Air Conditioner

That Moment in the Driveway When You Have No Idea What to Say  It's the middle of July. The house is 84 degrees inside. A technician walks out to his truck, comes back with a clipboard, and says your system is "getting up there."  Then he waits. And you're standing...

The Thermostat Is Telling the Truth. It's Just Not Telling You Much.  It's 4 p.m. in August. You walk down the hall and the thermostat says 72, cool and satisfied, job well done.  Then you open the back bedroom door and hit a wall of warm air.  Sound familiar? If you...

Same House, Same Thermostat, Bigger Bill  Nothing changed at your place. Same square footage, same 74 on the thermostat, same family walking in and out the same doors.  So why did July cost $80 more than last July?  You've probably asked around and gotten the same...

The Quote Went Up. Nobody Explained Why.  You asked what it costs to replace your air conditioning system. What came back was a bigger unit, a higher efficiency rating, and a number about three thousand dollars past what you had in your head.  Maybe the pitch sounded...

You Don't Have Three Evenings to Vet Three Contractors  Here's how it usually goes. Your air conditioning quits on a Tuesday. You call around, two companies come out, and now you're holding two pieces of paper with two very different numbers on them.  One says $8,400....