Home Improvement
The Right Landscaping Can Save Water
As you start thinking about new landscaping for your yard this spring, keep in mind that the plants you choose can affect your water usage. Choosing plants that have low…
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Plumbing
Be Sure Your Toilets Aren’t Wasting Water
Toilets are a major source of a wasteful use of water in a home. Toilets often can have a very slow leak that is almost undetectable, but can significantly add…
Plumbing
Be Sure Your Plumbing Has Made it Through Winter
After a long, cold, damp winter its good to do a spring checkup of your plumbing. If you have a plumbing service contract with Summers & Zim’s call us at…
Air Quality
Pets and Cooking Can Cause “Dirty Sock Syndrome”
Remember that smell in high school when you opened your gym bag? That’s the origin of the name “dirty sock syndrome” for your home. But for your home it isn’t…
Air Conditioning
Get Stink Bugs Cleaned out of Your Furnace and AC Vents
Stink bugs are a menace. And they could be an even bigger menace to you this spring if they’re in your heating system. In cold weather stink bugs look for…
Air Quality
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless gas that can cause severe health problems or even death. CO is produced by the process of combustion. Therefore, we can encounter CO in…
Plumbing
Have a Plumbing Emergency Plan at Home
Leaking water heaters, washing machines, and dishwashers, or overflowing toilets, can cause a lot of damage to floors, ceilings of rooms below the leak, plus the furniture and carpet in…
Customer Service
How a Service Contract Saves You Money
The saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is right on target when it comes to having a service contract for your plumbing and HVAC. At…
Heating
How Dirty Ducts Increase Your Heating Cost
Did you know that just .04 of an inch of dust on your heating coil can reduce the efficiency of your heating system by 21%? And, if that amount of…
Air Quality
Health Symptoms that Can be Caused by Dirty Filters
By now you’ve been heating your home for 5-6 months. That means the filters in your heating system are ready to be replaced. Bacteria, molds, and fungi get trapped in…