How to Improve Your Winter Indoor Air Quality

Winter is notoriously the worst season for indoor air quality. All winter long you’re cooped up in your home with the windows tightly sealed and the furnace blasting to keep you comfortable. No fresh air enters the home. The humidity level drops and the same dry, stale air is recirculated again and again. Cold and flu germs along with pet …

How Your Air Conditioner Makes Allergy Symptoms Worse

If you suffer from allergies, you know being outside amongst the dust, pollen, mold, etc., can make your symptoms much worse. When you come home, you think your air conditioned home should be allergen free, right? Not so much. Simply using your air conditioner to move air around your home may be aggravating your allergies as well. Here’s why: Regular …

Take Care of Your Air With Indoor Air-Quality Solutions

When walking through a bustling city street or along the dirt-filled road of a foreign country, our instincts prompt us to cover our mouths. Theoretically, we should then be treating the air inside of our home with the same level of hesitancy. It’s true! Day to day activities can significantly impact the air quality in our home — and these …

Top 4 Allergens in Your Home and How to Get Them Out

More than 50 million people in the U.S. currently suffer from allergies. If you find yourself a victim to allergies you know spring is one of the hardest times of the year. The team at Getzschman Heating and Air Conditioning wants to help. We may be a heating and cooling company, but we also want to help you with your …

Is Your Air Conditioner Making Your Allergies Worse?

When you think about potential asthma triggers in your home, your home’s air conditioner is usually the last thing to come to mind. But the fact is that the air quality inside your home could be even worse for your asthma than the air outside. Dirty Air Filters Spread Allergens This is the case when you have dirty air conditioner …

Getzschman’s Air Conditioning Guide for Dummies

In the summer heat, air conditioning is a welcome relief, but do you know how it keeps you cool? Understanding air conditioning is not only for certified technicians! Learning the basics of how an AC works can help you troubleshoot issues and prevent future problems. Here is a guide to the parts and processes involved in an air conditioning system. …

How Humidity Affects Your Health

It’s no secret that optimal humidity levels can make your home more comfortable, especially during the coldest and warmest parts of the year. But humidity can also affect your health and that of your family, both directly and indirectly. Here’s how. How Humidity Levels Are Measured Humidity is conveyed as a percentage that represents how much moisture is in the …

Furnace Filters: Just the Facts, Ma’am

As a homeowner, you depend on your furnace to regulate a comfortable temperature for you and your family. This is especially true as the winter months draw nearer. But what can you do to maintain your system’s integrity between those all-important professional tune-ups? The answer: regularly change your furnace filter! Read on for more important furnace filter facts from the …

What Will Be Trapped in Your House All Winter with You?!

As the days begin to get shorter and cooler, it’s time to start tackling those end-of-summer home maintenance tasks. One task you shouldn’t put off is duct cleaning. The team at Getzschman has put together three reasons why the end of summer is the perfect time to have your ducts professionally cleaned. Winter Means Less Air Circulation In the summer, …

6 Simple Tips to Beat the Heat This Summer

When summertime rolls around, thoughts of swimming, picnics, and barbecues come to mind. But there’s one thing we just can’t seem to welcome with open arms: the ever-rising summer heat. Let’s face it: it’s hot out and will only get hotter as the months roll on. But there’s no need to feel helpless against the sun’s relentless rays! Below are …