heating company

What’s the Most Efficient Heating System for Your Home?

When it comes to heating your home, efficiency is king. Having an efficient heating system will save you money and energy while providing a more comfortable home heating experience. Efficiency in your heating system may mean different things; efficiency in cost, environmental efficiency, or energy efficiency. With so many different options to heat your home available on the market today, …

Carbon Monoxide Monitor

Are you Prepared To Close up Your Home for Winter?

MISHAWAKA/FORT WAYNE/PLYMOUTH IN; ST. JOSEPH/NILES, MI — Fall is the time to think about closing up your home, but this means a greater risk from carbon monoxide gases as well as furnace and dryer related fires. Each winter, sadly, there are newsworthy deaths resulting from house fires. Stories of very sick people, often the elderly or children, also seem to …

Cool Evenings Mean Furnace Time!

MISHAWAKA/FORT WAYNE/PLYMOUTH IN; ST. JOSEPH/NILES, MI — Cooler temperatures at night mean furnace season is coming and there isn’t anything we can do to stop it. Most people ignore their heating system until it stops working. This isn’t the best way to protect your home, said Home Comfort Experts General Manager Brian West. Well-maintained equipment saves families money because it …

Burning House

Prevent a House Fire This Year With Our Simple Tips

MISHAWAKA/FORT WAYNE/PLYMOUTH, IN; ST. JOSEPH/NILES, MI — Google the name of your town and “house fire” and you won’t have to go far into the past so see tragedy in your area. “Unfortunately, winter is the season of house fires,” said Brian West, general manager at local HVAC and plumbing company Home Comfort Experts. Often these news stories come with …

Propane Gas

Benefits of a Propane Gas System

A long running debate is whether to choose a furnace system that is fueled by propane or oil if natural gas is unavailable. For many consumers, the choice is often not theirs to make if they purchase a home with a system already in place. However, for those building new or getting ready to replace an existing heating system, it …

Basement Flooding

Basement Hit By the 2018 Flood? Here’s What To Do:

MISHAWAKA/FORT WAYNE — Hundreds of homes in the Michiana area have been affected by massive spring flooding and, as waters recede, homeowners may be asking how to handle their heating and plumbing equipment, usually found in basements. “As little as three inches of water can completely devastate a furnace because that blower motor may have kicked water up onto your …

Seal your Home

Seal Your Home for Heat Retention

A drafty house is not only uncomfortable during the deep cold of winter, it can be expensive. Air leakage occurs when cold air from outside infiltrates your home and heated air escapes, leading to uncomfortable drafts and high heating bills. The average family spends about $350, or a third of the annual heating and cooling budget, on air that leaks …

Heat Pumps

The Benefits of Home Heat Pumps

Heat pumps are a modern and efficient way to heat and cool homes through the same system. Unlike earlier versions, new heat pumps are effective in heating homes even in colder climates. They are easier on the environment as they provide for a cleaner operation than some other home heating options. And to top it all off, they are also …