SERVICES WE PROVIDE

AIR CONDITIONING

Is your home being cooled properly?
Each year we take thousands of calls from customers who need help with air conditioner repairs or installation. We understand the importance of feeling comfortable in your home's climate. Air conditioning is a process that controls the filtration, air movement, temperature and humidity of a given environment. Air conditioning is always associated with the cooling and the dehumidification process of air, and is therefore identified with refrigeration equipment. A residential central air conditioning system keeps your entire home cool in the warmer months, while it helps lower indoor humidity levels. Air conditioners can be centralized with ductwork to carry the cooled air to various rooms or individual units that cool specific areas.

How Does Air Conditioning Work ?
Most people think that air conditioners lower the temperature in their homes by pumping cool air in. The actual process removes warm air from your house and cycles it back in as cooler air. This cycle continues until you thermostat reaches the desired pre-set temperature.

System elements include a compressor, a fan, condenser coil, evaporator coil, and a refrigerant. The unit extracts heat from indoor air and transfers it outside, leaving the cooled indoor air to be re-circulated.

An air conditioner is basically a refrigerator without the insulated box. It uses the evaporation of a refrigerant to provide cooling. The mechanics of the refrigerant evaporation cycle are the same in a refrigerator as in an air conditioner. A compressor compresses cool refrigerant, causing it to become hot, high-pressure gas. This hot gas runs through a set of coils so it can dissipate its heat, and it condenses into a liquid. The liquid then runs through an expansion valve, and in the process it evaporates to become cold, low-pressure gas. This cold gas runs through a set of coils that allow the gas to absorb heat and cool down the air inside the home.

Three elements which make up a split central air conditioning system are:

• An outdoor condensing unit
• A matching indoor air handler
• Ductwork to transfer the cooled air throughout the home

My home system doesn't seem to work quite right.
For heat pump installation and heat pump repairs, you can be sure that One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning® will exceed your expectations. A heat pump is a device that moves heat from one location to another location using a mechanical means. An air-source heat pump pulls its heat indoors from the outdoor air in the winter and from the indoor air in the summer.

A heat pump's refrigeration system consists of a compressor, and two coils made of copper tubing, which are surrounded by aluminum fins to aid heat transfer. The coils look much like the radiator in your car. Like in a refrigerator or air-conditioner, refrigerant flows continuously through pipes, back and forth from the outdoor coils. In the heating mode, liquid refrigerant extracts heat from the outside coils and air, and moves it inside as it evaporates into a gas. The indoor coils transfer heat from the refrigerant as it condenses back into a liquid. A reversing valve, near the compressor, can change the direction of the refrigerant flow for cooling, as well as, for defrosting the outdoor coils in winter.

Air-Source Heat Pumps
An air-source heat pump can provide efficient heating and cooling for your home, especially if you live in a warm climate. When properly installed, an air-source heat pump can deliver one-and-a-half to three times more heat energy to a home compared to the electrical energy it consumes. This is possible because a heat pump moves heat rather than converting it from a fuel, by exploiting the physical properties of the refrigerant.

Refrigerants
A refrigerant is a compound used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back, thus giving off heat or absorbing it. The two main uses of refrigerants are refrigerators/freezers and air conditioners. Since it was discovered in the 1980s that the most widely used refrigerants were major causes of ozone depletion, a worldwide phase-out of ozone-depleting refrigerants has been undertaken. These are being replaced with "ozone-friendly" refrigerants.

Questions about heating or cooling your home or business? Call us. We're the experts in HVAC service, repair, and installation.

Your complete satisfaction with our heating and air conditioning services and technicians is 100% guaranteed. The on-time guarantee is one of the best in the country/ and backed by heating and air technicians that are trained, skilled and experienced to exceed your expectations and needs. You will never be kept waiting -"Always on time... or you don't pay a dime." ®

Total Comfort Guarantee
How do you know a company cares about the quality of their work? They stand behind it - that's how. At One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning®, the warranties and guarantees are industry leading because of our experienced technicians and the high quality parts we use. Our technicians are friendly, clean, polite, drug-free and experienced—and our techniques are state-of-the-art, guaranteed!

FURNACES

What's up with the cold draft in my home?

