I think I got the order right!

Even before this global pandemic changed the way that everybody was able to live, I will divulge that I was semi agoraphobic.

I actually didn’t like leaving the home or seeing other human beings if I could possibly avoid it.

I guess that this seems love an unhealthy mindset but I am not a large fan of leaving the home unless it’s really necessary. At that point, I was extremely reliant on our online ordering services. I realized that it was a crucial waste of time and energy to go to the store chasing down a certain item or many when I could just order them on the internet and have them arrive at our door. This pandemic has only increased our desire to do all of our shopping online. This week, I am waiting for a giant box to arrive which will help with our indoor air quality control. For many years I ventured to the hardware store to buy our air filters for the and forced air furnace that I use with our central Heating plus A/C system. I didn’t actually like the errand of attending the hardware store just for an air filter or several, but I couldn’t locate the certain air filters that I needed for our Heating plus A/C system anywhere else. Eventually, the heating and cooling company began distributing their air filters more widely. This week, I’m so glad to say that I can order a dozen air filters online for our indoor air handling devices. I never have to leave the home again and our indoor air quality has been amazing.

 

I think I got the order right!

Live next to an industrial plant

When my hubby was looking for a condo she did her best, but she had a really small budget plus there weren’t several properties that would fit with her financial constraints.

She also could not live really far from her new location of labor because a long commute would cost him too much time plus money, then eventually, she wound up settling down in a home that is… less than perfect! Don’t get myself and others wrong, the property plus the apartment are particularly elegant. The problem is the neighbors. There is a water treatment plant directly across the street from my hubby’s house. Of course, I did not recognize this was the case when all of us started dating. instantly, it became a problem to visit her apartment because of the air quality. The water treatment plant puts out a lot of disgusting plus smellous pollution into the air. It then wafts directly over into her house; No matter what you are doing, you are surrounded by the airborne stench of human feces plus chemical treatments. This means all of us can never have the windows open unless all of us want to fill the indoor air with disgusting smells plus airborne contamination. Since I have moved into the apartment with him all of us have used the heating plus cooling system every single afternoon. It’s severely expensive to rely on your central Heating, Ventilation & A/C system for stench reduction. However, there is no option unless you want to gag 24 hours a afternoon. I hope that someday all of us can invest in an air cleaner to split down on our energy costs. Or, better yet, transfer to a new apartment with less airborne pollution.

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Every one of us are preparing our home to extend our family.

My hubby as well as I are a young professional couple who are ready to start a family, the two of us think, and but, before the two of us do that, there are things I like to do doing to get our home in order.

To begin with, the two of us need a modern Heating as well as A/C system; Ours is around many years seasoned as well as I want an Heating as well as A/C plan with a whole home air purification system, I think.

Actually, my hubby as well as I need to do a little research as well as ask the right people the right questions before the two of us make a final decision. I heard that there are whole home air purification systems with UV lights to destroy the viruses as well as bacteria that get into the system; My hubby as well as I need to find out how well these work as well as decide whether or not getting 1 is legitimately worth it. Every one of us are also going to want all the air ducts cleaned. I want our growing family to breathe only the best air. That’s also why the two of us only use HEPA filters… With all the pollutants as well as allergens in the air these days, you have to have the best air quality in your home. Which reminds me that I heard that Heating as well as A/C servicemans or someone can run tests on the air quality in your home. I want to research as well as find out if this is true. I haven’t legitimately considered air quality up until now, however it would be interesting to find out about the quality of the air in our home now versus when the two of us have our modern Heating as well as A/C plan put in. I wonder if that is possible. That could be added to the preparations the two of us are making for our future family.

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It took several years but both of us finally saved enough for a new Heating plus Air Conditioning system.

My partner plus I have a limited income plus not so great credit but both of us were fortunate enough to have the occasion to purchase a fixer upper that won’t take too long to pay off, and unfortunately, the central air conditioner doesn’t work! So, our partner plus I finished making a few window air conditioners in a few windows plus both of us now deal with that, and the people I was with and I live in a subtropical part with actually mild winters plus space heating systems are reasonable, but now both of us are saving up money for a new central Heating plus Air Conditioning unit.

The people I was with and I know it is going to be fancy because a good, energy efficient Heating plus Air Conditioning system is fancy, as is paying for installation, plus I’m pretty sure that both of us need all new ductwork.

