Gowland's Heating & A/C Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Slidell’

What Happens During a Home Energy Audit?

Monday, April 24th, 2023

We strongly recommend that our customers arrange for energy audits for homes in Slidell, LA. A house isn’t just the place where you live, eat, sleep, and spend time with your family. It’s also an entire energy system, and like any energy system, it can become wasteful and lose energy.

A home energy audit allows professionals a chance to examine your home’s use of energy and identify places to improve it. With the improvements based on an energy audit, a household can save anywhere from 5–30% on its energy bills. That definitely makes an energy audit worth it, and that’s before we consider that these improvements will also make for a more comfortable home.

When you sign up for an energy audit with our team, what can you expect? The steps aren’t always the same, but we can give you a broad outline of what goes on.

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Before Summer Arrives, Should You Replace Your Current AC?

Monday, March 13th, 2023

To replace or not to replace an air conditioner in Slidell, LA; that is the question. Or at least, it’s often a question people have during spring as they anticipate the coming heat.

You may have a relatively young air conditioning system (under 10 years) and don’t have much worry about whether it will get through the coming season.

But you may be in a situation where you have doubts about your home’s AC. Can you still get it through the summer, maybe with a repair? Or has the time come to retire it and have a new AC installed?

To help you approach the big question of “Replace or Not to Replace?”, we’re going to have you answer several related questions. This will help you focus on what’s going on with your air conditioner and what its future may be like.

Tags: Air Conditioning System Repair, Air Conditioning System Replacement, Slidell
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How Poor Duct Designs Affects Your HVAC System and Home

Monday, February 13th, 2023

Ducts are an essential part of the majority of homes. They’re responsible for the circulation of air around a house and the delivery of heating and cooling from the heater and the AC.

Unfortunately, many homes have ducts with poor designs and bad installations.

A house may have beautiful construction and impeccable interior design, but hidden behind the walls and up in the attic lurks ductwork that was hastily cobbled together from pre-fabricated parts and installed with a focus on speed over craftsmanship.

What’s even worse is that homeowners often are unaware of these poor designs. It’s easy to notice bad craftsmanship on the inside of your home, such as drape brackets that rip off the wall or chipped wainscoting, but what about the ducts hidden within your home?

Poor duct design will have a major impact on your HVAC system as well as your home, so it’s something you’ll want to have corrected. We’ll look at how bad ducts can turn into trouble in your house.

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How a Heat Pump Water Heater Works and Its Benefits

Monday, December 19th, 2022

We offer excellent water heater services in Slidell, LA for our customers. We can help you out with installation and repairs for your tank water heater, no problem.

But we can also offer you the option to upgrade to a different type of water heater: the heat pump water heater. Don’t worry, it’s not as radical a change as you might think (unlike a tankless water heater), but it can also make a significant difference for your home, especially if you have an all-electric one.

We’ll provide you with the important information you need to know about heat pump water heaters and the benefits they bring.

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Give Yourself the Gift of a Home Energy Audit Before Winter

Monday, November 21st, 2022

Your home is more than just the place where you and your family find shelter, eat, sleep, relax, and entertain. Your home is also a complete energy system, and like any such system, it can waste energy. A home energy audit, also known as a home energy assessment, is a way to take stock of just how efficiently your home consumes energy and points toward ways to improve it.

During winter, your home will consume more energy than at any other time of the year. This is why we recommend having an energy audit scheduled before the cold weather arrives if you’ve never had it done before. Thanks to an audit, you can not only lower your energy costs but also enjoy better home comfort.

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Staying Safe With Your Gas Furnace This Coming Winter

Monday, October 24th, 2022

One of the important steps to prepare your home for the winter is to ensure that your natural gas furnace is working safely. We don’t want to alarm you into thinking your gas furnace is some sort of ticking bomb that’s a major menace to the health of your family. Gas furnaces are built to strict safety requirements and rarely pose any danger to homeowners.

However, there is the chance that a gas furnace will create combustion dangers (flames escaping from the cabinet) or leak carbon monoxide. The threat from CO is one we recommend all homeowners to take seriously if they use natural gas in their homes in any way. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, and highly toxic gas. According to the CDC, at least 430 people in the US die from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning each year. Even smaller exposure will lead to health problems.

What can you do to boost your winter safety with your gas furnace? Check out our safety tips below.

Tags: Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Gas Furnace, Heating System Maintenance, Slidell
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Signs of Problems With Your Commercial AC System

Monday, August 15th, 2022

This is an intensely hot summer here in New Orleans, and if you run a business you know how critical your air conditioning system is at this time of year. Whether you run a restaurant, a store, an office, a manufacturing plant, etc., maintaining the proper indoor temperature against the intense outdoor heat is a priority.

We offer service for commercial HVAC in Slidell, LA to help keep businesses running even as the heat ramps up. Of course, you have to know that your commercial AC system is experiencing problems in the first place, and sometimes that can be tricky. You don’t want to wait for the air conditioning to completely fail before you know it’s time to call us! Below we’ve listed several of the warning signs that your cooling system is experiencing troubles that require the assistance of our team.

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What You Need to Know About Air Filtration Systems

Monday, August 1st, 2022

Along with our services for air conditioning and heating, we also provide home performance and indoor air quality services, such as air filtration and air purification systems in Slidell, LA. You may have wondered if you could benefit from having an air filtration system in your house. It’s something many homeowners are thinking about now.

We’ll go into detail about what you can expect from air filters to help you with making choices about your home’s indoor air quality. You can always rely on our team to guide you toward the best options.

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Why Won’t My AC Evenly Cool My Home?

Monday, July 18th, 2022

The point of having a central air conditioning system in a home is to provide a spread of cool air throughout most of the rooms. Although you can expect a few rooms to get a bit warmer than others because of sunlight exposure or room placement, your home’s central AC should be able to handle providing comfort everywhere with an even distribution of cool air.

If you start to find that some rooms are hotter than normal when the AC is running, there may be a repair issue with the air conditioner. Or it may be ready for a replacement. We’ll look over some of the possible causes for your air conditioning system to unevenly cool the house.

Tags: Air Conditioning System Repair, Air Conditioning System Replacement, Slidell, Zone Control Systems
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Upgrading Your AC: Is It Time?

Monday, June 20th, 2022

We expect a hot and humid summer this year, and this makes it especially important for everyone to take good care of their residential air conditioning systems. This includes scheduling regular maintenance and acting on repair needs as soon as troubles arise.

In some situations, the best way to prepare an air conditioner for a rough summer is to upgrade to a new air conditioner. This is a big step, and you may feel hesitant about replacing your AC as a way to prep for the heat. But a new air conditioning installation in Slidell, LA might be your best option—and if it is, we want you to know about it.

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