AJ Warren Service Company

Runny Nose?

2011-01-21T10:37:00.000-08:00

Right now a lot of people I know are complaining of having a runny nose, watering eyes & congestion. I’m told that some of it can be attributed to Cedar pollen in the air, among other airborne contaminants that are just playing havoc with their breathing.
Your home is your refuge from this onslaught. But, If your Air conditioning system isn’t equipped to kill and/or remove these irritants, then you’re no better off inside your home than outside.
I believe we have a solution to take care of this! In your home we can reduce your exposure to germs,bacteria & viruses. By using the activTek INDUCT 2000. AKA “Air Scrubber Plus”
A University of Cincinnati study states that the activTek Air Scrubber can REDUCE APPROXIMATELY 90% OF AIRBORNE MICRO ORGANISMS.
So, if this is you,and your sick and tired of being sick and tired. Why not give us a call and talk to one of our Comfort Specialist at A J Warren Service Co. and let us help you breathe easier in your home.

The “Air Scrubber” cleans while your sleep. It’s the 21st Century way of cleaning the air you breathe.

Give us a call at 713-466-6135 and let’s talk about it.

Improve your Indoor Air Quality

2010-12-07T12:44:00.000-08:00

There are many ways to improve your Indoor Air Quality through options like whole house Air Cleaners, UV lights and purification systems, dehumidifiers, humidifiers and fresh air ventilation. You may be thinking, why humidifiers? Sometimes during long cold winters the humidity drops in the home to the point that one, we need to raise the heating temperature to be comfortable and two, the lower humidity can cause skin and sinus irritation making you more vulnerable to infection. The solution is a duct mounted humidifier. It can only operate if the heater is running and the humidity is lower than your adjusted set point. The dehumidifier on the other hand can operate based on high humidity regardless of the temperature or a call of cooling.
A very tight home can sometime become stagnate and/or contaminated with everyday smells from cooking odors, to cleaning supplies. Also whenever we use exhaust fans such as stove hoods, clothes driers and bath room exhaust fans, the air that is removed from the structure has to be made up some how. Usually this comes back into the house from the worst places, such as down fireplace chimneys, dryer, cooking and bathroom exhaust vents. If the pressure inside your home is lower than the outside barometric pressure, guess what happens when you open a door to the outside. Unconditioned air, moisture and particulates come rushing in. However, bringing in a little fresh air, through an Energy Recovery Ventilator, can help reduce many of these issues. The ERV brings in fresh air while simultaneously exhausting stale air from the home. The heat and humidity is transferred from the incoming air into the outgoing air stream through a special heat exchanger. Ultra Violet air purification is also available in different forms from a simple UV light to Photo Catalytic Oxidation devices. The PCO type systems utilizes ionization to reduce particles, UV rays and a catalyst to create oxygen and hydrogen based friendly oxidizers to reduce microbial contaminants and low level ozone to reduce odors. Air cleaning systems range from HEPA filters to Electronic Air Cleaners to a basic 4” to 5” media filters. There are many things to be considered when choosing the right air cleaner for your home. I consider the 2 most important factors to be, your particular needs, such as health concerns, and the type of central heat and ac system you are installing it on. Sometimes the better filtering capability means it is more restrictive to air flow. This can translate to higher energy cost to operate and reduced system capacity if not selected and designed properly. Another factor to consider is maintenance cost. Some systems are more expensive to maintain or require more frequent service than others.

Regardless of your Indoor Air Quality needs, a good HVAC contractor will work with you and help design the right solutions for you.

Buyer Beware

2010-11-17T07:22:00.001-08:00

BUYER BEWARE

We received a call from a new customer wanting a second opinion about the condemnation of two of their three central furnaces. It seems a very large and well advertised company had just left their house and told them two of their furnaces had cracked heat exchangers and the furnaces needed to be replaced for thousands of dollars apiece. This other company had used a video camera with a snake attachment for the lens to condemn these heaters. The cracks they were showing the customer, were actually scratches made on them when the attachment was put into the furnaces. We took the heat exchangers out of their housing to verify to the homeowner that they were indeed not bad. The video cameras are a great diagnostic tool, when used by someone with scruples. However, this was not the case in this instance. Both of these heaters were less than 10 years old, which is what alerted the homeowners to a possible misdiagnosis. Less than a week later we went behind this Company again on an 8 year old furnace, with the same results.

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How to Select your A/C Contractor

2009-08-05T14:16:00.000-07:00

Most Houston homeowners have some kind of fear and trembling about their air-conditioner. It’s that essential to living in this part of the country. And that makes having true professionals in your corner a smart strategy.

We believe that membership in trade organizations, such as the Air Conditioning Contractors Association of Greater Houston, implies integrity. “It has a code of ethics that we subscribe to. All members must be licensed and insured. In the event of a dispute, the association can arbitrate.

Air-Conditioning is a building science these days and the better companies realize that the a/c and heating is a system within the larger system of the house. Sometimes that means we need to fix the house – not just the a/c .We do it by testing such factors as air pressure, humidity levels, air filtration and leaks in the thermal envelope.

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