You might think that after 45 years in business, Princeton Air doesn’t have any “firsts” to look forward to, because most of them are already behind us. Nonetheless, the end of 2015 also brought about the end of an era here, and an all-new first that needs to be recognized.After 13+ years at Princeton Air, Senior Installer Pete Slaney retired from…
It is estimated that the average person living in our area spends approximately 90% of their time indoors, with that number escalated further during the colder months of the year. Naturally, this means that we do quite a bit of our breathing behind closed doors; which brings us to the discussion regarding Indoor Air Quality , or IAQ for short. We…
Caulk the windows. Weatherstrip the doors. It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean the time of year when you should do those things. I mean it’s the time of year when a lot of news stories that include this ineffective advice start appearing. There’s a lot of bad advice included in those articles, but let’s just look at why the caulking and…
Short answer: Yes!Longer, but more informative answer:No one wants to deal with unexpected heating repairs ever, let alone midway through a Jersey winter when the outdoor temperatures are hovering at or below freezing. However, most of these breakdowns can be easily avoided by getting your furnace checked out & tuned up before the winter is…
There are so many “facts” and opinions floating around the internet that contradict each other, it can be very difficult to know exactly what’s true and what’s fabricated. Homeowners in particular can fall prey to believing inaccurate information about how best to use their heating and cooling systems, which is not only ineffective, but…
It’s the middle of another hot & humid summer in central New Jersey and your 20 year old Central Air Conditioner just died, again; but instead of sinking more dollars into repairing it like you did in years past, you finally decide that it makes more sense – and cents – to replace it. You quickly speak with a couple of your local, reputable…
When you’re shopping around for a new central air conditioner, you probably spend most of your time looking at the different brands, models and options, as well as investigating the HVAC contractor options; but how often do you think about the air conditioner's cooling capacity? Do you know how much cooling power you need for your spaces; or…
Our CEO Joseph Needham was recently interviewed by IE3Media about the future of Geothermal Contracting.Princeton Air based in Princeton Junction, NJ, is a 44-year-old company that has been selling geothermal systems for more than six years. Unlike Climate Control Experts, their clientele is primarily homeowners. They were excited about getting…
Summer is once again in full swing here in Princeton, NJ, and many homeowners are feeling the heat more than they’d like to. Warm, sunny days are surely appreciated, but it helps to be able to escape into a cool, air conditioned home. For the majority of homeowners who don’t have newer, higher-efficiency cooling systems in their homes (as well as…
Ever heard of a “blower door test”? If the term is foreign to you, you’re not alone. When it comes to improving home performance, however, there are few tools that “measure up” to the effectiveness of the blower door. Blower door tests are specifically helpful for homeowners that believe their homes are suffering from excessive air leaks, as there…
Your home's efficiency & comfort are only as strong as your home’s ability to separate the indoor, conditioned spaces from the outdoor temperature & elements. You can have the most efficient Comfort System manufactured, but if your home allows for unwanted air exchanges between the inside & outside, you are still going to pay the price…
If you grabbed a shovel this Summer, went into your backyard and started digging into the earth, pretty soon you would notice the temperature would get cooler, and stay that way even as you got to as deep as 400 feet down. I doubt that you would feel like digging that far, but the steady temperature of 55 degrees at 6 feet and lower (all the way…
When it comes to cooling a home, there’s more than one route that homeowners can decide to take. Fans can certainly help take the edge off, but are only effective when someone is occupying the room, and do not actually lower the rooms’ temperature (a common misconception). But even the hardiest of folks know that there are more than a handful of “…
There’s been a great deal of buzz among New Jersey home performance contractors over the course of the past few years about ductless mini split systems. Heating and cooling systems have long relied on air ducts in order to distribute comfort, and this isn’t likely to change completely any time soon. For years, many people in the industry have felt…
Many homeowners don’t realize that energy efficiency and home comfort issues are lurking right under their noses; and those who do recognize them often feel powerless to do anything about them – “it is what it is”, we've sometimes heard clients say. Most of the issues causing discomfort & waste are silent in nature; while some may be related…
