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Ways You Can Combat HVAC Energy Loss During the Winter

HVAC energy loss during the winter is a simple result of the second law of thermodynamics: Heat energy always flows from a hot zone into a colder zone.  When HVAC energy

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How You Can Find Ways to Conserve Energy This Winter

While reducing energy costs is a year-round concern, certain ways to conserve energy in your home are season-specific. Heating the house in winter in Indiana presents an unavoidable energy expense.

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Why Is Your Home’s Temperature Fluctuating So Noticeably?

Change adds spice to life, but fluctuating temperatures inside your home don’t. Maintaining uniform temperature control is a basic function of your HVAC system. Fluctuating temperatures may be a sign

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Why Temperature Balance Between Inside and Outside Is Key

Maintaining temperature balance inside a home means controlling heat loss and heat gain. It’s a natural law: Heat energy always migrates from a warm zone into a cooler zone. Unfortunately,

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The Most Overlooked Sources of Air Escaping From Your Home

Effective draft prevention in winter makes your home more comfortable and saves money too. If you can feel cold drafts, heat is also escaping. Heat leaks out of the house

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Window Insulation Tips and Tricks

Window Insulation Tips and Tricks

Ensuring your home has adequate window insulation also ensures that sunlight and a nice view of the outdoors aren’t accompanied by excess heat loss in winter and heat gain in

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How Often Should Your Check for Air Leaks?

How Often Should Your Check for Air Leaks?

Air leaks are a year-round issue in many homes. During winter, heat energy escapes the house through small leaks and your furnace runs longer to compensate, raising monthly heating bills.

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Tips for Detecting Air Leaks in Your Home

Tips for Detecting Air Leaks in Your Home

It’s safe to assume your home has air leaks. As building materials age, cracks and gaps develop in the structural envelope, allowing more air infiltration into and out of literally

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Have You Weatherized the Windows in Your Home?

Have You Weatherized the Windows in Your Home?

Weatherizing windows is a cost-efficient way to prevent energy loss at those vulnerable points. Yes, installing new high-tech, energy-efficient windows you see advertised is another option. The fact is, however,

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Signs of Ductwork That’s Aging

Signs of Ductwork That's Aging

If you have old ductwork, the odds are you have leaky ductwork. If your ducts haven’t been tested for leakage and your home’s more than 10 years old, statistics reported

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    Jeff Paitson Jeff Paitson is a third generation business owner who continues to run the business with the same values that have been passed down from previous generations since 1922.

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    Ethan Ethan Rayburn is a lifelong resident of Terre Haute and a 2005 graduate of Purdue University.

    An Eagle Scout, Ethan spent four years as a non-profit executive with the Boy Scouts of America before joining Paitson Bros. as a comfort advisor and later General Manager. In that role, Ethan has brought a renewed enthusiasm for customer care, integrity, value, and service to Paitson Bros. Heating & Air Conditioning.

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