How Can You Prevent Duct Contamination?
Your ducts and your HVAC system allow your home or business to breathe, pulling in new air and pushing out the old. When your structure can breathe well, everyone inside it can breathe well, too. At DUCTZ, we work hard every day to keep Palm Beach homes and businesses and the people inside them breathing …
Read MoreThe Importance Of Fall Duct Cleaning
It’s easy to take your HVAC system for granted. After all, it functions behind your walls and with a minimum of noise. However, without an HVAC system, your home would be comfortable only part of the year and miserable the rest. Your HVAC system allows you to fine-tune your home’s environment for your own comfort, …
Read MoreHow To Improve Your Home’s Air Quality – Part 2
Air quality plays an important role in your health, and it isn’t as mysterious or complex as some people think it is. In fact, there are simple things you can do today to improve and protect your home’s air quality. At Ductz, we are in the business of providing great air quality to the people …
Read MoreHow To Improve Your Home’s Air Quality – Part 1
The home is supposed to be a place where you can escape the chaos and grime of the world, and people generally assume that it is doing just that. It can be a big surprise to realize that your home can actually create health problems for you. Many times, when a home has bad enough …
Read MoreHow to Keep Pests Out of Your HVAC System
All HVAC systems need to be able to pull air in from the outside. That means there have to be openings in your home’s exterior through which air can flow, and unfortunately, pests can get through those openings and enter your home. Systems that are well-taken-care-of have plenty of safeguards to keep the creepy-crawlies at …
Read MoreCommon HVAC Noises and What They Mean
We all expect some noise out of our HVAC systems. In fact, if you’re feeling too cold or too hot, the sound of the HVAC system starting up can be one of the most comforting sounds of all. However, if the noise changes oddly or starts to interfere with daily activities, you don’t have to …
Read MoreTake Control Of Your Energy Usage with The Right Thermostat
Improving energy efficiency isn’t just good for the environment; it’s good for your wallet. One of the main areas for improvement is your heating and cooling system. If you have both air conditioning and heating, your system works all year round, which means it constantly eats your income. There are things you can do to …
Read MoreHow Often Do Your Ducts Need Cleaning
When you own a house, there are lots of maintenance items to consider year-round. The roof, the paint, the hot water heater, the dishwasher, the gutters, the yard … the laundry list is long. In our experience in the duct and HVAC business, we’ve discovered that HVAC isn’t always very high on homeowners’ to-do lists unless …
Read MoreAir Humidity 101
As a species, we used to spend a lot of our lives outside, breathing the outside air. Windows and insulation weren’t that great (if you had any), so you pretty much breathed outdoor air whether you were indoors or not. This is not the case any longer! Another thing that has changed since the old …
Read MoreChinese Drywall
Some time ago we received a call from a Realtor representing a buyer on a residential real estate closing in Miramar, Florida. The realtor was concerned for his clients because the property used to have Chinese Drywall. Apparently, all the drywall in the unit was removed and replaced but no one actually did anything for …
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