Residential Heating and Air Conditioning Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Dehumidifiers’

Preventing Mold and Mildew in Your HVAC System

Monday, September 11th, 2023
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Nobody wants mold and mildew in their house. They create unpleasant odors, cause damage to building materials, and send out toxic spores that lower indoor air quality. The worst place for mold and mildew to start to develop is inside your HVAC system. Mold and mildew in the HVAC system will spread a noxious odor around your home (“dirty sock syndrome”), impair the operation of the AC and heater, and make it easy for toxic spores to spread.

If you want to ensure your HVAC system remains mold and mildew-free, keeping up with professional AC maintenance in Plymouth, MN is a crucial important step. Below we’ll list the proactive ways to have a mold- and mildew-free HVAC system. 

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Humidity and Your AC system

Monday, August 21st, 2023
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When you live in the “Land of Ten Thousand Lakes,” you’ll have plenty of humidity to deal with during the summer! We expect to get humid conditions here in the Twin Cities every summer season. Most people try to deal with humidity in their home by cranking up the air conditioner. But is this really the best method?

We know quite a bit about cooling homes and balancing humidity in the Twin Cities, and we want to pass on some of this important knowledge to you today. This post will look into the effects of humidity on your comfort, your home, and most of all, your AC. We’ll also look into whether your AC is enough on its own to counter the problems that come with humid weather. 

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Let’s Beat the Summer Humidity This Year!

Monday, May 1st, 2023
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Minnesota is the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes. Actually, the number is 11,842, depending on what you include as a “lake.” That can certainly make for beautiful scenery, but it has an unpleasant side effect during the summer: humidity. Also mosquitos, but we’re not talking about mosquitos in this post.

When the summer weather arrives, and it will be here soon, humidity can turn a warm day into an unbearable one. The reason is that humidity acts like a blanket around you: it traps heat in your body by slowing down how much heat you can release by perspiration. Humidity doesn’t make the temperature hotter, but it will make it feel hotter—sometimes by 10°.

Would you like to get control of the humidity in your house this year? We can help with some tips as well as with our services. 

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Dehumidifiers: The Sidekick that Your AC System Needs

Monday, July 8th, 2019

woman-cooling-off-in-front-of-fanHow many times have you been absolutely melting on a hot summer day here and realize that the actual temperature outside isn’t as hot as you thought it was? It all goes back to that familiar phrase: “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” We know that you’re probably tired of hearing this, but we can’t overstate the importance of this phrase.

Humidity is one of those things that works against you in the heat of summer. If you’re having trouble cooling down in your home so far this summer it’s time for you to schedule HVAC services in Eagan, MN. We can help you get the more for less.

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