If your furnace is producing a strange smell, you should always treat it with caution. While the cause for the odor may be benign, it could just as easily be harmful to inhale. When in doubt, always open windows to ensure ventilation, and evacuate your Golden home.
Continue ReadingThis issue happens more often than not with older furnaces, and it could be a sign you are ready to upgrade your Golden home’s heating and cooling system with a new model. At the 10-year mark, furnaces start to lose efficiency and begin breaking down more frequently.
Continue ReadingGurgle, gurgle. Hiss. If you immediately recognize these sounds from any plumbing in your Colorado home, it could indicate you need a home plumbing inspection.
Continue ReadingDuring the colder months of a Colorado winter, frozen pipes can be a real concern. It is not only about the pipes freezing and you not having water. The bigger issue is when the pipes burst, causing all levels of havoc and damage to your home.
Continue ReadingIf your heat pump is low on refrigerant, it may be leaking. This can be from of a weakened solder joint, a failed valve, or unsecured fittings. Also, when a component rubs against the refrigerant tank over time, it could eventually puncture it, leading to a freeze-up.
Continue ReadingIf your furnace seems to be producing heat inconsistently around your Boulder home to you, you’re not alone. Many homes have varied conditions from room to room, causing spotty heating or cooling.
Continue ReadingImagine this winter, sitting in your Boulder home by the fire, looking out the window at the falling snowflakes while sipping your hot cocoa with marshmallows. Life is good. It is good, that is, until you hear the loud rush of water somewhere in your Colorado home.
Continue ReadingFall is a beautiful time of the year—but it comes with a drop in humidity levels. If you’re concerned about the humidity change and want to enhance your comfort inside your Golden home, installing a humidifier is an excellent option.
Continue ReadingIf the funky odor you smell seems to gravitate from the bathroom or near another sink or faucet, the culprit may be your sewer pipes. Sewer odors are more common than you might think and can range from mildly annoying to downright unbearable.
Continue ReadingWhether it is the suspiciously lush patch of grass in your Golden yard, the unmistakable, nose-crinkling scent of sewage, or the ominous gurgling sound reverberating up your drains, these are some of the signs every homeowner dreads—signs of a sewer line leak.
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