What Do Homes in British Columbia Cool With?
Fewer than half of British Columbia households cool their home at all. Statistics Canada puts the share at 45.2%, well below the 68.3% national rate.
What Do Homes in Kentucky Cool With?
Kentucky is a central-air state through and through. Ninety-five percent of homes run some form of cooling, and 84% of them do it with a central system…
What Do Homes in Iowa Cool With?
In Iowa, nearly every home runs some form of air conditioning, and the vast majority of that cooling comes from a central system rather than a window…
What Do Homes in New Hampshire Cool With?
Most homes in New Hampshire that have air conditioning at all run on individual equipment, not a central system.
What Do Homes in Maryland Cool With?
Nine in ten Maryland households run some kind of air-conditioning equipment, and most of that is central.
Cleaning a Central Air Condenser: What Helps and What Damages It
Cleaning a central air condenser comes down to three safe moves: cut the power at the thermostat and the outdoor disconnect, clear debris from the top…
When a Dehumidifier Is the Right Answer and the Air Conditioner Is Not
The short answer: you need a dehumidifier when the air feels damp but isn’t hot enough for the air conditioner to run, and you need the air conditioner…
One Room That Will Not Cool, and the Order to Check It
Start by testing the room itself, not the whole system. Hold your hand to the register: weak, steady airflow that never gets cold points to something…
The Outdoor Unit Is Not Running, or Hums Without Starting
An outdoor AC unit that stays silent, or hums but never kicks in, points to one of three distinct problems, and the difference matters before anyone…
Rattles, Hums and Bangs
Rattles, hums, and bangs coming from a central air system are not random noise.