, and even worse terrible side effects on your health if it’s breathed in. If you’ve ever wondered why we call so often for heater repair in Boerne, TX—this is the reason. A neglected furnace, or a furnace that forgoes maintenance even though its got a blocked exhaust pipe or a cracked heat exchanger, will start leaking carbon monoxide if you’re not careful.

So, listen up and take note if any of the following things sound familiar.

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Schedule Heating Maintenance This Spring

Monday, March 5th, 2018

heating-repairs-repalcementWe’ve officially entered the last few weeks of winter, which means we’ll soon be turning off our heating systems and turning on our air conditioners. We strongly recommend scheduling a maintenance session for your heating system sometime soon. The warming weather means you won’t have use of the system for much longer, but you have likely been running your heater quite often in the last few months. That can build up a huge amount of wear and tear, which will eventually lead to a serious breakdown if you’re not careful. A maintenance session is just what the doctor ordered.

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Signs You Need a New Furnace

Monday, February 12th, 2018

heating-repairs-repalcementWe’re in the throes of winter, which means that your furnace is likely running all day every day to keep your home warm and comfortable. Now is the time to check it for signs that it may be on its last legs. If you have an older furnace that has been struggling lately, you’re likely looking at a replacement sometime in the next few years. And while you want to get as much use out of a given heating system as possible, it pays to know when the time has come to put an older unit out to pasture.

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Power Levels Are Important with a New Heating System

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

heating-repairs-repalcementWinters are fairly mild in our neck of the woods, but our heating systems still get called into use on a regular basis. If your heater is on its last legs, you may need to get it replaced before the spring. That can lead to a bit of a scramble as you work to get your new heater put in before the next cold front arrives. That doesn’t mean, however, that you should skimp on the necessary steps toward ensuring that your new heating system is working exactly the way it should.

In particular, you should watch out for the comparative power levels of your new heating system. You’re probably aware that an underpowered heater will not be a good fit for your home. It will run constantly — elevating both the monthly costs and the strain on the system — while never really getting your house warm.  But an overpowered heating system can be just as bad.

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Benefits of Ductless Heating

Monday, November 27th, 2017

ductless-heating-systemsMost homes in the area rely on centralized heating of some kind or another, which heats the air in a single location and then distributes it through the home with a system of ducts. It’s inexpensive and effective, which makes it a great option for most homes. Some homes, however, can’t support the ducts required, either because their architecture is unique in some way, or simply because they were built before air conditioning was available and thus can’t support a system of ducts.

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Signs You Need Heating Repair

Tuesday, November 21st, 2017

heating-repair-servicesHeating season has officially arrived, and that means you’ll be running your furnace or your boiler on a regular basis between now and spring. If your system runs into problems, you’re going to want to spot it sooner rather than later. Spotting an issue now and getting it addressed with a repair session from a trained technician can save you money and effort, especially when compared to getting caught flat-footed with a breakdown in the middle of the coldest day of winter.

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