Kool Breeze of Northwest Florida, Inc Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Destin’

Should a Heat Pump Be Your Next Home Comfort Installation?

Monday, August 22nd, 2016

Though it may seem like there is no end in sight to this hot weather, the official start of fall is just one month away. While we still have a considerable amount of time before even thinking about our heating systems, if you’ve been having problems with yours in previous years then you may want to consider your replacement options now.

One of these options is the heat pump—an increasingly popular HVAC system in homes throughout the U.S. We’ve listed a few of the main benefits below to indicate to you why a heat pump should in fact be your next home comfort installation.

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Is Your Air Conditioner the Right Size to Sufficiently Cool Your Home?

Monday, July 18th, 2016

When it comes to choosing a new air conditioning system for your home, there are many factors you need to look at, including construction, energy efficiency, size, etc. Size, however, is one factor that homeowners often don’t consider quite carefully enough.

A common assumption about air conditioner size is “the bigger the better” however this is untrue. The size of your cooling system will determine how effectively and efficiently it cools your home, in addition to how long its lifespan is. Keep reading to learn what happens if your AC system is the wrong size.

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Has Your Air Conditioner Been Tuned-Up for Summer?

Monday, June 13th, 2016

When you live in as hot and humid of a state as we do, your air conditioning system is naturally a huge part of your home’s comfort. Since it gets a lot of use over the years, it’s only natural that it will suffer from the effects of wear and tear and eventually need small repairs here and there.

To best prepare your AC system for the cooling load that it will bear all summer, a maintenance appointment is essential. Maintenance serves many benefits, some of which we’ve explained below. Be sure to contact us ASAP to schedule your summer AC tune-up.

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How Often Should Your UV Air Purifier’s Bulbs Be Changed?

Monday, May 9th, 2016

A UV air purifier can be an excellent addition to your home’s air filtration system. They work by causing cellular damage to, and effectively killing, particles such as mold, mildew, viruses and bacteria within your ductwork. The cool, dark environment of your ducts provide the perfect breeding ground for these microorganisms, but a UV air purifier can kill them before they have the chance to grow and get circulated through your indoor air.

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Early Season Repairs an Air Conditioner May Need

Monday, April 4th, 2016

The summer weather arrives early in Florida… usually in spring. This is one of the reasons that we recommend having your annual air conditioning maintenance done as soon as possible so that your AC is prepared to handle sudden heat waves that might strike long before the first day of summer.

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Client Question: How Often Should I Change My Air Filter?

Monday, February 29th, 2016

Regular maintenance is an essential part of seeing that your heating and air conditioning system works at its energy-efficient best and with the least chance of suffering unnecessary repair problems. Most maintenance tasks require the work of HVAC professionals. However, there’s one important task that you can manage on your own, which is changing the air filter on a regular basis.

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What’s In Your Air? Some of the More Common Indoor Air Contaminants

Monday, February 8th, 2016

At Kool Breeze, we’re concerned about your whole-house comfort. This goes beyond simply seeing that you have an effective air conditioning system for the hot summers and an energy-efficient heater for the short winters. It also includes improving your indoor air quality. You can’t be truly comfortable in a household with air that’s filled with irritants. Nor is it healthy, either. We offer a wide range of indoor air quality solutions, such as air purifiers and air filters.

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Addressing Some Special Customer Questions

Monday, January 18th, 2016

On our blog, we approach each post as a way to answer specific concerns that customers may have, or to provide additional information on a particular topic. However, there are some questions we receive that won’t take up a whole blog post, and we’d like to go over a few of them here. Always feel free to ask your technicians any questions that you may have; they’ll be glad to provide you with honest answers every time.

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Why Go from Gas Heating to a Heat Pump (Plus a $400 Incentive!)

Monday, December 14th, 2015

If you’ve ever thought about making the switch from using a gas-powered heating system like a furnace to instead using a versatile heat pump, the time to act is now! Currently, Gulf Power is offering a $400 incentive for customers who convert from a gas system to a heat pump. The conversion must be completed before December 31, 2015. You can call our installation technicians for more details about how to qualify for this offer—as well as to talk about the all-important installation arrangements.

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AFUE Rating and Furnace Energy Efficiency

Monday, October 26th, 2015

Back in July, we wrote a post about the importance of SEER when it comes to determining how energy efficiently an air conditioning system will run. Now that it’s October and people are getting ready for cooler weather, the time has come to think about how efficiently a heating system is going to run. This is especially important in a place like Florida, where heaters don’t run as often: we want to make sure that each time a heating system turns on that it isn’t wasting large amounts of power.

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