Keep your cool in the heat of the Gulf Coast summer with the help of experienced AC repair and maintenance professionals before triple digit temps set in.
WE PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF HVAC SERVICES FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN BALDWIN COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS
Air Conditioning
A traditional home comfort system has two parts: an indoor unit, such as a furnace or air handler, and an outdoor unit. An air conditioner is the outdoor unit that cools air and sends it to the indoor unit for circulation through your home. Both the indoor and outdoor units are designed to work together. When the air conditioner is properly matched with a furnace or air handler, you get maximum efficiency and longer system life.
Furnaces
Furnaces heat and circulate warm air in the winter. Furnace heating ability is measured with an Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) percentage. A higher AFUE percentage indicates a more efficient furnace.
High-Efficiency Heat Pumps
A split system heat pump keeps homes comfortable all year long. In summer, it draws heat out of your home to cool it. In the winter, it draws heat from outside air into your home to warm it.
Heating and Cooling Systems
In a packaged system, all equipment is built into an outdoor unit, usually on a concrete slab or other platform. The "package" that gives it its name provides central air conditioning during the summer and heat in colder months.
Thermostats
Thermostats are extremely important because they are your interface and control system for your heating and air conditioning equipment. This device that gives you the information on equipment performance, when it needs to be serviced, and allows you to set the exact temperature and humidity you want to maintain in your home.
Zoning
Zoning allows you to have different temperatures in each room or area of your house. You can have one temperature in the kitchen, another temperature in the family room, another temperature in your bedroom, etc. Not only does this provide much more comfort, but it can save you up to 20 percent per year in your annual operating costs because you don't overheat or overcool the areas that are unoccupied. The operating cost savings could be the equivalent of going from a 13 SEER air conditioning system to a 15 SEER system.
UV Air Purifiers
Ultraviolet air treatment systems kill mold that would grow in the cool, damp interiors of your air conditioning system. This is the same technology that's long been used by water treatment facilities, adapted for safe, efficient home air purifiers.
Dehumidifiers
Dehumidification can be very important if you live in areas of high humidity. High humidity in cooler temperatures gives you a wet, clammy feeling and in warmer temperatures causes a wet, sticky feeling and that traps perspiration on your body that soaks into your clothes rather than evaporating.
High humidity can also cause mold and mildew throughout the house, potentially even ruining very expensive clothes, fabrics, paintings and wall coverings. All air-conditioning units take out some humidity when they are running, but in very humid areas, this is not enough and so you need a dehumidifying system. This can take out up to 15 times more water from the air than a standard system with very little operating cost penalty.
Air Cleaners
Be sure your home's air is clear of dust, pollen, fungi, smoke and other particles that are too small to see. It's easy with a HEPA, Electronic or Media Air Cleaner. These cleaners provide stepped-up filtration, that is more effective than your furnace or air conditioner alone. In fact, these cleaners can remove up to 94 percent of the particles that pass through your home's system. And since these pollutants can build up as film on walls and furniture, this is performance you'll feel and see.
Evaporator Coils
A traditional home comfort system has two parts: an outdoor unit, such as an air conditioner or heat pump, and an indoor unit, such as a furnace or air handler. The evaporator coil is a series of piping connected to a furnace or air handler that blows indoor air across it, causing the coil to absorb heat from the air. The cooled air is then delivered to the house through ducting. The refrigerant then flows back to the compressor where the cycle starts over again.
Ventilators
The Energy Recovery Ventilator for warm climates or the Heat Recovery Ventilator for cooler regions are air exchangers that quietly bring in fresh, clean air from the outside and remove stale inside air, along with dust and other particle buildup.
For optimal performance of your residential heating and cooling system, contact Aaron Frost Refrigeration and AC Repair for prompt service and inspection. Preventive maintenance today could prevent costly repairs tomorrow or when temperatures along the Gulf Coast hit triple digits!