Air Conditioning Articles

When the temperature is high in Texas, the last thing you need is more hot air. But on occasion, your air conditioner (AC) malfunctions and can turn your home into a stuffy inferno.

The first step to optimizing efficiency is remembering to change your system’s air filter once every three months. This simple maintenance task ensures a balanced airflow, so your AC doesn’t overwork itself.

Air conditioners do so much more than just cool, like dehumidify your home or business and help keep your inside air cleaner. Understanding a bit of its basic components and how they work can help you identify a problem or malfunction when it occurs. 

At BlueAir, we understand that depending on your AC to run efficiently is crucial to helping you get the good night’s sleep you deserve.

In heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), a split-system air conditioner is an air conditioner for your home with its components located both outdoors and indoors. 

Our professionals at BlueAir want to be sure you realize the long-term benefits of regular maintenance and tune-ups for your air conditioning system.

When you are in the middle of summer, it can be difficult to keep heat out of your Leander home even if you have your central air conditioning system going full blast. Our team at BlueAir wants to help you prevent heat from building up inside your home as much as possible so that your air conditioner can be more effective and efficient. Here are some tips to consider.

When an air conditioner (AC) turns on and off in rather quick successions, without running for longer periods, this is called short cycling. It’s fairly common, but when this happens it means there’s something wrong with your air conditioner. So what should you do?

Our professionals at Blue Air Heating and Air Conditioning want you to have a reliable air conditioning system before, during, and after a storm. Here are some tips on helping you protect your air conditioner investment.

Air conditioner loads must be calculated carefully, so you can match the unit to your cooling needs. Our professionals at BlueAir would be happy to help you select the best-sized air conditioner for your particular Texas home. In the meantime, here is a peak into how our trained experts calculate air conditioning needs.

Everyone loves to save money, and it’s a good idea to review different aspects of your budget now and again to see if there are more opportunities you have missed in the past. In the springtime, considering how you can reduce your energy bills is always a great idea.

Here at BlueAir in Austin, TX, our highly trained and experienced team of professionals would like to help you with your air conditioner.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” There’s a reason why that old adage has been passed down through the years. It’s always better to be prepared for misfortunes than to have to deal with the consequences. During storm season in Austin, that proves true for protecting your air conditioning system as…

A major part of your health relies on getting a good night’s sleep. That’s why it’s not just important to run your air conditioner during the hot summer days. You also need to keep your home comfortably cool at night as well. At BlueAir, we understand that depending on your air conditioner to run efficiently…

The central air conditioning system is a simple pleasure of everyday life. Your home should be a place where you can relax. On a 90-plus-degree summer’s day in Austin, TX, cool air is essential to your relaxation. If you take good care of your air conditioner with annual inspections and monthly filter swaps, it should…

Ductless air-conditioning (AC) systems can be the perfect answer for that room that’s never quite cool enough or for that new addition you’re building. It’s a low-maintenance and affordable option to upgrading to a newer A/C unit when more cooling is needed inside your home. The ductless system works, obviously, with no ducts, as a…

HVAC systems are much like cars – the more you know, the better you can take care of them. AC units and furnaces often get overlooked in general home maintenance since they are mostly out of sight and run behind the scenes. Let’s look at a few things about your AC unit that you may…

Aside from the professionals, like ours at BlueAir, who really thinks about air conditioners and their components?

Contact us at BlueAir if you would like us to check your system to see if it is good working condition.

Ductless AC systems are a great alternative to traditional AC units.

In the hot Austin weather, we can run our air conditioning units pretty much around the clock.

SEER is a term that gets thrown around a lot in reference to air conditioning products.

The US Department of Energy says that air conditioning can account for up to 47% of your utility bill.

A freeze up is when a layer of ice forms on the outside of your AC unit. Whether you have a window unit or a central air system the causes and effects of this, as well as the solutions, are the same. The ice build up on your AC unit creates an inability to cool…