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How Smart Is it Investing in a Smart Thermostat

By Eric Smith / April 26, 2022 / 0 Comments

A “smart” thermostat learns your family’s patterns and adjusts accordingly. The furnace experts at Austin Plumbing Heating & Air run thousands of service and maintenance calls every year, and according to our non-scientific survey, very few of our clients with programmable thermostats actually run the system on a program.

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Heading South for the Winter

By Eric Smith / April 25, 2022 / 0 Comments

In order for a furnace to run it must draw in intake air for combustion, evacuate the exhaust gasses created from combustion, ignite the gas, move the warmed air through the home, and dispose of condensation made during the process. Here are a few examples of common problems solved or avoided by an Austin Plumbing Heating & Air furnace tune-up and the technical explanation for why each one occurs.

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