Category: HVAC
The Professional Edge: Choosing a Licensed Company Over a Handyman
When faced with home repairs or maintenance tasks, homeowners often wrestle with the decision between hiring a handyman and opting for a professional company. While handymen can offer quick fixes at a potentially lower cost, the benefits of choosing a licensed, insured, and professional company, especially for plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical work, are
The Power of Prevention: Inspections vs. Emergencies
In the world of homeownership, there’s a choice to be made—act proactively to prevent disasters or reactively deal with the aftermath. When it comes to your plumbing, the decision is crystal clear: opt for an annual plumbing inspection to safeguard your home, your wallet, and your peace of mind. Let’s explore why an ounce of
Your spirit may be ready for the holidays, but is your house?
Holidays are stressful enough without having to worry about the toilet clogging up or the furnace not heating while your family is visiting your home from out of town. Remember that having more people in the house can put excess strain on your home’s plumbing, electrical and climate control systems, so one of the best
Be Proactive: Get an HVAC Tune-Up Before Temperatures Drop
Winter may seem like a mile away as temperatures still hover in the mid- to upper-70s, but it will be here before you know it. When the cold weather rolls around, your HVAC unit will need to be in top shape for the change. Don’t be stuck in the cold because of a major system
What You Need to Know Before Upgrading Your Furnace
Furnaces are not built to last forever. Summertime offers you the perfect opportunity to take your unit into consideration. If you wait until winter before examining your furnace, you may be left in the cold while repairs or replacements are being performed. Don’t be caught by surprise and forced to wear a hoody or coat
Get an Early Start to Beat the Heat This Summer
Don’t let the summer heat creep up on you. It’s easy to put off air conditioning maintenance when temperatures outside are mild. But if you wait until summer’s here to turn your AC on for the first time, you and your family may end up in a sticky situation. A spring tune-up can prepare your
Know When to Upgrade Your Home’s Furnace
If this winter pushed your home’s furnace to the limit, it may be time for a replacement. Your Roanoke heating experts at Southern Trust Home Services can tell you what your options are. Furnaces typically last between 15 and 30 years. Once your furnace is more than 15 years old, it may be time to
Need a New Furnace? Southern Trust Can Help
That last thing you need during a cold winter is to have your furnace quit working. But, if it does, your Roanoke heating experts at Southern Trust Home Services can diagnose what’s wrong with it or recommend the best replacement if it’s no longer worth repairing. While we can do a lot to keep an
Practice heating safety in your Roanoke home
Think about what we’re doing when we heat our homes and our water with fuel oil, propane or natural gas. We’re piping a flammable liquid or gas into our homes and setting it on fire! And yet we manage to heat our homes and water safely because a lot of folks, including inventors, engineers,
When Your Heating System Goes Bump in The Night
We may be close to Halloween, but spooky noises should not be coming from your heating system. Any kind of mechanical device will emit sounds as it operates, but clanging and banging should not be among them. The Roanoke heating specialists at Southern Trust Home Services can take care of whatever rattle, thump and boom
