chicago, il – you’ve spent the money to have your ducts cleaned to improve the air quality in your house or building. if your ducts were cleaned by four seasons with state-of-the-art triple hepa filtration, your ducts are so understood you could eat off of them.
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i’ve had my ducts cleaned, so now what?
Thursday, January 26th, 2012How Do I Cash In on the Tax Credit?
Sunday, January 1st, 2012How to receive tax credits with new high efficiency purchases. There are a number of improvements you can make to your principal residence (sorry, not the ski cabin) that will qualify for the Energy Efficiency Tax Credit. It’s not as fun to buy a new central air conditioner as it is to buy a new house, but you can still get a tax credit of up to $1,500 — not a bad deal.
Basically, the government is trying to encourage you to save energy, so you can get a tax credit of 30% of the cost of certain improvements — up to a $1,500 tax credit over 2009 and 2010. This credit is per home, so if there are two of you and you each spend $5,000 on new windows, you don’t get to claim $3,000. Sorry. (more…)
Spring Cleaning and Duct Cleaning
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Spring Cleaning and duct cleaning seem like an unlikely pairing but in a practical sense actually go hand and hand. Before you know it the birds will be chirping and the grass will be growing. It’s a perfect time of year not only to tidy up your house but also tidy up your duct work and the indoor air quality of your house. We will begin to gently open windows and let fresh air in, after being tightly sealed in side our homes all winter. However, the lack of fresh air and sometimes the fresh air itself comes at a cost. (more…)
maintain the right amount of moisture in your home
Saturday, November 19th, 2011is maintaining the right amount of moisture in your house a problem? as we have discussed previously in other blog articles there are many choices for humidifiers from tabletop models to larger portable models available at most retail stores. one of the most cost effective and all around effective options is whole house humidifier unit that is part of your centric air system. the lennox healthy climate wb12 whole house humidifier provides cost effective whole-house humidity control for standard-sized homes.