Chicago Heating Company – Service and Installations
Our Chicago Heating Company has been very busy lately and I know it’s been awhile since I last posted here and I promise I’ll do better. Lately we’ve been getting a lot of calls where other Chicago heating companies have been their for a service call and didn’t fix the problem. Another common call we get is from condo owners where another Chicago heating company installed a furnace (within the last few years) and now they are having all sort of problems with it or no heat at all. This is a common problem in Chicago, heating companys not doing installations and repairs correctly.
Chicago Furnace Service
Hello, Winter time is here again and chances are some of you will be needing a furnace service in Chicago to repair your furnace and get the heat going again. Since this always happens unexpectedly, I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss our Chicago furnace service, some common furnace service issues that we run accross here in the Chicago area and talk about the furnace parts that we typically replace. Hopefully, this will give you a better understanding of how a furnace works so when something does happen to your furnace, you can decide whether you need a furnace service or that it’s just time to get a new furnace.
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Chicago Furnace Repair
Now that the winter season is approaching in Chicago people will be turning on their furnaces for the first time. In order to avoid a costly Chicago furnace repair and the inconvenience of not having heat I thought I’d put the most important furnace maintenance tip here for our readers.
Check your the air filter in your furnace. If you haven’t changed the air filter in your furnace in a while or you changed it at the beginning of the air conditioning season, it’s probably time to do so now. A clogged air filter can damage a furnaces blower motor which is about a $300 furnace repair in Chicago. In addition, if your furnace goes out in the middle of the night you will pay a lot more than that for a emergency furnace repair in Chicago.
Air Condtioning Rants and Raves
I woke up early today to do some scheduling and it occured to me that something sort of rare happened for this years air conditioning repair season. We missed the Cottonwoods!
Home Furnace & Air Conditioning Systems
Well, summer is here and it hit hard. It’s been super busy the past week for Chicago air conditioning service and the phone is ringing non-stop. I don’t have a lot of time to write as much as I’d like to but there’s one thing I noticed from today’s air conditioning service calls. A lot of people aren’t sure what an air conditioning unit is. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to post a diagram of a furnace and air conditioning system with a little explanation of what each component does.
A Quality York Home Furnace & Air Conditioning System Diagram
Chicago Air Conditioning Maintenance Procedures
I’m writing this article because there seems to be a price war on air conditioning repairs and maintenance in Chicagoland lately and I wanted to set the record straight. Basically, in the city of Chicago you’re going to run into two scenerios. Your air conditioning unit is either located on the ground or on the roof. Sometimes it’s mounted on an outside brick wall on high rises. Here’s what you can expect from a typical air conditioning maintenance or clean and check.
A Goodman 3-Ton Air Conditioning Unit
#1. A professional air conditioning service tech should always remove the top off of your air conditioning unit. This is the top part of the air conditioning unit where the fan blades and fan motor are attached to a perforated steel top. For air conditioning units located on the roof, the hvac service tech should always clean the air conditioning coil with high pressure nitrogen. Nitrogen is non-flammable and a high pressure gas that cleans air conditioning coils well. For air conditioning units that are located on the ground, they will probably use a water hose. In my personal opinion, each one has a little bit of a pro and con, but both methods work well.
The next most important aspect to air conditioning maintenance and repair is the refrigerant charge, super heat, sub cooling and temperature difference. A typical temperature difference in a residential air conditioning system should be around 20 degrees farenheit. To get the TD you must measure the temperature at the return air duct and the supply air duct. That air conditioning temperature difference should be around 18 to 20 degrees, typically. The other part of that equation is the refrigerant charge.
Chicago Heating and Air Conditioning Repair
Summer is here and it’s about to get really hot and humid. This brings me to todays topic, Chicago Heating and Air Conditioning Repair & Humidity. Did you know that the primary function of air conditioning in Chicago is to remove humidity? Humidity is what makes us feel hot. Air conditioning removes vaporized water (humidity) and condenses it back to water which then travels down your drain. Air Conditioning does this over and over until the desired temperature is met. Your air conditioning system still does cool the air because your A Coil is cold to the touch and that cools the air. Read more
Chicago Air Conditioning Repair and Maintenance
It’s starting to get warm and it’s Chicago air conditioning repair service season. One thing I’ve noticed in my 12 years experience as an HVAC technician around the Chicago area is the problem of cottonwood tree seeds. You’ve probably seen them before, they look like floating snowflakes with a small brown seed in the middle. These light as air seeds float around in the spring time and clog up the coils of outdoor air conditioning units. The solution to this pesky problem? Read more