New Jersey Home & Business Energy: It's Almost Time for your Heating Maintenance Serv...

New Jersey Home & Business Energy: It's Almost Time for your Heating Maintenance Serv...: "Whether you call it a 'Tune-Up', 'Seasonal Maintenance', 'Preventative Check-up, or 'Start Up Service' it's time to think about servicing ..."

Heat Wave Hits New Jersey......Again

Weather.com reports extended hot days for Northern New Jersey.

As we've mentioned in the past, your aged heating and cooling system works harder with less than optimum results.... wasting valuable dollars, month after month. Manufacturers suggest that you replace your old, inefficient heating and cooling equipment before it fails.

$AVE when you install High Efficiency heating and cooling equipment by Trane. At Bornstein Sons, we suggest that you take advantage of the Federal Tax Credit in effect through December 31, 2010.

In full disclosure, we are contractors serving Homes and Businesses in Northern and North Central New Jersey since 1928. Call us today at 800.287.6651

It's Raining....It's Pouring.....Have You Checked Your Sump Pump?

Mother Nature prevails and today in New Jersey it's been a rather wet day!

Here's some information from a post earlier this year about the Pumps in your home! http://blog.bornsteinsons.com/2010/03/rain-raineverywhere-new-jersey-under.html

New Jersey residents, we're at your service! Call us at 800.287.6651 or visit our Website

It's Almost Time for your Heating Maintenance Service

Whether you call it a 'Tune-Up', 'Seasonal Maintenance', 'Preventative Check-up, or 'Start Up Service' it's time to think about servicing your heating equipment to prepare it for the winter months ahead.

Before you know it, the leaves will turn into a vibrant beautiful masterpiece of autumn colors, and dance from the sky as the trees shed this colorful foliage reminding us that cooler weather is on it's way. In full disclosure, we are contractors providing service to New Jersey Homes and Businesses Since 1928. Here are a few key points to ponder as we approach the change of seasons. Learn what manufacturers have to say about 'Preventative Maintenance'. Read about the importance of maintaining your comfort systems.

New Jersey residents and business owners, we're at your service! Visit our website for more information.

Here's a Reminder: Have You Changed Your AC Filters?

It's the lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer as the old familiar tune reminded us decades ago.....BUT if our days are 'lazy' why is it that we're all too busy to remember the little things that need to be done around our house until the result becomes evident?

Here's a post from earlier this spring about your air conditioning system filters. We thought you could use a reminder! Have a great day!

Triple Digit Temperatures In NJ...Keeping Your House Cooler

It's Hot Outside, and in New Jersey they're predicting a week of what we call the 3Hs.....HAZY, HOT AND HUMID.

Here are a few suggestions for keeping your house comfortable during hot spells like this.

• 1. Do not turn your central air conditioning off if you leave the house during the day. If you do want to conserve on resources and energy costs, raise the temperature ever so slightly, but keep in mind that your system will have to work that much harder to get back to the temperature you desire.
• 2. Keep draperies, blinds, or shades closed so that the sun won't penetrate the room increasing the temperature and making it that much harder for the air conditioning system to maintain temperature.
  
• 3. Run your dishwasher in the evening so that you don't heat up your kitchen during the sunlight hours. (using your oven on a hot day like we're describing might not be a good idea either!)
• 4. Be sure you've changed your filter. A clogged filter will restrict airflow and result in poor cooling
• 5. Hydrate yourself....drink lots of cold water and be mindful that your pets will need extra water too.
  
• 6. While we're on the subject of hydrating, remember your plants inside the home and those outside as well and give them all an extra drink.

Lowering your thermostat to unrealistic temperatures won't do much good. Air conditioning systems are designed to maintain an ambient temperature differential. Depending on the design of your system, it may be working as best it can, particularly if your system is old and inefficient. (Time for new equipment?)

Do you see ice outside at the air conditioning condensing unit and feel the air inside is not cool? You've got a frozen system, Turn your system off and call your HVAC Contractor.

In full disclosure, we are Contractors serving NJ Homes and Businesses Since 1928 in Northern and North Central New Jersey. Need Service for your Air Conditioning System? Visit our Website for more information

Creating A Relationship With Your HVAC Contractor!

Perhaps You've recently moved into your home or are packing and waiting for your closing date! If this is your first home or you're new to the neighborhood, odds are that you haven't established yourself with a good Heating and Air Conditioning Contractor. Hopefully the walk-through inspection found your HVAC system operating properly before you closed on your home, so it's really not a concern now....OR is it?

Hmmm......you haven't thought of that? Let's see....you already found a great Doctor, perhaps several, you've located all the necessities of everyday life....a Dry Cleaner, Gardener, Plumber, Painter, Auto Mechanic, Cleaning Service, Pharmacy, Grocer, Bakery, Veterinarian for your pet, but the thought of finding a Contractor to call 'when' (not if) you need service for the comfort systems in your home hasn't crossed your mind?

We're used to being the 'out of sight; out of mind' people...until we're needed! In full disclosure, we are Contractors serving Homes and Businesses in New Jersey since 1928. So, we've run the gamut, heard it all, dealt with thousands of homeowners and have yet to be as surprised or flustered as a new homeowner might be, when emergency service is needed. And we're also used to having our customers sound unhappy when they cal us. We suppose it's no fun to say "I'm waiting for my HVAC Service Company to come to my house", unlike the thrill in one's voice when the Home Designer is coming, or the new furniture is being delivered. Alas, Heating and Air Conditioning Contractors are really nice people.....Really, we are! And, we try awfully hard to make homeowners feel comfortable.

So, now, you ask.....what to do? Our suggestion: Search the internet for a company that services your area. Once you've perused the company's website and you think you like what you see, give them a call and introduce yourself. Tell the owner or office staff that you're new to the area (perhaps a friend or neighbor has reccomended the company) and schedule a routine maintenance for your system so that when the time comes that you're in need of service in a hurry, you've already made the introduction and are comfortable with the company. It's stressful to locate a repair company when you have the aggravation of realizing that your Central Air Conditioning isn't working.....or your Heating.....the timing is never convenient.

New Jersey Residents.....Check out our Website. We look forward to servicing you soon and hope we can make the experience that much easier. And, while you're in the neighborhood.....here's a Coupon for you!