With spring in the air, it can only mean one thing. It will soon be the time when your HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) system switches over to cooling your home after being in heating mode all winter. But, other than that, and knowing to regularly replace your air filters, how much do you really…
We may be jumping the gun a little bit here, but is it ever too early to start thinking about the spring? Homeowners might have mixed feelings about spring. While we get to head outside after all the cold weather, we also need to do a few things around the house, like HVAC maintenance. Spring…
At Hargrave Heating & Air Conditioning there’s nothing more important to us than our customers, our team members and the communities we serve. During this time, we are fully operational and available for all your heating and cooling needs. Our HVAC systems are an essential part of every home. You can rest assured that we…
FIRST – If this is an EMERGENCY – that is, there is no explanation for your furnace not working (see list below) – please call Hargrave Heating for EMERGENCY FURNACE REPAIR in Markham, Richmond Hill and York Region at 416-988-9799. Of course, we all depend on our heating and air conditioning systems to perform reliably…
It may seem a little odd, but we all care a lot about how much water is in the air we breathe. In fact, the amount of water vapour, or humidity, in the air is such a concern, we invented humidifiers and dehumidifiers to control it in indoor air. There are good reasons for the…
If you live in Toronto, the GTA, or anywhere in Southern Ontario, and you haven’t received repeated phone calls from duct cleaning services offering to clean your ducts, you are very lucky. If you ever took one of the callers up on their offer, you wouldn’t be entirely wrong. Furnace duct cleaning, or removing dust…
Let’s start with the “why” before getting to the “what”. Cooling your home in summer is a fairly complex and costly task. In very simple terms, our air conditioning unit cools the air by circulating refrigerant that first absorbs the heat from the air it pulls in through your return vents, and cools the air…
We all want to be more eco friendly. But why do we usually have to pay extra for it? Want an electric car? You’ll not find one for as low a cost as a similarly-sized gasoline-powered car. Want to make your home more eco-friendly? Get ready for some costly insulation and window installations. But there…
Like any air filter, the filter in your HVAC system – or your furnace filter – helps to clean the air that flows through it. That’s the first clue to the importance of regularly replacing the filter. Doing so helps to improve the indoor air quality of your home. But there are many other reasons…
As we hunker down getting ready for winter and more time spent indoors, the question of whether to buy an air purifier will be on a lot of people’s minds. In addition to polluted outdoor air, even the cleanest homes and workplaces can have other airborne particles, including dust, smoke, mould spores, pollen, pet dander,…
Learn how to prolong the life and efficiency of your HVAC system with our easy-to-follow HVAC Maintenance Checklist.
