Indoor Air Quality Solutions for Your Home (Part 1)
People tend to consider air pollution as something outdoors — the ozone, smog, or that haze hovering in the air, particularly in summer. But the fact is, the air inside homes, offices, and other buildings is usually far more polluted than the air outside. While it's...
Why is My Furnace Leaking?
Have you noticed your furnace leaking? If it is, don't let this issue continue! Leaking liquid can cause mold to grow, clogging, and permanent damage to your valuable furnace system. Your Condensation Drain Could Be Plugged Up If your drain is plugged up,...
Halloween Heating Tips for Homeowners
On Halloween (originally called All Hallows' Eve) legend says the barrier separating the living world and dead becomes fragile, which enables spirits to run unchecked among the living. Ghosts and hobgoblins roam the earth; witches take to the sky on their broomsticks...
Let’s Talk About Gas Furnace Safety
It's efficient. It's affordable. It's the world's cleanest fossil fuel (used to heat more than half of the American homes). Over the last century, natural gas has become a staple in American life. Whether it be your stove, your dryer, your water heater, or like most...
Prepare Your Home for Winter with Money Saving Tips
Are You Ready for Winter? Of all the things experts say homeowners should do to prepare their homes for winter, there is one common theme at the top of every list. That theme, to no surprise, has to do with their home's furnaces. Ohio's frigid cold can be deadly at...
Scared of High Electric and Gas Bills? Here are Some Tips!
If you are like most homeowners nowadays, you are striving to find ways and means to keep your utility bills low. Keeping your home cool during the summer and warm during another Franklin County winter costs a small fortune. Fortunately for you, however, all that's...
How to Tell Your Air Ducts Need Cleaned
Did you know the Environmental Protection Agency recommends homeowners clean their air ducts about every five years, give or take? Because some are worse than others, the National Air Duct Cleaners Association also advises air ducts to be inspected at least every...
Major consequences of not changing your air filter
All too often, people don't give much thought into their heating and air conditioning systems until something goes wrong. Strangely enough, when something does go wrong (sometimes gravely wrong) the most common reason is that they failed to change their air filter in...
Eight Reasons You Should Get a Furnace Tune-Up
With the national average cost of a new furnace (with installation) ranging thousands of dollars, we at your Five Star Heating and Cooling Company want to do all we can to save you money and keep your family safe and warm through the coming winter—and to avoid having...
How Does Air Conditioning Work?
Although central air conditioners differ from system to system, they all work on similar principles. In this guide, we will address how central air conditioners work, as well as potential problems you may encounter. Included among the components that make up a central...