Check your Furnace Filter

January 19, 2016

Check your furnace filter monthly and change it when it’s dirty. You’ll get better heating, you’ll save on your utility bills and extend the life of your furnace too. Many costly furnace repairs in Houston can be avoided with regular filter changing. If you don’t change the filter, lack of airflow through the furnace will cause it to overheat and shut down. Similarly, a dirty filter can cause an air conditioner to shut down because the coils freeze up when airflow is inadequate. Both events stress the system. Why it’s so important to change your filter It’s a big factor in your indoor air quality and how well your furnace operates. As the filter collects various bits of airborne debris, it starts to clog up. After a while, that build up makes it very difficult for air to pass through. That means the blower is working harder, increasing your energy bills, taking longer to heat your home, and risking burning out the blower motor. The best way to know how often you need to change your air filter is by simply checking it on a regular basis. Every furnace heats a different home, with different factors that affect a filter’s...

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Furnace Tune-up in Houston

November 17, 2015

Don’t wait until cold weather is here before making sure your heating system in Houston is working properly. Preparing your heating system before winter will help you stay warm, cozy and safe this heating season. Call Air Bourne for quality & affordable furnace tune-up in Houston. Furnace Tune-up in Houston Here are some tips to make sure your heating system is ready when winter comes: Call Airbourne Air to schedule a pre-winter furnace tune-up in Houston & surrounding areas. A clean, well-maintained furnace can ensure that your heating system is running at maximum efficiency and ready to keep you warm when the weather turns cold. Change your furnace filter monthly. A dirty filter restricts the flow of heated air from your furnace, causing it to work harder and deliver less heat. Make sure vents in the house are not obstructed. The air in your home needs to circulate easily through the vents and your furnace works less when heated air is not blocked and cooler air can  circulate back freely. No matter how energy-efficient your furnace or air conditioner was when it was installed, it can lose efficiency if not properly maintained. It’s a good idea to have Airbourne Air...

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Is there a benefit to replacing your system?

April 15, 2015

Airbourne Air techs are pro’s at accurately troubleshooting any heating and air conditioning problem. If your air conditioner quits on a blistering hot Houston summer day, we don’t march out and tell you to replace it. Sometimes it’s a small part, or a dirty indoor coil and the AC is just fine. However, there are times when new equipment is definitely worth consideration. 3 Things to Know About a New System: Efficiency. If you have an old 6 SEER air conditioner and a 60% AFUE furnace, moving to an 18 SEER AC and 80% AFUE furnace is going to save you around $800 a year. More in the summer obviously in our climate. In fact, while we’re on that topic: Houston homeowners do not need to sink money into a high efficiency furnace. But there is one thing you definitely want on a new furnace, and we’ll discuss that in a minute. So as you can see, a new system is going to pay for itself pretty quickly in just energy savings alone. That doesn’t factor in any ongoing repairs on the old system, which would obviously make the payback of the new system more rapid. Comfort. New systems feature comfort benefits such as...

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Better Cooling with a Furnace?

September 30, 2014

You’re either scratching your head, or you’re thinking that we’re the dumbest HVAC contractor in Houston right? Nobody stays cool with a furnace. Well, actually you do. Remember what an air conditioner does: it compresses refrigerant. Compressing refrigerant condenses it down to a chilled fluid. The chilled refrigerant is then pumped inside your home to the indoor coil. Once that happens, the fan motor in your furnace pulls air from the home, and forces it through the coil. If an air conditioner doesn’t have the furnace fan motor, your home would never be cool. And we offer furnaces specifically tailored for South Texas heating and air conditioning. Variable Speed ECM Fan Motors If you have to turn up the game or movie when the air conditioning and heating kicks on, it’s because you probably have an older, single speed furnace. If your furnace is tucked away in a nearby closet, this adds a lot of noise to a living environment. Variable speed ECM fan motors run at varying speeds for increased comfort, and they’re whisper quiet. You can actually have a furnace in a closet right in the living room, and barely notice when it turns on! Plus, variable speed motors are more energy efficient....

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The Indoor Coil

April 3, 2014

We think that part of customer service is educating our customers. The more you understand about your air conditioning and heating system, the better you will feel about decisions you make in regards to equipment and maintenance needs. This is the first of several blog posts to educate on basic heating and air conditioning facts. What is an indoor coil? To answer this, we need to make one point about air conditioning clear: A home cooling system does not pump cool air into your home. It removes heat energy from your home. This may sound elementary, but it affects everything you understand about equipment. When the air conditioner turns on outside, it compresses a gas called refrigerant. When compressed, this gas turns into a chilled liquid, and is pumped inside via small, copper tubing. If you go out and look at your unit, you’ll see the insulated tubing running inside your home. The chilled refrigerant is sent to the indoor coil, which is a series of metal tubing. How the cooling happens. Once the indoor coil is filled with ice-cold refrigerant, the fan motor in the air handler (or furnace) pulls warm air from the home. The air is forced...

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