When it comes to repairing and providing maintenance for furnaces, you can rest assured that your investment will be protected when you use One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning®.

A home furnace is a major appliance that is permanently installed to provide heat to an interior space through intermediary fluid movement, which may be air, steam, or hot water. In some cases electric resistance heating is used as the source of heat, especially where the cost of electricity is low. Combustion furnaces always need to be vented to the outside. Traditionally, this is through a flue, which expels heat along with the exhaust.

Central Warm-Air Furnace: A central warm-air furnace is a type of space-heating equipment in which a central combustor or resistance unit - generally using gas, fuel oil, or electricity - provides warm air that circulates through ducts leading to the various rooms.

• A forced-air furnace is one in which a fan is used to force the air through the ducts.
• In a gravity furnace, air is circulated by gravity, relying on the natural flow of warm air up and cold air down; the warm air rises through ducts and the cold air falls through ducts that return it to the furnace to be reheated, thus completing the circulation cycle.

The furnace typically is divided into three primary components:

• The burner (includes the heat exchanger, draft inducer and venting) - The flame originates at the burners and is drawn into the heat exchanger by the negative pressure produced by the draft inducer. The hot gasses produced by the combustion of the flame pass through the chambers of the heat exchanger and heat the metal walls of the heat exchanger. The gasses cool as they transfer the heat to the heat exchanger and are at about 120 degrees as they exit on a high efficiency furnace. The cooled gasses then enter the draft inducer blower and are pushed into the venting pipes. The exhaust gasses then are directed out of the house through the vent pipes.

• The blower and air movement - The blower creates a negative pressure on the intake side which draws air into the ductwork return air system and blows the air out through the heat exchanger and then into supply air ductwork to distribute throughout the home.

• Controls and Safety Devices - The controls include a gas valve, ignition control, ignitor, flame sensor, transformer, limit control, blower control board, and flame roll out switch. A limit control is a safety device that will open the electrical circuit to the ignition control and stop the gas flow if the furnace over heats. The flame roll out switch does the same thing if the flame was rolling out of the heat exchanger instead of being completely induced into it by the draft inducer.

One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning® can help you make the best decision on which furnace maintenance service or plan.

WATER HEATERS

We service all makes and models of Gas and Electric Water Heaters

• Upfront "Straight Forward Pricing " - Reasonable Rates, Know The Price Before We Start your repair!
   
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed - 2 years parts and labor on repairs.
   
• Background Checked Techs - All of our employees have been background checked to ensure that they have no criminal record.
   
• Drug Tested Technicians - All of our employees are drug tested so you can be sure of what type of person you are inviting into your home.
   
• Clean Professional Service - We promise to clean up any mess we make or your repair is free.

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SYSTEM INSTALLATION

How to Know When it's Time to Replace Your Air Conditioning System

The indicators for deciding whether to replace rather than repair are:

• age of your furnace or Air Conditioner
• cost of operating it
• how long you plan to live in the house
• peace of mind

An average furnace has an expected lifespan of about 15 years. If your furnace is more than 10 years old, it may be time to consider replacement since you're probably going to continue needing to make more repairs down the road. On the other hand, a furnace that is 3-5 years old has a long life ahead and is most likely worth repairing.

To make an informed decision have your furnace inspected and get an estimate for both repair and replacement. Make sure the assessment includes potential increased energy savings and expected short term and long term costs for both repair and replacement.

A newer furnace will cost less to operate and run at 90-95% efficiency compared with the 50-70% efficiency of a furnace 6-10 years old. With rising heating costs, saving 30-50% on your energy bill can add up quickly over a year or two.

If you plan to live in your home for a number of years, having an efficient and reliable furnace makes sense. Planning to move soon? Before you decide to repair, consider the increased value of your home with a new furnace. A real estate agent can give you an idea of what that increase might be.

Even if your furnace is still operating, it may not be safely producing enough heat to keep you and your family comfortably warm...and peace of mind has its price tag. Knowing your furnace is going to operate efficiently and reliably for years to come may be worth spending more now. The need for peace of mind varies by person...only you know what it's worth to you.

You're smart for wanting to be informed and we can help with a FREE Home Comfort and Energy-Savings Analysis. There's no obligation.