http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/heating-cooling-articles.htm Up to date Heating & Cooling Articles and information from HomeRenovationGuide en-us info@homerenovationguide.com Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:24 EDT Copyright 2007, HomeRenovationGuide,com http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/mist.htm Popular for outdoor parties, sporting events, sunbathing, and more, a misting fan is your dream come true! Misting fans usually attach to a garden hose to spray miniature water droplets while simultaneously blowing cool air. Misting hubs often include spray nozzles to distribute an even spray that will lightly add much needed moisture to dry, hot outdoor conditions. Misting fans are wonderful for parties when the heat is unbearable, but large amounts of people need to be outdoors. Our misting fans have oscillating features that will direct the spray to a wider area, he Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:47:46 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/mist.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/iaq.htm In order to achieve high Indoor Air Quality, IAQ, it’s important to understand the most common sources of air problems. Your home may not exhibit all nine of these contributing factors, but just about every home has a few. One is not necessarily more important than the other. What’s important is that each of these areas are inspected and corrected if necessary.1. Excessive dryness. If you’ve noticed that your floor boards creak, your house is too dry. Excessive dryness could even cause floorboards to warp and furniture to crack. If you don’t have a built-in humidif Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:56:55 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/iaq.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/dispenser.htm Water dispensers and coolers are a necessity for the office, and a joy to have in the home. Supplying cool drinking water or hot water for drinks, soups, coffee, and tea, the water dispenser is a product that every office needs in order to keep employees happy and healthy! What many people don’t know is that water coolers that are not specifically made with energy-saving qualifications can create an unnecessary waste of electrical power and costs. The way around this is to be sure you have, or are purchasing, a water dispenser brand that has been approved by Energy St Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:45:26 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/dispenser.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/icemaker.htm Even though we’re in the middle of winter, entertaining is a year-round tradition, and whether you’re throwing a spectacular cocktail party at home or enjoying an outdoor picnic on a brisk afternoon, an icemaker may be of the most important (and overlooked) appliances necessary to ensure that your drinks stay cold and your party stays hot. Icemakers, whether installed in your refrigerator or as freestanding or portable units, allow you to have plenty of ice on hand when you need it. While installing an ice maker into your refrigerator is one of the most convenient op Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:19:12 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/icemaker.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/portable.htm Technology has allowed for all of the modern conveniences in our lives to become portable, allowing for traveling, movement from room to room, and easy installation. On a daily basis we heat and cool our home with portable space heaters and portable air conditioners. We use mini, portable refrigerators to keep our food fresh, and small, compact water dispensers to meet our daily needs, without taking up a significant amount of room. One of the fastest growing popularities in appliances today is the compact and innovative, portable ice maker. Due to fast operation, ease Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:58:58 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/portable.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/icemakers.htm Sometimes it’s hard to imagine that icemakers have only been in existence since the last century or so. In the past, ice was hard to acquire, and in hotter climates, delivery services provided huge blocks of imported ice from either industrial refrigeration plants or colder climates. In some of the hottest parts of the world, ice was considered a luxury, and even for people in the United States, ice was extremely expensive. In other words, if you needed to keep your food cold and fresh, there was really no other choice. However, the advent of the compact refrigerator Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:08:00 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/icemakers.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/9steps.htm In order to achieve high Indoor Air Quality,IAQ, it’s important to understand the most common sources of air problems. Your homemay not exhibit all nine of these contributing factors, but just about every home has a few. One is not necessarily more important than the other. What’s important is that each ofthese areas are inspected and corrected if necessary.1.Excessive dryness. If you’ve noticed that your floor boards creak, your house is too dry. Excessive dryness could even cause floorboards to warp and furniture to crack. If you don’t have a built-in humidificat Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:04:33 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/9steps.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/efficiency.htm Many people spend hundreds of dollars each winter on heating costs, but there are several ways to help that are not widely known. For example, your ceiling fan can help in ways you might not be aware of. Reversible fans push air upward toward the ceiling, if the room is being heated the heat pushed upward will be warm and as it hits the ceiling, it will bounce off the ceiling and back down to you in the center of the room. Instead of being trapped at the top of your ceiling the fan provides a means of forcing this air down.Of course turn off your electric fan at night Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:57:47 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/efficiency.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/409.htm In early December 2007, Congress approved a new bill that would provide an additional $409 million to its Low Income Home Energy Assistance program, a program aimed at providing heating and cooling subsidies to those in financial need. Nevertheless, many political pundits are questioning whether this amount is enough, and home heating costs are still on the rise this winter.Coincidentally, heating bills are rising at a time when utility companies across the country are now broadening their payment options for their customers, and this includes allowing credit cards to Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:27:48 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/409.htm http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/electricfan.htm Air conditioning can often become too large of an expense for industrial areas, but the good news is that an industrial fan can bring some much needed relief in this case. Industrial electric fans can be quite helpful for places where heat stratification, dampness, and stagnant air become frequent problems. Also, for high static pressure an industrial fan is what you need. Also known as an industrial electric blower, these units replace air as well by blowing out the old and stagnant air for a wide area that otherwise would collect this air without replenishing it in e Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:23:43 EST http://www.homerenovationguide.com/pages/electricfan.htm