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Frederick, MD Heating Tip: How to Improve Whole House Energy Efficiency

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At Larry & Sons, we are here to help our Frederick, MD area customers improve whole house energy efficiency with some simple tips. There are plenty of small upgrades and improvements you can make to increase the overall efficiency of your home, some of the easiest we have outlined below.

Upgrade to Zone Control

Upgrading to zone control provides helps your home achieve greater efficiency because it allows you to heat or cool only certain parts of your home rather than maintaining a consistent temperature in all rooms. If you aren’t using a particular room in your home, you don’t have to pay to heat it. Because it can be installed in your current forced air system, zone control is ideal for retrofitting older homes.

Improve Your Water Heater

Improving your water heater is an effective way to reduce your water heating bills, and there are many ways to do this without installing an entirely new water heater. Insulating your water heater tank, routine maintenance, and even lowering the temperature of your hot water are all easy ways to do this. If you do need a replacement, call us to learn about the high-efficiency water heaters that we can install for you.

Install a Programmable Thermostat

Did you know that turning down your thermostat 5 to 10 degrees when you are not home or at night can save you a lot of money one heating bills? Installing a programmable thermostat will let you schedule your thermostat to automatically set back the heating system according to your schedule. Also, newer digital thermostat models are more accurate than dial thermostats that use mercury dial, which means there’s less of a chance that your heating system will work more effectively.

If you are looking for more cost-effective heat for your Frederick, MD area home this winter, call Larry & Sons for home efficiency tips. We also provide routine heating maintenance to help cut down on potential repair needs. Call today to learn more!

How Does Zone Heating Work? A Heating Question from Hagerstown, MD

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Keeping everyone in your home comfortable is difficult for many reasons. Cost is one of those reasons. High energy prices can make it difficult to keep your home as warm as you would like to throughout the heating season. Another reason, though, is due to the simple fact that different bodies are comfortable at different temperatures. You may be completely cozy reading in the bedroom while your son or daughter is sweating it out doing their homework at the kitchen table. There is a way to keep everyone in your Hagerstown, MD home happy and comfortable, though, and you may even be able to increase heating efficiency in the process. Call Larry & Sons today to learn more about zone control systems and how they can improve your home heating experience.

What would be the easiest way to keep everyone in different areas of your home comfortable? To allow for different areas of your home to be heated to different temperatures, of course. That is just what zone control systems allow you to do. Zone controlled heating allows you to divide your home into different heating zones. Individual thermostats allow you to set different temperatures for each separate zone, allowing your family downstairs watching TV to enjoy warmer temperatures than you need while lounging in bed.

Zone heating also allows you to reduce the amount of energy you use in your home and to utilize that energy used in a more thoughtful way. After all, you do not really need to heat the empty upstairs bedrooms all day to the degree that you do the occupied living space. Reducing the heat used in these areas until you need them means using heat more efficiently. Increased efficiency means increased savings, allowing everyone to be comfortable while keeping more money in your pocket.

To schedule an installation or just ask further questions about zone-controlled heating in your Hagerstown, MD home call your local service provider. Larry & Sons is happy to answer all of your questions. If you decide that a zone control system is right for you we can handle all the services you need. Give us a call to help with all your heating & cooling in Hagerstown and beyond!