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Pippin Brothers Home Services happily services the Greater Lawton, Fort Sill, and Duncan, Oklahoma area. If your house is uncomfortable; wasting energy; has plumbing problems or if you want to avoid breakdowns or verify everything in your home is working as it should, give us call at 580-699-5662. We've already helped many of your neighbors, and…
Do you hear a ‘boom’ from your furnace when it starts up? Please don’t ignore it!Your furnace is most likely experiencing “delayed ignition.” This can severely damage your furnace and burn you if you’re not careful.What is delayed ignition?When your thermostat calls for heat from the furnace, a gas valve opens, sending gas to the furnace’s burners…
Unfortunately, there are some less-than-honorable people and companies in the HVAC industry.
If you don’t want to get ripped off, here are some tips to choosing a good furnace repair company.
Don’t wait until you need a repair
When your furnace breaks down, it’s an emergency. So you’re more likely to rush who you decide to call for help instead of…
Is your furnace ready for Oklahoma’s cold weather? The best time to prepare is now before you need it. That way you can prevent having a costly breakdown on a frigid cold night.
Here are 3 ways to prepare your furnace for fall and beyond.
1) Turn it on before you need it
You haven't used your furnace in a while. So run it for about 30 minutes…
Got an old water heater? You may want to replace it now, or you may have to pay more to replace it later.
New government mandates will force water heater manufacturers to increase the Energy Factor (EF) of their water heaters by April 2015.
While this makes the water heaters more efficient (meaning lower energy bills) it also means higher upfront…
Energy factor (EF) rating is like the Miles Per Gallon (MPG) of water heaters. It determines how efficiently the water heater uses its fuel source.
For example, these are the typical EFs of gas and electric water heaters:
Electric water heaters: 0.75 to 0.95
Gas water heaters: 0.5 to 0.7
Let’s say you have a gas water heater with an energy…
Toilet clogged? It’s tempting to reach for the nearest bottle of Drano to try to clear the clog, but should you? No way. Even Drano says you shouldn’t use their typical clog cleaner for a toilet.Here’s why.How Drano can “heat up” your pipes and toiletDrano uses caustic or oxidizing chemicals (like lye) to dissolve whatever is clogging a…
Is your air conditioner's inside unit covered in ice? Is frost building up on the refrigerant lines? Are you getting very little air from your vents?There are a variety of things that could cause this, but we’ll cover the 2 biggest ones. But first, turn off your air conditioning system. Running your air conditioner with it like this could…
AC blowing hot or warm air? Want to figure out what the problem is before calling an air conditioning professional? This article is for you.While there are many, many reasons your air conditioner is blowing hot air, we’ll run through the most common causes that you can fix or diagnose on your own. The thermostat is set incorrectlyIt may sound…
The summers in Lawton, Oklahoma can be hot and humid. And the humidity can make you feel warmer than the thermostat tells you that you should feel.
To fight this, many homeowners turn to dehumidifiers to help them cool off without cranking down the AC too far.
But what’s better – a portable dehumidifier or whole-home version? There are pros and…