Fixing my heater before winter

The best time for heater repairs or installation is when I don’t need to use it.

Fall is the best time of year, from the harvesting of crops, the changing of the leaves, and the cooling of the weather. There’s not much I enjoy more than cuddling on the couch with my girlfriend under our fuzziest blankets with a hot cup of tea, the perfect position to binge-watch our favorite shows. While the colder weather can be pleasant, there’s nothing worse than realizing that my heater needs repair once the days are shorter, and the temperature begins to drop. Having a functioning heater is crucial to my comfort, which is why it is so important to have proper heater and air conditioner service performed before the weather changes. The best time for heater repairs or installation is when I don’t need to use it. Waiting too long to have my HVAC inspected means that I might be stuck with a non-functioning furnace, resulting in days or even weeks without proper heating in my home, causing unmeasurable inconvenience to myself and my family, disrupting their sleep schedules, which can weaken their immune systems, and decrease their quality of life overall. This is why I like to make sure I handle all my HVAC repair before it’s too late. Before fall takes it’s full effect, I always make sure to contact my HVAC provider and have them send a technician to inspect my furnace and air conditioner. Having this maintenance performed regularly helps to ensure that my heater and air conditioner will continue to work properly in all seasons, and I will be able to enjoy any type of weather that comes my way from the comfort of my home.
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Why I purchased heated floors for my home

There is nothing worse than waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and being violently woken by the chill of the floor touching your feet.

This jarring experience is a thing of the past thanks to the floor-heating system I just installed in my home.

The system works by uniformly heating the floor, which leads to a more comfortable ambient temperature in the room. Now, the tile floors in my bathroom remain a constant temperature whenever the system is activated, eliminating draft and uneven temperatures throughout my home. Our heated floors help to maintain a constant temperature in our home, it is a more energy-efficient way of heating, which helps to cut the cost of our heating bill every winter. Since floor-heating systems radiate heat directly instead of circulating air, they do not disturb dust or other allergens that can be disruptive to the comfort in my home, unlike the typical forced-air HVAC systems usually installed in homes.The installation was quick, and there is no noticeable aesthetic difference to my floors. My local HVAC business was able to send out a technician to assess my situation and give me a quote in no time. The level of comfort I experience in my home with heated floors is unmatched by any other experience, I cannot imagine ever stepping onto a cold bathroom floor ever again. Since the installation of my heated floors, I have not had problems with my HVAC system, as the even heating of the floors helps to reduce strain on my furnace, meaning I don’t need to service it as often as I used to.

 

 

Smart HVAC

Smart thermostats are a smart move

There’s nothing worse than coming home after a long day of work to a hot, stifling house.

Typically when my wife and I leave for work in the morning, the last one to leave will turn off the thermostat, in order to conserve energy while no one is home.

The problem with this method, however, is that it can take up to an hour for the house to cool off once we get home and turn it back on. To leave the air conditioner running all day while no one is home would be a waste of money, but we want the house to be at a comfortable temperature when we get home for the evening. The perfect solution to this problem was calling my local HVAC business and having them come out to outfit my home with heating and air conditioning that is operated by a smart thermostat. A smart thermostat connects to wifi and enables me and my wife to monitor the HVAC system in our home. Whether we want to start cooling the house an hour before we arrive home, or want the heater to turn on in the early hours of the morning so we wake up in a warm home, a smart thermostat is the modern solution to our HVAC problems. The installation was quick, the HVAC technician was knowledgeable and professional, and ensured that our air conditioning schedule was completely customizable and accessible whenever we needed. Now the temperature in our house is always exactly what we want it to be, whenever we need it.

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When Air Conditioning saved my job

I took some clients to have dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant downtown.

