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Our site has been designed to provide easy to read information that will give you a better understanding of home comfort and air quality two important elements that can have a significant impact on the environment and your health.
Visits the links below for new tips and answers to your most commonly asked questions:
Choosing a contractor - how to evaluate and select
Hiring a local contractor
Energy Facts
Recommendation for energy-efficiency and comfort
Helpful tips to improve the quality of the air you breathe in your home
Comfort and Saving with RIV
Fight the Chill with RIV
RIV Saves You Energy Cost
| Choosing a contractor - how to evaluate and select |
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Choosing an HVAC contractor is as important as choosing the right product. Have your heating, cooling and air quality products installed by licensed TSSA technicians.
High efficiency products require specific installation procedures that can only be attained within a set time frame. The efficiency of the appliance can be greatly decreased if it is not installed to Code or to the manufacturer's specifications.
For example, the mishandling of refrigerant in air conditioners (a/c) continues to present concerns about its ozone and health damaging properties. Even the mishandling of equipment parts can negatively affect the proper functioning of the a/c unit, not to mention its energy efficiency and home comfort.
The same applies to the installation of your furnace. When installed by a qualified technician, your furnace will provide you with the energy saving and comfort it was designed for.
| Hiring a local contractor |
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Hiring a LOCAL contractor such as RIV Heating Installations means:
- Hiring a licensed technician in your area with the experience required to do the job right – workmanship that will be remembered for years to come.
- Short to no wait time for parts and service.
- Special pricing on accessories, such as furnace filters.
- Investing in a long-term customer service relationship.
- Heating and cooling accounts for as much as 50% of a home’s energy use.
- Making the right changes can save you as much as 20% annually on your energy cost.
- Preventative maintenance helps keep heating and cooling at peak performance.
- A clean air conditioning indoor coil will keep your energy cost down.
- An air conditioning appliance combined with a RUUD Modulating furnace will give the best all around energy efficiency.
- Sealing all ducts will also increase heating and cooling system’s overall performance and efficiency.
- Furnace sizing is very important to obtain the highest efficiency out of the equipment.
- Constant temperature (within 0.5 degrees) can only be obtained by modulating equipment.
- Filter maintenance is critical to prevent damage to your heating and cooling equipment.
- Changing your old furnace for a new state-of-the-art furnace could pay for itself in the short run.
- The RUUD modulating furnace is as quiet as a whisper 5ft away.
| Recommendation for energy-efficiency and comfort |
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- Proper sizing of furnace or air conditioning will provide optimum efficiency.
- Quality installation and maintenance is critical.
- Home improvement considerations will pay off.
- Presetting your programmable thermostat will save energy.
- You won’t believe the experience of a state-of-the-art furnace can do for comfort and energy saving until you get rid of the old.
| Helpful tips to improve the quality of the air you breathe in your home |
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- Open windows when weather and other conditions permit
- Bathe pets regularly and keep pet beds and litter boxes away from vents
- Change your furnace filter according to manufacturer's recommendations
- Run your heating and cooling system blower when vacuuming and dusting to circulate polluted air through your furnace filter
- Keep relative humidity between 30% and 60%
- Make sure kitchen, bathroom and other exhaust fans vent to the outside
| Comfort and Saving with RIV |
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As published in Marketplace Publishers Inc., January 2007
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| Fight the Chill with RIV |
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As published in Marketplace Publishers Inc., February 2007
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| RIV Saves You Energy Cost |
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As published in Marketplace Publishers Inc., April 2007
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