Ambient Comfort LLC Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Cape May County’

Is a Zone Control System Right for Me?

Monday, November 20th, 2023

Zone control is an interesting subject. Many homeowners think there are DIY solutions to reducing the amount of hot or cold spots that exist in your home, but things can get very complicated, very fast.

Your ductwork has to work with a lot of air volume and air pressure. Your heating unit in Avalon, Ocean City, or Sea Isle City is likely working to the exact specifications of your home’s air volume. The ductwork carries this air where it needs to go, but there’s enough pressure and force to push the heated air into the spaces of your home where you can feel it. If you mess with your ductwork or ventilation system, thinking you’ll be adjusting the comfort and treating a cold spot, you might end up messing with the air pressure of your ductwork and causing discomfort somewhere else.

Or worse—you might harm the efficiency or effectiveness of your heater! Keep reading to learn why zone control heating in Cape May County is a solid choice for our customers.

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The Importance of Furnace Tune-Ups

Monday, September 25th, 2023

Are any of our readers into cars? If so, then you probably don’t need a team of HVAC technicians to tell you how important an oil change or a tune-up is for your beloved vehicle. Maintenance and inspections are important aspects of owning machines that we depend on, and your heating technology is no different.

Furnaces are unlike other systems where an inspection focuses only on efficiency and power. Furnaces require an inspection during maintenance, since they’re actually performing combustion when other heating appliances are just using electricity. This is important because it can help you and your family rest easy knowing that your furnace isn’t leaking gas or carbon monoxide.

For today, let’s just talk about the importance of a furnace tune-up in Cape May County. Customers in Avalon, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, and practically everywhere else in our area will benefit from this kind of service in one way or another.

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Why Is My AC System Overheating?

Monday, August 1st, 2022

Air conditioners are put under a lot of stress during the summertime. Especially when we start seeing days with record highs and humidity levels that feel like we’re all breathing water, it’s common for an AC system to overheat. If your air conditioner is overheating or regularly running into problems that cause it to shut down, we urge you to call our team to have your air conditioning system in Cape May County repaired quickly.

While you’re waiting for our help, let’s talk about how an air conditioner overheats in the first place. After all, for those of us in Avalon, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, and the surrounding areas, air conditioners should be cooling things down, not heating up right? Well, it’s not exactly that simple.

Air conditioners that are under a lot of pressure can overheat for a few reasons listed below.

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5 Spring Cleaning Tips to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Monday, April 25th, 2022

Springtime is a time when we start to think deeply about our indoor air quality. The level of contaminants in your home is going to directly impact how comfortable you are, and while temperatures are warming up, we have an opportunity to open the windows and vent things out a little bit. However, just opening a window isn’t really going to cut it this year.

Homes are built to be astoundingly airtight, which means that just opening one or a few of the windows in your home isn’t going to do a very good job of freshening the air. Homeowners in Stone Harbor, Avalon, and Ocean City understand this very well. You might need the help of an air purifier in Cape May County so that you can eliminate odors, and harmful contaminants, and keep your home clean.

Combine your air purifier with these few tips and your home will become a sanctuary!

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Don’t Fear These Common Heating Problems

Monday, January 3rd, 2022

One of the toughest aspects of being a home or property owner is the fact that anything can go wrong. Unlike renting or living with family and friends, if your heating system breaks down, or your door hinges break off, it’s your responsibility to fix, which can be a lot to handle! We understand just how stressful this burden can be, and it’s what drives us to try and help our customers not just with great HVAC services in Avalon, Ocean City, and Sea Isle City, but to offer great advice too.

Let’s face it, many homes require furnace repair in Cape May County. But since the furnace still “works,” they’re not investing in repairs yet, even though something is clearly wrong. Let’s take a second to examine why this might be a bad idea and what you can do about some of these common furnace problems.

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Cape May County’s Furnace Tune-Up Guide

Monday, October 11th, 2021

It’s maintenance season! Whether you’re switching the heat pump from cooling to heating mode, or you’re just dusting off your old furnace for another reliable winter of cozy comfort, maintenance is a must! Many homeowners in Avalon, Stone Harbor, and Sea Isle City believe that maintenance is an additional “optional” service that can sometimes come with a heater purchase. While we understand where that sentiment comes from, it’s unfortunately not very accurate.

Maintenance tune-ups are necessary for your heating system to run safely, reliably, and for as long as possible. Without furnace maintenance in Cape May County, you could see a noticeable uptick in your heating bills, as well as a few heating repairs, crop up that you weren’t expecting.

Today, we’ve put together a guide that can help remind you to schedule maintenance with our team and correctly take your furnace system—or other type of heater—out of hibernation and into active duty!

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What Type of Air Filter Do I Need?

Monday, May 24th, 2021

When looking at your options for air filtration in Cape May County, NJ, you’ve got a lot to think about! There are so many different types of contaminants that have infiltrated our homes these days, that it can be a little overwhelming for a homeowner doing their own research. We want to open this blog post with a PSA: you can always call our team for advice when it comes to the health and security of your indoor air.

However, if you’re just window shopping on the internet, then we’d like to talk today about a specific type of air filter—the High Capture filter. While you might be able to find a whole slew of air filtration systems at your local hardware store, none of them will be as helpful or powerful as a high capture filter that’s installed by our team. Keep reading as we get into the details below!

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What’s the Point of a Humidifier?

Monday, February 15th, 2021

We’re excited to offer some special promotions centered around humidifiers this month, but we need to make it clear how valuable these systems can be. Humidifier service in Cape May County, NJ isn’t a joke—it can seriously benefit you, your family, and your furniture in ways you never thought possible. Winter air in this area, especially in Avalon, Ocean City, and Sea Isle City, gets incredibly dry due to the drop in temperature. This dryness will make you mildly uncomfortable and also do some serious harm to your home.

A humidifier is a system that’s built to protect your home from what can go wrong due to dry air. Cracked furniture, cracked skin, and staying resistant to germs is a reality that is only brought about with the help of a humidification system. Keep reading so we can get into the details about how these systems work, and why our promotion is such a huge deal.

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Can Too Much Humidity Hurt Your AC?

Monday, June 24th, 2019

air-conditioner-next-to-brick-houseWe may have a bit of a reputation for chilly and often quite snowy winters, but that doesn’t mean that our summers don’t pack quite the punch. With soaring temperatures and excess moisture in the air, it’s easy to feel uncomfortable in your home—at least, without the right indoor air quality products and air conditioning system in place, that is.

That said, one indoor air quality problem in particular—high humidity—not only impacts comfort but can damage your air conditioner, too, leaving your home muggy and uncomfortable. Fortunately, there’s a great way to prevent all this. The installation of a whole-house dehumidifier!

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