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Where to Find Good HVAC Help
To make sure your heating and air-conditioning systems work when needed, they must be properly installed and maintained. We’ve rated heating and air-conditioning services for quality and price.
What to Do If You Need HVAC Repairs
If you know the repair you need, get price quotes from at least three highly rated companies—a bit of shopping will pay off big time.
Choosing New HVAC Equipment and Getting It Installed Properly
How well a new HVAC system performs, and how much it costs, depends heavily on its design and the quality of installation. It’s important to make the right decisions—and there are many to make. You also must make sure to get a fair contract.
How to Find a Good Plumber
Plumbing is seldom exciting. It works fine for years, faithfully filling, flowing, and flushing. But when a pipe leaks water through your kitchen ceiling, the excitement may become more than you can stand.
How to Deal with Your Plumber
With any company you choose, dealing wisely with the plumber nets better work and saves you money. Whether you need a remodeling job or repairs, if possible, get a written price quote before work begins.
Plumbing Dos and Don’ts
Following these rules will help reduce the seriousness and frequency of plumbing problems.
Small Steps, Big Impact: Save Energy by Making These Free or Inexpensive Changes
Making simple repairs or improvements and changing wasteful habits will yield enormous energy savings for most families.
Worth the Money: Energy Saving Upgrades that Quickly Pay for Themselves
Most of us want to reduce our energy usage, regardless of upfront costs, but limited budgets prevent many homeowners from paying for expensive improvements. Here are affordable-to-most projects that will, in relatively short periods of time, pay for themselves via lower utility bills.
Want to Go All-in on Going Green at Home? These Projects are Expensive but Provide Max Savings
Some purchases and improvements move you toward minimizing or even completely eliminating your home’s net energy consumption. Unfortunately, most families can’t afford them.
Thinking About Going Solar?
Although the cost of equipment has come way down, for most homeowners the biggest obstacle to going solar remains price: Homeowners typically have to plunk down $9,000 to $18,000 for systems. But they’ll get their money’s worth.
How to Find and Hire a Solar Energy System Installer
If you decide to buy a solar energy system, there are many decisions to make, and the most important is selecting an installer.
Advice on Leasing Solar Energy Systems
If you want to go solar but don’t want to shell out $8,000 to $16,000 upfront or borrow money to pay for it, then in most states leasing is an option. But, in general, we don’t think these arrangements represent good deals for most homeowners.
