Ducting is often the most-neglected part of any HVAC system. Tucked out of the way and hard to see from the living areas of a house, ducting is easy to forget. But that doesn’t mean it’s not important! What do getting free performance out of your HVAC and extending the…
By now, you probably have a pretty good idea of whether or not your furnace is doing its job. We hope the only work you’ve needed so far was a tune-up at the start of the cold months! But if your furnace has needed lots of repairs over the last…
New Year’s has come and gone, and many are ringing in 2016 with resolutions they intend to keep all year long. Our resolutions are simple–continue to provide great HVAC service and family treatment at a fair price! And if you’re like us and your resolution this year also involves HVAC,…
Stockton and the surrounding area was hit hard by the financial crisis, and it hasn’t been an easy decade for many of us here in the region. One result was that people stopped buying and selling houses, choosing instead to rent or to stay in the home they already owned. But…
We’ve seen some heated arguments about the most efficient way to heat a house. We like to think of ourselves as scientific, because the work we do is technical and relies on the principles of physics. But there are a lot of theories out there that spark argument every time…
Recently we’ve had an ongoing series of posts talking about the Bell Brothers’ Core Values. In each post, we take one of our values and examine it in detail. Each value is assigned a letter, and all the letters together make up the word “ETHICS.” This is the sixth and…
It may be winter, but there’s one thing that makes a homeowner sweat no matter what the time of year: a major water leak in their house! This is a worst-case plumbing scenario for many, and the problem with large plumbing leaks is that they can be overwhelming, especially in…
It’s been a chilly and wet winter so far–and it seems that’s the trend for January as well! We may not often need them, but we’re always glad to have the furnace running when the weather gets like it has lately. But it’s frustrating when an old furnace costs more and…
We sure wouldn’t want to sit outside all winter with no cover in the freezing cold and rain. But that’s exactly the situation that HVAC units are in this time of year. Between temperature changes, moisture, and debris, winter can be a problem if you’re not prepared. And one of…
Recently we’ve had an ongoing series of posts talking about the Bell Brothers’ Core Values. In each post, we take one of our values and examine it in detail. Each value is assigned a letter, and all the letters together make up the word “ETHICS.” This is the fourth post…
