Is your furnace blowing cold air?

Our desert nights are cooler and you find your heater is coming on more often. You don’t want to feel a blast of cold air when you are expecting warm comfort.  If you are feeling cold air, it is may be due to the following reasons: You may have a leaky air duct – this...

How to reduce your energy bills

Heating your home makes up for approximately 70% of your household energy consumption.  Here are some easy ways that you can reduce your consumption and lower your bills: Close your curtains when it gets dark. Your curtains provide another layer of insulation and keep...

Should I run my HVAC fan continuously?

To run or not to run the HVAC fan has been a debate among the industry.  Here are the pros and cons: The pros to keeping the fan on: Creates a more even distribution of heating and cooling by circulating the air especially if you hot or cold spots in rooms of your...

Why Your Furnace is Being Noisy

With Halloween behind us, you don’t want to have scary sounds coming from your furnace.  Here are some of the reasons you are hearing these noises: Screech – never a pleasant sound to say the least, your furnace makes this sound when the motor or blower wheel of the...

Why You Should Always Use a Licensed HVAC Contractor

Family Air Heating and Cooling is a licensed and insured HVAC contractor.  Sometimes our technicians are called to homes were the previous service work was done by an unlicensed worker and their equipment failed.   Now the homeowner is unable to locate the unlicensed...