Dr. Nafeesah Allen is a multilingual communications strategist and global real estate investor with nearly 15 years of experience. She began writing about home improvement and design over four years ...

Many homeowners assume that HVAC maintenance and HVAC repair are interchangeable, but they serve very different purposes.

How often do you think about your HVAC system? For most homeowners, it’s hardly a blip on the radar until it breaks down, leaving you sweating buckets in the summer, shivering in the winter and ...

Knowing when to replace your HVAC system will help prevent the most dramatic effects of this aging — high maintenance costs, inefficiency and costly breakdowns. Performing a timely HVAC system upgrade ...

Welcome to New Homeowner Bootcamp, Family Handyman’s essential guide for navigating the challenges of homeownership, from little-known post-purchase tasks to money-saving maintenance and upgrades. A ...

A top-performing HVAC system provides the perfect amount of comfort while using the least amount of energy. Keeping that perfectly balanced system running at its best requires regular preventative ...

Winter might feel far off, but when that first snowstorm hits, the last thing you want is to discover an issue with your heating system that you could've addressed sooner. Everyone knows proper ...

When certain rooms in a home are consistently warmer or cooler than others, there may be an obvious cause, like an uninsulated exterior wall or drafty windows. But that's not always the case. If ...

With the phasedown of R-410A refrigerant starting Jan. 1, 2025, the residential HVAC market will see some big changes in the coming years. As part of the technology transition, newly purchased and ...

Recently, DuraPlas, a provider of plastic products for the agriculture, industrial, energy, and greenhouse industries, released a study that reveals Americans intend to use more non-HVAC alternatives ...