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Do you need a CSI? Is your water bill suddenly a lot higher?  Are some rooms in your home just not as comfortable as you would like them to be, too hot or too cold?  Are you concerned about the quality of air you are breathing?  Is your home too dry this winter? Is your heating system not working?  Our qualified “Comfort Service Investigators” can investigate all of these issues.

You can help the technician accurately and quickly diagnose your heating and cooling unit’s problem by having some crucial information handy.  When the service technician arrives at your home you should be prepared to provide certain important facts to him/her.

Making your home more energy efficient can save you money while helping conserve natural resources.  Most of us are willing to perform energy efficient practices we just don’t always know which ones can actually make the biggest difference.

Adjusting your thermostat a few degrees when you are away from home or during the night can save you money in your monthly utility bills.  You can save as much as 1% on your utility bills for each degree if the setback period is eight hours long.

Heating and cooling your home uses more energy and drains more energy dollars than any other system in your home.  Typically, 43% of your utility bill goes for heating and cooling systems.

When water freezes it also expands. This expansion puts tremendous pressure on whatever is containing it, including metal or plastic pipes. Expanding water can cause pipes to break, no matter what the strength of the container.

Winter, with its blustery, cold weather is just around the corner. Soon we’ll be dragging the sweaters out of our closets and turning the heat on in our houses. No one looks forward to being hit with the large energy bills that result from heating our homes. There are some simple things that we can do to help lower our energy bills this winter.

Clearing a clogged drain can be a major hassle and one of the most common plumbing problems homeowners face. If there's a total blockage of the drain, then the sink, toilet, shower, or tub will be filled with water and the blockage will have to be removed through that.

The weather is starting to cool, especially in the evenings and most of us won’t think a thing about going to our thermostat and changing our system over to heat. If you have a furnace or boiler, you might have a slight burning odor when you first turn it on but this eventually goes away.

Water heating is the second highest energy cost in your house next to heating and cooling, not to mention a precious natural resource. Although the cost of water itself may not seem like much, if you have a leak you could be spending more money out of pocket than you realize and wasting gallons of water each day.