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Easy Cold Weather Tips for DIY Home Maintenance
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Keeping your home comfortable during the winter is essential and non-negotiable. Here are some easy cold weather tips for DIY home maintenance.

How to Figure Out Why My AC Isn’t Cooling
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If you’ve cranked up the AC and still feel overheated, then you are in the right place. Let’s dive into: “Why my AC isn’t cooling my home when I need it?”

Key Healthy Home Checks After Moving In
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Once you’ve moved into your new home, there are a few things to check and consider so you are confident that you are moving your family into a healthy home.

Sustainable Energy for Severe Weather and Rural Communities
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Sustainable energy has become a tempting solution that can prove to be more reliable for severe weather and rural communities. Plus, you can get tax credits.

How to Fix a Home That Never Feels Warm Enough
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You can turn that drafty igloo you call home into a toasty haven. Here are some ways to fix a home so you are warm enough and your sanity stays intact.

Why Does Cold Weather Make Indoor Air Quality Worse?
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Managing ideal indoor air quality can seem like a forever-struggle that’s essential for health and comfort. Here’s how you can improve the quality of indoor air.

How to get the most out of your AC
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It’s not difficult to get the most out of AC unit, but it’s really easy to forget to take care of it. When we put…

Home inspection: Furnace is tripping. What does this mean?
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Hey Mark & Theresa—My furnace is tripping. I know it sounds like the ‘your refrigerator is running so you better go catch it’ gag, but…

DIY HVAC maintenance? No go. Call a pro
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DIY HVAC maintenance is…yeah…NO. Look, we’re all about DIY and taking on a challenge. But, we’re also all for not screwing up expensive, complicated equipment….

Time to replace your furnace filter?
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A furnace filter is kind of like the oil in your car. Unless you have a schedule to replace it—you know, the little window sticker…

This Old House expert Rich Trethewey talks energy efficient HVAC
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Rich Trethewey talks energy efficient mechanical rooms on the set of a This Old House project house. Rich has been part of the This Old…

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