Recommended Thermostat Settings for Summer in the Glen Carbon Area

During summer here in the St. Louis Metro East area, homeowners often have two conflicting desires: they want their homes to be as comfortable as possible but they also want to keep their energy bills under control. One of the main factors to influence both of these things is your home’s thermostat settings. Today we’re going to provide you with...

If you’re like most homeowners in the St. Louis Metro East area, you use hot water in the kitchen on a daily basis. In fact, you probably spend much of your time in the kitchen waiting for a pot of hot water to heat up on the stove. Wouldn’t it be great to eliminate the waiting and have hot water...

Changing your air filter is probably the most important maintenance task you have as the owner of an HVAC system. Without regularly changing your filter, your system will become significantly less efficient and it could experience problems like overheating and breakdowns. Luckily, changing your filter is a simple task that should only take a minute or two. To help you...

As a homeowner, you want to get the most out of your investment in your home appliances, and your water heater is no exception. So how do you know whether it makes more sense to repair or replace your unit? The five factors for when to replace your water heater that we’ve listed below will help you make the right...

If you want to minimize problems with your HVAC system and ensure that it runs as efficiently and smoothly as possible year-after-year, it’s essential that you schedule annual tune-ups. And if you’re already scheduling tune-ups for your furnace and air conditioner every year, you can save a lot of money and enjoy a number of other great benefits by joining...

Think about the last time you turned on a faucet and waited for hot water. Most likely, a stream of unused water was sent down the drain while you waited for it to heat up. In the average home, somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 gallons of water is wasted per year on waiting for hot water! Luckily, a hot water...