AYN Advice

When Should You Consider Changing Your Existing System?

Posted by A1 Agences Techniques on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

When should you consider changing your existing system? Gas , oil and hot water, furnaces or boilers have 15-20 year minimum life expectancy. If you have any major repairs on a ten year old system you can question whether or →Read full advice column

What Energy Source Should You Use For Your New System?

Posted by A1 Agences Techniques on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

What energy source should you use for your new system? This is a loaded question. Facts: We live in Quebec, home of some of the cheapest electricity rates in the world Electrical rates are not going up as fast as →Read full advice column

How Often You Should Check Your Air Ducts

Posted by A1 Agences Techniques on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

Air Ducts require cleaning. You can’t ever remember cleaning them. Air Ducts then only require cleaning after interior renovations!!! Remember that once the ducts are clean, in the future, all dirt will be stopped at the return air filter or →Read full advice column

How often do you need to have your system checked?

Posted by A1 Agences Techniques on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

The following recommendations apply if you check and change your air filters every month or two. If you have been sensing a problem coming on have it checked out and ask the technician to check the whole system at the →Read full advice column

If you have water on the floor around your furnace

Posted by A1 Agences Techniques on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

Try and determine where it is coming from Water could be dripping from a humidifier connection Water could be leaking from the condensate pan of an air conditioning evaporator in your furnace or air handler The evaporator in the furnace →Read full advice column

What to check before placing a service call.

Posted by A1 Agences Techniques on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

If you have a digital thermostat, is there still information (temperature etc.) showing on the display? If you have a mechanical thermostat and you turn it to maximum demand, do you get any reaction from the heating or cooling system? →Read full advice column

Washroom renovations

Posted by Ideal Space on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

Question: Our only bathroom, like our home, was built in the 1960's. The peach toilet, tub and sinks look awful and the toilet is nearly beyond repair. I want to redo it completely because the tiling is dated and looking →Read full advice column

What creates the first impression on entering a home?

Posted by Ideal Space on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

FIRST IMPRESSIONS The entryway of your home is the first impression visitors get of the interior. Even those not invited further in judge your home based on what they see immediately inside the front door. Because of our climate, about →Read full advice column

Decorator or designer, how do I know which one I need?

Posted by Ideal Space on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

DECORATOR OR DESIGNER? QUESTION: I want to make some changes in my home and I am thinking about calling in a designer or a decorator, but I don’t know which I would benefit most from, what to expect or how →Read full advice column

How to get a good cut when mowing your lawn

Posted by Ecobalance on July 15th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Home and Garden

GETTING A GOOD LAWN MOWING First of all, the mower blade must be kept sharp in order to avoid tearing the grass. If the grass is healthy, mow frequently to a height of 4 to 5 cm. (1.6 to 2 →Read full advice column