When it’s 95° outside, you cannot imagine going without your air conditioner. But your older air conditioner is barely hanging on as it is. Are you sure it will be there for you when the outside heat starts to get unbearable?
Robbins Heating & Air Conditioning Blog
Replace Your Air Conditioner Before It Breaks Down
July 11th, 20163 AC Issues Caused By Dirty Filters
July 4th, 2016Why Does My Air Conditioner Take So Long to Make My Home Cool?
June 27th, 2016Walking into your home on a hot summer day can be a bit of a shock if your air conditioner has not yet turned on. And you may become frustrated when your AC system won’t cool your home down fast enough for you to feel comfortable. Don’t accept this as a normal part of your AC system’s operation. If it takes a very long time for your home to cool down, it’s time to get control.
Is It Too Late to Schedule an AC Maintenance Visit?
June 20th, 2016Air conditioning maintenance is a valuable service that can help to improve the efficiency, performance, and even the longevity of your system. It’s an important tune-up and cleaning session that gets the parts into better shape than they were before. It’s also an opportunity for a professional to learn whether there are any problems within your system that deserve prompt attention to avoid a potential breakdown in the summer.
When Should I Add More Refrigerant to My AC System?
June 13th, 2016Around the beginning of the AC system, customers start to ask a lot of questions about the performance of their air conditioning system. They want to know when they should change the filter (once a month), whether they should schedule professional maintenance (yes!), and one complex question: when should refrigerant be added?
Is My Air Conditioner Failing Already?
June 6th, 2016Problems with an air conditioner can send you into a frenzy, especially if you’ve only recently had it installed. A newer air conditioning system is supposed to run more efficiently and operate more smoothly than your older one. But in only a few short years, months, weeks, or even days, you’ve started to notice a problem.
3 AC Problems You Might Have Early This Season
May 30th, 2016Central air conditioning is a more reliable way to cool down an entire home than using small window air conditioners, which fail easily and quickly and do not do a sufficient job of cooling the home. So you are understandably surprised when your typically reliable system is hit with a major problem.
How Home Automation Can Help You Out This Summer
May 23rd, 2016If you’re looking into ways to save more money for the summer and throughout the years, home automation could be a good option for you. In fact, home automation can make you more comfortable in many ways over the summer, even helping to keep the kids safe. You can connect it to your AC system, your lights, your garage door, and your security system—controlling all of these from an app on your smartphone anywhere you have internet access.
There’s Still Time to Tune Up Your Air Conditioner
May 16th, 2016Annual AC services help to get your air conditioning system into better condition, allowing you the chance to save money and worry less about the performance of your air conditioner throughout the spring and summer. We typically recommend AC services once a year, and there’s still time to schedule your annual maintenance service!
Let Some Fresh Air In: How to Ventilate without High Bills
May 9th, 2016It feels a little stuffy inside, and you’d like to open up a window or let some air through the screen door. The only problem is that you’ve got your heater running. If you open up the window, you’ll let a breeze in. You’ll feel a lot less comfortable, to start with.
But what’s more is that your bills can skyrocket, forcing your heater to work a lot harder to attempt to heat your home. The same is true with an air conditioner in the summer, when opening a window will just cause trouble for your AC system and wear down the parts.
There is a system that will allow you to let some fresh air in, making the indoor air feel a lot less stale without affecting your comfort or raising your bills significantly. Learn more about energy and heat recovery ventilators below.
