Furnaces Articles

If your furnace seems to be producing heat inconsistently around your Lapeer home to you, you’re not alone. Many homes have varied conditions from room to room, causing spotty heating or cooling.

If your furnace is producing a strange smell, you should always treat it with caution. While the cause for the odor may be benign, it could just as easily be harmful to inhale. When in doubt, always open windows to ensure ventilation, and evacuate your Lapeer home.

This issue happens more often than not with older furnaces, and it could be a sign you are ready to upgrade your Lapeer home’s heating and cooling system with a new model. At the 10-year mark, furnaces start to lose efficiency and begin breaking down more frequently.

Heating alone accounts for over 40 percent of the average American’s utility bill, according to a US Department of Energy (DOE) analysis.

Our team wants you to understand how your furnace works and what signs you can watch for to indicate it’s time for a replacement heating system.

You’ll be pleased to know that today’s gas furnaces burn at an efficiency rating as high as 97 percent, according to Consumer Reports.

At Kapala Heating & Air Conditioning, we take the safety of our customers in Michigan seriously. That’s why we want you to know how to spot a cracked heat exchanger.

Our team at Kapala Heating & Air Conditioning could help you save big bucks on your monthly utility bill by performing a furnace replacement.

You just discovered there is a puddle of water on the floor in front of your furnace. What does this mean? Why would your furnace be leaking water? 

Tackling this chore is easier than raking leaves when you call the heating and cooling experts at Kapala Heating & Air Conditioning. 

Our experienced team is always on hand to answer any filter questions you may have as well as to replace or clean your air filter for you.

It’s understandable that maintenance tasks often fall by the wayside. Many Imlay homeowners follow the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Everyone is busy and many seemingly more important priorities tend to creep up every month to consume time and money.

It’s easy to moan when you decide that a major appliance or home system needs replacing. After all, these are expensive investments and probably not your favorite way to spend your hard-earned money. Unfortunately, there’s often not a clear-cut message, short of an appliance completely breaking down, that definitively indicates it’s time to buy a new model.

Did you finally turn your furnace on this winter only to have cold air blowing out of your vents? Or did your furnace stop working just when you started to need it most? There are a few reasons your furnace may be blowing cold air, and there a few things to check before you need to worry too much.

As the saying goes, “Time and tide wait for no one.” Whether you’re prepared or not, the summer months and warmer weather are gone, moving aside for fall and cooler temps. That means here in Lapeer you need to think about preparing your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for fall maintenance.

If your heating or air conditioning system suddenly stops working in your Lapeer home, it’s easy to think the worst. However, sometimes the malfunction is not really caused by your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system at all, but actually from a broken thermostat.

Is your energy bill too high in the winter? Are you looking for ways to cut costs? There are a number of simple things you can do at home to save money. Some of them are bigger projects, but most are simple things you can do in your day-to-day life to help reduce your heat cost this winter.

Short cycling is a term used in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) world to explain a situation where a furnace or air conditioner turns on and off too frequently. The “short cycle” is the period of time that your HVAC equipment is actually running, and the shorter this cycle, the harder your system needs to work.

We receive countless calls every time the temperatures drop below normal ranges, as homeowners here in Lapeer encounter problems with their home’s heating system. With the record-low temperatures and extreme conditions most of the country is currently experiencing, our Kapala Heating & Air Conditioning professionals want to share some insights and tips with you to keep your…

If your furnace is producing a strange smell, you should always treat it with caution. While the cause for the odor may be benign, it could just as easily be harmful to inhale. When in doubt, always open windows to ensure ventilation, and evacuate your Michigan home. For your convenience and protection, our Kapala Heating &…

If your furnace seems to be producing heating inconsistently around your Imlay City home to you, you’re not alone. Many homes have varied conditions from room to room causing spotty heating or cooling. On cold days, this can be a nuisance. For example, you may be confined to only a few rooms in your home.…

There are furnace-fan settings on your thermostat for ON and AUTO. Which option is the best choice? There are devotees of both settings, each believing their setting is the optimum one to choose. But in reality, it’s more of a pros-and-cons type of situation. It really depends on which benefits are a priority for you.…

Once the cooler weather hits here in Metamora this fall, you are going to want the inside of your home toasty and comfortable. This means turning on your furnace. Long before the first night you’ll want to use it, you should have your furnace cleaned and checked by a professional from Kapala Heating & Air Conditioning.