Hvac News You Can Use

It may surprise you to learn that indoor air pollution is among the top five environmental health risks. That’s why we’ve been devoting a series of posts on air filtration.  If you’ve been watching and listening to our posts, you’ve heard us talk about the MERV ratings of air filters, and how to select the best air filter for your needs. As a general rule, prices are higher for filters with higher MERV ratings. But here is one instance when the buying the best, most expensive filters – those with MERV ratings greater than 16 – may do more harm than good.

When you go to a hardware or big box store to purchase air filters you will find a bewildering array of products. 3M, for example, offers 9 different types of filters each with different ratings and at a different price, and then each of those comes in different sizes. It can be confusing, to say the least!  We’ll help you make sense of it all, so you can choose the best air filter for your needs.

You’ve heard us preach over and over about how important it is to change your air filters on a regular basis. But there are so many to choose from these days and prices vary widely! We’ll help you make sense of it all in this and two subsequent posts on this subject.BasicsWhat is a MERV rating?Expense vs. RealityInstallation Affects Filter PerformanceThe Most Important Thing

Nashville is known for its great music, great hot chicken, and unfortunately, its sometimes poor air quality.Of course, you should be changing your air filters on a regular basis – at least every 3 months - but did you know there is more you can do to help the air quality in your home?  Consider installing a whole-house electronic air filter.

It always seems your heat will go out on the coldest day of the year!  Why spend money when you may be able to fix it yourself? Here are a few examples of do-it-yourself easy fixes:

Air Conditioning & Heating Advice from Nashville’s Interstate AC Service, LLC. HVAC service, repair and installation for residential and commercial customers in Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area. Give us a call at 615-832-8500. Visit InterstateAC.com for show notes and more. Welcome to Interstate AC Service’s “HVAC News You Can Use.” Here we’ll be talking about all things related to heating, cooling, energy efficiency, air quality, and new technologies. Most of all, we try to help you make wise choices when it comes to decisions for your home or business, and we like to help you save money, too. Sometimes this means helping you to diagnose, fix, or better maintain your current systems, so you won’t spend money unnecessarily. Sometimes it means alerting you of new technologies or ways to make your existing systems more efficient. We’ll talk about things that are relevant to you in a timely manner, like talking about cooling issues in the summer and heating issues in the winter, or about when en

Air Conditioning & Heating Advice from Nashville’s Interstate AC Service, LLC. HVAC service, repair and installation for residential and commercial customers in Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area. Give us a call at 615-832-8500. Visit InterstateAC.com for show notes and more. Welcome to Interstate AC Service’s “HVAC News You Can Use.” Here we’ll be talking about all things related to heating, cooling, energy efficiency, air quality, and new technologies. Most of all, we try to help you make wise choices when it comes to decisions for your home or business, and we like to help you save money, too. Sometimes this means helping you to diagnose, fix, or better maintain your current systems, so you won’t spend money unnecessarily. Sometimes it means alerting you of new technologies or ways to make your existing systems more efficient. We’ll talk about things that are relevant to you in a timely manner, like talking about cooling issues in the summer and heating issues in the winter, or about when en

Air Conditioning & Heating Advice from Nashville’s Interstate AC Service, LLC. HVAC service, repair and installation for residential and commercial customers in Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area. Give us a call at 615-832-8500. Visit InterstateAC.com for show notes and more.  Welcome to Interstate AC Service’s “HVAC News You Can Use.” Here we’ll be talking about all things related to heating, cooling, energy efficiency, air quality, and new technologies. Most of all, we try to help you make wise choices when it comes to decisions for your home or business, and we like to help you save money, too. Sometimes this means helping you to diagnose, fix, or better maintain your current systems, so you won’t spend money unnecessarily. Sometimes it means alerting you of new technologies or ways to make your existing systems more efficient. We’ll talk about things that are relevant to you in a timely manner, like talking about cooling issues in the summer and heating issues in the winter, or about when e