I had a big proposal in mind, but I didn’t want to talk business until everyone had eaten and no one had an empty stomach. It is a known fact that restaurants like to keep the air conditioner extra cold, as it is a good way to ensure that your guests don’t linger for too long at a table, however, this restaurant felt like quite the opposite, perhaps they even had the furnace running. I asked the manager if he could do something about the temperature, as I was beginning to sweat, and started to feel anxious about giving my presentation in a sweaty shirt, which was making me sweat even more. The manager disappeared for several minutes and came back only to tell me that the restaurant’s HVAC system was having problems, and that a technician was currently working to repair the problem. Once the meal was served, I began to think that I couldn’t handle the discomfort and that I would have to give my presentation at another time, when suddenly, I felt the miraculous gust of cool air wisp across my face, and I realized that the air conditioner was back in full service. I immediately began to feel more comfortable, and was able to eat my meal without worrying about sweating through my proposal. Had we arrived before the HVAC technician, I would not have been comfortable enough to give my most confident presentation, and could have possibly lost the client.
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When Air Conditioner saved my dog

I like to take my dog Baloo for long walks around the city.

Each day we like to go somewhere different, sometimes we go to a park, sometimes we’ll go to a cafe and have a drink, or other times we’ll just walk down the main avenues and say hi to strangers and let them pet Baloo.

Last weekend, I took him down to the waterfront to take some pictures. It was a sunny day, and after we walked a couple miles, I had given Baloo all of the water that I packed for our outing. I was dehydrated myself, the heat was unforgiving, and I could tell that he was getting tired, but my car was still many blocks away. I started to get light headed as I walked down the street, and as I passed a restaurant I felt a cool gust of wind blow over me, and I immediately recognized it as air conditioning. I made a hard right turn into the restaurant, and took a seat at the bar. Immediately I felt the air conditioner grace my skin, and as I took deep breaths, I was filled with the sensation of the HVAC system. The air conditioner was so efficient, the ground was cool, and Baloo melted into the cold hard surface in effort to lower his body temperature. If we hadn’t taken that moment to get out of the sun and get indoors under shade and air conditioning, either one of us could have suffered the effects of heat exhaustion or worse.

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Sunburnt at the beach

Last Fall, after being quarantined for several months, some friends and I took a trip to the beach.

We packed my car full of cold drinks and car-friendly snack foods, put on a playlist and hit the road. When we got to our destination, we didn’t even bother checking into the hotel, we just parked the car and went right to the beach. After a few beers, we realized that we had been in the sun for several hours, and forgot to put on sunscreen, and much to our dismay we all had pink shoulders and stomachs, ripe with burns from the brutal beach sun. Once we finally made it to the hotel, I took a shower and then slathered my skin with aloe vera, and before I laid in bed I turned on the air conditioning, and immediately felt it’s cooling touch on my ravished skin. The air conditioning in the hotel was magical, not only soothing my seared skin, but the cool air also calmed my nerves and helped me relax to a level I’ve never achieved before. The next day at the beach was much cooler, more clouds in the sky meant the sun wasn’t shining as bright, and the wind was blowing cold air onto the shore, which fet nice on our sunburnt bodies, but once the sun started to set, we started to freeze in our wet bathing suits. Since we only prepared for Summer beach weather, we ran back to the hotel and cranked the heater. We were still shivering from being so cold at the beach, the heater provided much needed warmth to our bodies, giving us a cozy space to watch movies and enjoy the rest of our vacation.

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My failed attempt at heating repair

When my furnace went out, I did what I always do and turned to YouTube. The man in the video made it seem simple enough, remove a couple bolts and screws, take out the defective part and then screw in the new piece. Boy was I wrong. The next thing I knew, I had all my tools out all over my garage, I had taken three days off of work to attempt to fix the problem, I had spent hundreds of dollars on new parts which weren’t fixing the problem, all the while my family was living in a freezing cold house. I was tired and frustrated, and I didn’t want my family to be in discomfort any longer. After days of being without a furnace, I decided to contact a local HVAC business to schedule a service appointment. It only took moments to assess my situation, and sent an HVAC technician in their next available time slot. The expert who came to my home was able to repair my furnace, and had the heater in my home working like brand new in a short amount of time. The HVAC professional also inspected my existing heater installation, to ensure that the problem would not persist, and that I wouldn’t have to pay more money for future furnace service. He even took a look at my air conditioning system to make sure everything was working properly. Now that I understand the complexities of the heating and air conditioning system in my home, I will not hesitate to call a professional HVAC provider in the event that I need repairs or installation, I value the comfort of my family and my time too highly to make that mistake again.

