With the transition from cooling season to heating season, it’s a good time to review and possibly expand on your furnace troubleshooting skills. When a furnace stops heating your home on a sub-freezing day in January, it not only threatens your comfort at home; it can endanger you and your family. Likewise, a furnace that seems to […]Read More
It’s finally time to replace the furnace in your Greater Cincinnati home. You know this either because your long-serving furnace has blown its last bit of warm air into your home, or because, just as likely, it just doesn’t seem to be keeping back the cold as well as it used to. Either way, the […]Read More
It wasn’t too long ago that most homeowners purchasing a new heating system had to decide between a combustion furnace and an electric, air-source heat pump. These days, however, homeowners can enjoy the advantages – and minimize the limitations – of both, with a hybrid heating system. Also known as a dual-fuel heat pump, a hybrid […]Read More
With summer winding down, it won’t be long before Southwest Ohio homeowners begin making the switch from cooling to heating. This is a good time to remember (or learn) how to prepare your home’s central air conditioner for its off-season. Consider taking these steps Find an effective cover for your split-system AC’s outside condenser/compressor. When […]Read More
It’s a good idea to have a basic idea of proper HVAC design when purchasing a new home or doing an HVAC installation in a new or older Cincinnati home. This is an immense investment in the value of your home, not to mention your comfort and financial welfare. It’s crucially important to get it right the […]Read More
If you’re like a lot of people, you take for granted the equipment that keeps your home comfortable. Most of the time, you probably get no closer to it than the knob or button on the thermostat in the hallway on the main floor. But the fact is, the more you know about your home’s […]Read More
A common question among Jansen heating and Cooling customers is how long their central furnace or air conditioner will keep running. An even tougher question: When will it start losing efficiency or start slacking in performance? Finally, and most importantly, what can you do to help it last longer? To be honest, there’s no definitive […]Read More
During the historic derecho storm that smashed through Ohio in late June 2014, many homeowners went without power for as long as two weeks. During that time, the smart ones learned how to extend the coolness of night into the next morning, thereby delaying the brutal daytime heat’s intrusion into the home. Believe it or […]Read More
Do you have a one-thermostat home where every room heats and cools at the same level, all the time; where if it’s 72 degrees Fahrenheit in the living room, it’s the same temperature in the finished basement, the bedrooms and the kitchen, all year and in all weather? No, we didn’t think so. The reality […]Read More
If your home’s cooling system grinds to a halt, or perhaps isn’t cooling your home the way it used to, don’t draw the immediate conclusion that you have a broken air conditioner. The problem might be a thermostat issue. This will be a lot easier and cheaper to calling an air conditioning company in Cincinnati, Ohio, […]Read More
