Image Credit to One Beautiful Life Photo Test your knowledge: How much do you know about the origins of our modern heating and cooling systems?  Boost your knowledge of HVAC trivia by learning these 8 must-know facts about indoor heating and cooling:   Answer: This country is the earliest civilization known to use passive cooling […]

Image Credit to One Beautiful Life Photo If you haven’t had a heat pump before, you may see and hear some things that seem unusual. More than likely, your system is behaving normally. But to put your mind at ease, let’s walk through some ways these systems behave differently than traditional heating and cooling systems. […]

Image Credit to One Beautiful Life Photo Is your furnace fan running continuously while blowing cool air into your living space? It could be in lockout mode.  If you have a high-efficiency gas furnace, this can periodically be an issue since these units drain water as they operate. When it’s cold out, that water can […]

You’ve probably tried to weatherproof your home before by tucking rubber weather stripping around your windows or by using an under-door seal to close the gap between the bottom of a door and the threshold of a doorway. But did you know there are more than a dozen other places inside a house where air […]

The EPA, which notes that “indoor air pollution is among the top five environmental health risks,” says the best way to purify the air in your home is to a) get rid of the source of the pollutant and to b) ventilate your home with fresh, outdoor air. However, these two options may not always […]

“Dirt and neglect are the top causes of heating and cooling system inefficiency and failure.” That’s according to energystar.gov, the EPA’s program that helps consumers save energy and protect the environment.  To keep your system running smoothly, they (and we) recommend yearly maintenance checks for both your heating and cooling systems. It’s incredibly important to […]

Sometimes our customers ask us if the installation company and the maintenance company should be one and the same.  Ideally, yes. The company that installed your system is going to know it best and have the best resources to support your system. Your installation company has a relationship with the manufacturer or distributor and the […]

Lance Talley, the shop foreman in Capital Heating & Cooling’s sheet metal shop, has been in the sheet metal business for 40 years. For more than a decade of his career, he’s been part of our team, making custom ductwork and other sheet metal projects. We started as a custom sheet metal shop then started […]

Image Credit: One Beautiful Life Photo Sometimes we service an HVAC system and all is well.  And sometimes…it’s not. Like the time a customer snuck up on one of our installers with a Chuckie Doll. True story. The most challenging visits happen when no one has looked at a system (usually in a neglected attic, […]

Pets and your HVAC system: not always a pretty combination.  Everyone knows that your fluffy friends can leave fur drifts around the house that eventually get into the ductwork, not to mention all over your carpets, furniture, and clothes. It helps to thoroughly you vacuum or sweep (we’ll talk about that in a moment). But […]