 

 

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Air Conditioning helped my grades

She checked the air conditioning vents in my bedroom and noticed that they weren’t cooling like they should have been, so the next day my parents called their HVAC provider to come out and assess the situation

I grew up in a typical suburban home, my parents had decent jobs, and I always had what I needed as a child. I played sports, was gifted in my classes, played video games, and rode bikes with my friends. In middle school, my parents started to notice that my grades were slipping, I wasn’t spending much time with my friends, and I wasn’t going out to exercise very often, so they asked my teachers if my workload increased, which it hadn’t. They assessed my diet to see if I was not reacting well to something I was eating, but they couldn’t figure it out. I was even taken to a doctor to be prescribed adderall to try to get my schoolwork back on track. One night my mother came into my room after I went to bed to put away my laundry and she noticed that I was still awake, and I told her that I couldn’t sleep because it was so hot in my room. She checked the air conditioning vents in my bedroom and noticed that they weren’t cooling like they should have been, so the next day my parents called their HVAC provider to come out and assess the situation. The HVAC technician found the problem, and was able to quickly repair our air conditioner. After his prompt service, I immediately noticed the change in the temperature of my bedroom, and that night I fell asleep without any issues. After our air conditioner was fixed, I was able to sleep soundly every night, and getting a good night’s sleep quickly led to my grades improving, my mood was elevating, and I had the energy to be a kid and play with my friends again.

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I worked in a nutritional clinic for four years.

For four years, I worked in a nutritional clinic.

I didn’t know what all happened in a nutritional clinic, and it kind of surprised me.

There were people attending the nutritional clinic for more than looking to lose weight. The nutritional clinic had the people who wanted a weight loss plan. There was a bariatric clinic within the nutritional clinic. These were people who were morbidly overweight. They were there for different surgeries, such as gastric bypass, lap bands, and other kinds of quick weight loss surgeries. They had to go through nutritional counselling, psychiatric evaluation, and total physical evaluation. The doctors let these people know that their weight problems weren’t all their problem, but that it was a product of their lack of knowledge. There were also people coming for nutritional counselling for different health issues. I met several people who had liver problems. Some had kidney disease, or cancer, and with the help of nutritional counselling, they could cope with their disease and live a better life. I enjoyed working in the nutrition clinic. I wanted to learn more about this type of health center, other than just welcoming patients and showing them out. I talked to the doctor about sponsoring me so I could go to school. I wanted to become a nutritional nurse practitioner. As a nurse practitioner, I could see the patients and do the work of a doctor. I couldn’t give out prescriptions without discussing it with the doctor, but I could make the recommendations. I could also send my patients for different testing. The doctor I worked with the most gave me a glowing recommendation.

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I need to workout first thing in the morning

Now that the weather has finally warmed up a bit, I can workout outside.

There is an elevated wooden deck constructed across the back of the house.

It’s a big space with a lovely view and the perfect space to exercise! Unfortunately, for most of the year, the weather is far too cold or wet to use it. In our local area we are faced with snow and below-zero temperatures for at least six to eight months. During the fall and Spring, there’s often high winds and non-stop rain. I am always eager for the opportunity to open windows, head outside and breathe the fresh air. I look forward to sunshine instead of gray skies. The summer weather heats up very quickly. All too soon, the conditions become seriously hot and sticky. I know I need to complete my workout first thing in the morning. During the early hours of the day, the deck is shaded. It can feel a little chilly when I first start my exercise program. I complete my warm-up and stretching and then transition into high-impact aerobics and various types of strength training. I typically set out a yoga mat, use eight-pound free weights and my jump rope. I keep a water bottle handy while I’m out on the deck. I have a wireless speaker that connects to my smartphone so that I can listen to a customized workout playlist of music. It’s enjoyable and gets me motivated. I push myself to get the most out of the workout and burn as many calories as possible. As the sun steadily creeps across the deck, the conditions get much warmer. I get drenched in sweat and the yoga mat turns hot to the touch. I am unable to stand, sit or lie on the mat once the sunlight starts hitting it.

 

 

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