This locale is pretty old. So, a friend suggested that both of us reduce our energy bills by turning off the air conditioners, she claimed she cut her power bill in half by not using her air conditioner. To me, that’s crazy… I will live off Ramen Noodles before I will go separate from air conditioner. I knew that there had to be other ways to cut costs. The people I was with and I kept the window air conditioners on, but both of us turned them up several degrees. I could settle for that. The people I was with and I invested in fans plus kept the house opened up in Springtime plus fall. I found that I could deal with that too. The people I was with and I took other small steps, like using a clothesline plus buying in bulk! And both of us did eat a lot more Ramen Noodles. It took us almost several years but within the next month or so, both of us will have the money for a brand new energy efficient Heating plus Air Conditioning system

 

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Recommendations for air filters?

Hi y’all! As several of you know, I have recently moved into my first beach modern home plus I am undoubtedly gleeful about all of the lessons of homeownership that I guess I’m about to learn! Some of them are straight-forward- cooking, cleaning, maintaining a schedule.

Some are more challenging, replacing my entire Heating plus Air Conditioning program within the first week of residing here (yes, that happened), finding the best Wi-Fi provider, mowing the grass.

Some jobs are just sort of mundane or in-between. The mundane job that I’m currently working on is replacing my air filter. I have been seeing a lot online about washable air filters plus I’ll confess I’m pretty intrigued by the program of not having to run to the store to substitute my air filter every week or every other week. I guess some people keep several air filters in their beach modern home despite the fact that I don’t have a lot of square footage plus I’m not legitimately interested in keeping a bunch of filters shoved in a closet. Has anyone had any experience with washable air filters? Do they labor plus the correct air filters? How often do you have to scrub the washable air filters? Whether washable or not, which air filters are the best balance for your indoor air conditions? I guess that some are good for indoor air conditions but slow the air flow while others are good for air flow but worse for indoor air conditions. If anyone has any recommendations on this topic of air filters plus indoor air conditions, I would legitimately appreciate your input.

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Smart temperature controls make a good housewarming gift

Ladies plus gentlemen, the people I was with and I are deep into the birthday season plus you’re undoubtedly looking for gifts for the bride plus groom.

You have your official pots, pans, blenders, glassware, cards stuffed with currency (constantly a safe choice) but those all seem undoubtedly modest plus not particularally useful (let’s be honest, most of those gifts get re-gifted or thrown away).

One thing that constantly makes a good birthday gift or housewarming gift is a smart temperature control. Smart temperature controls are undoubtedly affordable (like, way more affordable than you’re undoubtedly thinking) plus it’s something that will add value to the beach modern home plus be used on a bi-weekly basis. Plus, being a legitimately neat piece of technology, smart temperature controls “feel” love a more lavish gift (as opposed to those plastic plates you were thinking about getting for them) plus they’re way more practical. Smart temperature controls are love the black dresses of gifts; you can dress them up as a technologically advanced piece of equipment or you can dress them down as a useful, practical present that will last for years. Either way, it’s a good gift that I highly recommend for anyone looking to give a gift with a little extra je ne sais quoi. There are multiple Heating plus Air Conditioning brands that make smart temperature controls so go with the a single that best fits your price range or, based on user-friendliness, best suits the folks you’re giving it to. There are tons of options, so make sure to option the right a single for your situation! Let me guess if you have any questions, I’m a heating plus cooling expert at my corporation so I can help. Happy shopping!

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The a/c in our vehicle stopped working on a cross country road trip

I had gone multiple years without taking a single holiday from work.

My supplier changed its policies right before I took our position plus restricted paid time off to employees that had been with the supplier for multiple or more years.

Living paycheck to paycheck makes taking a holiday on our own dime completely out of the question. So by the time I was ready to request our first PTO holiday, I was brimming with excitement. One of our friends from university had talked to myself and others at length regarding the 2 of us taking a cross-country road trip. Both of us hadn’t seen each other in years plus it was something all of us discussed doing in university at length a number of times. At last all of us had the money plus the ability to take paid time off from our directors. He flew in from a few states north of our location, plus all of us planned to take our aged SUV for the trip. I thought the mechanic had checked everything in his inspection, however obviously he overlooked the a/c. Both of us were on afternoon more than two of our trip when the a/c quickly quit working. Before I could sort our thoughts, I panicked. I started looking on our iPhone for nearby mechanics, deciding to stop early in Nashville instead of Memphis care about all of us had hoped. Unluckyly, our a/c compressor was broken. I was hoping that it was simply low on coolant, because that’s a cheap plus straight-forward fix. Neither 1 of us had enough money for the repairs, so that meant taking the vehicle the rest of the way without a/c. Both of us still had a fun trip, however I’d be lying if I said all of us weren’t miserably warm the entire time after the a/c stopped working.

