HVAC Resource Center

Star Quality Air Conditioning strives to be a resource for the Vero Beach area homeowner. We like to offer valuable tips to those who want to know more about their home. Please come back on a regular basis, as articles will be added monthly. Or sign up for our monthly Around The House newsletter, and learn how to get special deals.

Tune-Up and Preventative Mainenance Articles

Professional Heating and Air Maintenance - Your homes central heating and air conditioning unit, or HVAC, is a key element in your home's energy consumption and comfort level. For these reasons, it is important to have your home's system routinely serviced by a professional technician. (read more)

HVAC Maintenance - Does HVAC Maintenance Pay For Itself? (read more)

Spring Cleaning, Are You Ready? - Recently my wife and I completed our 'Spring Cleaning' at our home. Dust and cob-webs in those hard to reach places that go unnoticeable during the cold gloomy days of winter had to go. (read more)

Heating Articles

Save On Heating Costs - It is already time to turn on the furnace in many parts of the country. Some people are spending up to 50% of their monthly budget on heating. (read more)

Choosing A New Furnace - As winter approaches, everyone begins to think about the furnace. Will in kick on? Will it last through another winter? Should we install a new furnace? If so, with what kind? If these questions are familiar to you, keep reading as we try to "demystify" a couple of household heating sources. (read more)

Choosing the Perfect Home Heating System -Home heating systems can be of two basic types. You can either set up a central heating system, or you can fix a heater in each room. It is your call. Operating each of these two types will be different. In the case of the central heating system, you will not have to do too much work. (read more)

Home Heating Options -Fall has arrived and the time has come to begin turning on your heaters for the cold winter months. Unfortunately, not everyone has the best home furnace in the world and others may live in older homes which tend..... (read more)

12 Tips To Lower Your Heating Bill This Winter -This winter season is shaping up to be an expensive one: heating costs are expected to rise 30-50 percent, and natural gas will cost 40-50 percent more this winter than last. Why the major increase? According to Erin Dammen, an Alliant Energy spokeswoman, three factors are responsible. (read more)

Heating Your Basement - Basements can be used for various purposes, laundry, storage, bedrooms, home office space, and more. They can also be a cool retreat from the summer heat. But when the weather gets colder, the cool chill of a basement (read more)

When to Repair or Replace a Broken Heating System - With the mercury already dropping and colder weather starting to settle in, the last thing any homeowner wants to deal with is a broken furnace or boiler. (read more)

There's More Types Of Furnaces Than The One In Your House - A furnace is a mechanical device designed, constructed, and used to generate heat (i.e. a heater). Depending on what kind is being used, a furnace serves to either heat the interior of a structure to prevent unwanted cold from ensuing, or to burn materials for the purpose... (read more)

How to Cut Heating and Cooling Costs without Cutting Comfort - Heating and cooling systems account for 56 percent of energy used in a typical home, making it the largest energy expense for most households, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. (read more)

Energy Efficient Homes - It is already time to turn on the furnace in your Oklahoma home. If you live in a part of the country that is cold during the winter, you spend a lot of money on heating costs. Some people are spending up to 50% of their monthly budget on heating.... (read more)

Important Home Maintenance Tips - Just like your car, your home comfort system needs routine maintenance to keep it running at its best. Without regular servicing, heating and cooling systems. (read more)

Air Conditioning Articles

What You Need To Know About Air Conditioning - A true air conditioning system performs three basic functions. The one that would first occur to anyone entering an air conditioned room from the outside during the summer is air cooling. (read more)

Is Air Conditioning Doing More Damage Than Good? - As the temperature rises during the summer season, many households turn to more than just ice-cold drinks to keep them cool. Air conditioning was once regarded as a residential luxury, but has become something of a necessity throughout the United States (read more)

Air Conditioning Contractors -As the seasons change, so do our needs for temperature control. When it’s hot and muggy outside, it’s important to have top notch cooling indoors. Your comfort level is very important to accomplishing the tasks your day requires. That’s why it’s necessary to have a cooling system that fits your needs. (read more)

Home Air Filters - Central A/C -Central heating and air conditioning units have become extremely popular, almost to the point that people may take it for granted. 80% of new homes built in the United States are fitted with these systems. (read more)

The Most Important Things You Need to Know About Conventional Air Conditioners - If you have a conventional air conditioner or you are considering purchasing one, there are some important things to know about how these machines work, the operating cost, energy efficiency, cost, size, and maintenance. (read more)

How to Make Your Air Conditioner More Efficient - In times of rising energy costs and rapidly depleting fossil fuels, making your air conditioner more efficient will reduce your energy usage, make your home more comfortable, save money, and possibly help to save the environment. (read more)

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Air Conditioner -Your basic air conditioner continually takes air from outside, cools it, and then returns it to one or more rooms within your house. A properly installed air conditioner. (read more)

Know All About Central Air Conditioning -There are a number of reasons why you should go for central air conditioning. If you are intending to find a way of conditioning the air in a large establishment. (read more)