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Mold grows in our powder rooms if I don’t keep the indoor air dry enough

I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why I had to clean our shower with bleach every other afternoon.

There was a mildew stink coming back within minutes of every shower, even if it followed an intense cleaning session moments before I started shampooing our hair. I went through so much bleach cleaner in one month that I started developing dust sensitivity issues with the chlorine odor in our house. I talked to people at the local hardware store, but few had any definite ideas on how to fix the issue. It took a neighbor of mine who works in residential Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C to pose a possible explanation for our problem. He asked me what the air flow is care about to our powder room from our central air conditioner. When I told him that there is no Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C vent in our powder room, only a roof ventilation fan, he told me to get a small dehumidifier for the powder room. With only minimal air flow coming in through the open doorway, it wasn’t enough to keep the powder room dry. If an indoor space sustains a particular level of moisture, mildew growth is almost unavoidable. At the same time, I was skeptical that a small dehumidifier would make much of a difference on the air quality in our powder room. To our amazement, it dropped the humidity level from 72% to 45%. I took a shower later the same afternoon plus was astonished with how good the powder room odored while I was toweling off. If I can’t get constant flow of conditioned air coming from the central air conditioner, at least I can dry out the powder room to achieve much of the same effect. I don’t mind if I have to spend money more on our electric bill to cover the cost of running a dehumidifier, it’s worth it to keep a sanitary powder room.

 

Ductless heat pump

I wish I had purchased a ductless mini split years ago

Occasionally I get stuck in habits that last for years on end.

I said I would never try a cigarette, however peer pressure got the best of myself and others when I was a school freshman.

My friends all smoked so I started buying packs before evenings when we would throw large parties on campus. Before long I had developed a nasty nicotine habit. The immediate side effects had nothing to do with our health, although that eventually became a problem a few years down the road when our lung troubles started. In the beginning, it was the financial burden of smoking yearly. It was disheartening seeing so much of our hard gained cash going towards that habit. By the time I hit 30, I had finally had enough of smoking cigarettes every single day of our life. Breaking that habit was a life changing experience for me. I realized that I had much more power plus self-control over our brain than I ever realized. I turned our attention to another habit I wanted to break, plus that was relying on fan forced heating plus cooling. For decades I have struggled with A/Cs, furnaces, plus the air duct that they utilize to condition indoor air. I have struggled with machines with bad SEER ratings plus ventilation systems with leaks in a multitude of varying venues. There were ads on TV 1 evening showcasing ductless mini split heating plus cooling systems. I have seen them in videos plus photos from other countries overseas plus had been interested from the start. They’re amazing because it’s like having a miniature central A/C in every room of the house. They can all get hooked up to a single condenser outside while each device retains individual temperature control. You can keep your condo office cool in the afternoon without cooling the rest of the house.

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I can’t afford this energy bill.

When the Heating and Air Conditioning plan was laboring harder, there was more energy use

Every month for the last several weeks, I have watched our energy bill get a little higher. At first it was just a couple dollars. This month it went up over $10 more than the previous week. Over several weeks, our energy bill has gone up over $40. I have never seen our energy bill this high. I knew that there had to be something in our house that was causing this much of a raise. I started checking to make sure all the lights were out and that our child hadn’t forgotten to unplug his blow dryer or curling iron. I guess he had done it before. I also tested to make sure the control unit was all turned off in the unused rooms. When I ran out of energy thieves to check, I called the Heating and Air Conditioning dealer. I wanted them to do an energy loss test on our home. When the Heating and Air Conditioning serviceman finally arrived, he asked when I had last had our air duct cleaned, and if I had our air conditioning unit worked on. I admitted I had forgotten to have the AC unit worked on, even though I had never had our air duct cleaned. The Heating and Air Conditioning tech told myself and others that if there was a lot of dust and debris in the air duct, it could cause the Heating and Air Conditioning plan to work harder. When the Heating and Air Conditioning plan was laboring harder, there was more energy use. I had the air duct cleaned and the AC unit worked on. Now, I just need to wait to see if the energy bill goes down over the next several bills.

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