Products & Services
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Air Conditioning Repair
It’s a fact: Having your AC repair expert come out more often than not is a possibility that arises when home air conditioning units are not properly maintained!
Furnace Repair
Whether its emergency furnace repair service or a installing a completely new system you can count on Alamo City Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning.
Heat Pumps
Naturally, energy efficiency is important. But when making your selection, remember low operating costs are little comfort if service and repair bills are high.
Indoor Air Quality
Indoor air quality services for cleaner, healthier air by your local indoor air quality specialists.
Indoor air quality is important for every home.
Air Conditioner Repair
AC Repair & Maintenance
Ensures Efficiency and Comfort
It’s a fact: Having your AC repair expert come out more often than not is a possibility that arises when home air conditioning units are not properly maintained!
Having your air conditioning system regularly maintained is essential to your home’s level of comfort. If your system isn’t running to the best of its abilities it could be consuming more energy than necessary and not providing the comfort you count on. Maintaining your home’s HVAC systems is just as important as keeping up with maintenance on your automobile.
Alamo City Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning can make sure your AC unit and other HVAC systems continue to run smooth and efficient. Below are a few items our technicians check for during a maintenance visit.
- Clean indoor and outdoor coils
- Maintain Refrigerant levels
- Ensure Maximum Air Circulation
Choosing a New Air Conditioning System
When it’s time for a new air conditioning system Alamo City Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning can provide you with efficient options.
By providing industry-leading Ruud equipment we can make sure your home stays comfortable and your utility bills stay low. We offer Ruud solutions because of the top-quality, innovative products with the latest technology, dependable performance, great warranties and excellent service and support. All of this is why we confidently say, “Welcome to the new degree of comfort.”
What do good central air units have in common?
The best ones are efficient, operating on minimal electricity to hold utility bills down. They provide steady, dependable performance year after year when properly maintained. Good systems are quiet, long-lasting and low in service needs.
How can I be sure my Unit is the right size?
Obviously, an air conditioner that’s too small won’t keep your home sufficiently cool. But what many don’t realize is that an over-sized system will cycle (turn on and off) more than necessary, wasting expensive energy and possibly putting undue strain on the compressor.
Alamo City Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning will determine the optimum size for your home by making a careful study of your cooling requirements. Window dimensions & exposure. Floor space & insulation. Local climate. Heat-generating appliances. The direction your home faces. Even the amount of your home’s exterior shaded by trees.
Alamo City Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning can specify the cooling capacity of the system in either Btu/h (British thermal units of heat removed per hour) or refrigeration tons (one ton being equal to 12,000 Btu/h).
Which air conditioners are energy efficient?
Much like automobile manufacturers, today’s air conditioner manufacturers are required by law to evaluate and rate their equipment according to its energy efficiency. This rating is known in the industry as a SEER, or Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating. The higher the SEER, the more efficient the equipment.
Most new homes with central air come equipped with a standard builder’s model. However, when replacement becomes necessary, property owners can upgrade their air conditioning by specifying a more energy-efficient system.
High SEER models are generally more expensive, but can easily make up the difference by reducing your home energy bills over the long run.
Are some air conditioners built better than others?
The compressor is the heart of a condensing unit. On a hot day, it works long and hard. Ruud installs the highly advanced scroll compressor in every Ruud condensing unit we produce. Scroll Compressors are recognized by the industry as the leader in reliability, efficiency and quiet operation.
Other features to look for include louvered steel cabinets that protect the coils from damage and expensive repair bills.
Also, with some condensing units, the fan can be another source of bothersome noise. Ruud units have a grill design that minimizes air restriction for quieter fan operation.
Furnace Repair
Furnace Repair Service, Maintenance, & Installations
Whether its emergency furnace repair service or a installing a completely new system you can count on Alamo City Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning.
Our technicians have the training and experience required to ensure your family stays comfortable all year round. For immediate service please call.
What do Good Furnaces Have in Common?
The best furnaces are efficient.
They keep a home warm and comfortable. They provide steady, dependable performance year after year. And they are quiet, long-lasting and low in service frequency and cost.
Which Furnaces are Energy Efficient?
When a furnace loses or wastes heat, it requires more energy to keep your home warm.
Some furnaces lose heat through the walls of the furnace cabinet. Energy-efficient furnaces like Ruud‘s full line of state-of-the-art models significantly reduce this loss with a blanket of insulation that lines the inside of the cabinet walls.
When a gas furnace is not in operation, most send a steady, wasteful draft of warm household air traveling up the venting system and out the roof. The Ruud products feature an induced-draft blower that works in conjunction with a hot surface ignition system to pull hot gases through the heat exchanger at a constant and controlled rate of flow. As the burner cycles off, the draft blower stops, keeping the heating air in the system.
Pilot lights also can be wasteful. The electric ignition in many of Ruud’s furnaces eliminates the need for a constantly burning pilot. This feature alone gives up to 6% higher efficiency. And in combination with an induced-draft blower, can improve furnace efficiencies by over 20%.
Most gas furnaces vent combustion by-products and gases by allowing the warm air to rise naturally. However, on occasion, proper venting of combustion by-products may be restricted due to blockage, deterioration of venting systems, malfunctions or other causes.
The Ruud induced-draft blower maintains a constant draft through the heat exchanger, which assures proper venting of the furnace combustion chamber. Ruud also features a pressure switch which continuously monitors venting; in the event it senses a vent flow restriction, it will automatically shut down your heating system for your safety.
The most efficient furnaces tap the energy of the hot vent gases – which can reach temperatures of 500 degrees Fahrenheit, and more.
A high-efficiency furnace generally wears a higher price tag, but it can make up the difference by reducing operating costs over the long run. And with today’s consumer interest in efficiency, such equipment enhances the bottom line of your home.
Did you know...
One in four furnaces in U.S homes today are more than 20 years old? Older furnaces were not built with the same energy-saving technology as today’s products. Your older furnace could be costing you hundreds of dollars a year between maintenance needs and energy usage.
Heat Pumps
How to choose a Heat Pump System
Heat up the productivity indoors, no matter how cold it gets outside!
Are Some Heat Pumps Better Than Others?
Naturally, energy efficiency is important.
But when making your selection, remember low operating costs are little comfort if service and repair bills are high. Don’t be sold on energy efficiency alone.
What Should I Know About SEER and HSPF?
When a furnace loses or wastes heat, it requires more energy to keep your home warm.
The Department of Energy requires all air-conditioning and heating equipment manufacturers to evaluate and rate the efficiency of their equipment on a seasonal basis. These ratings are known as the SEER or, Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating, for air conditioners, and the HSPF or, Heating Seasonal Performance Factor, for heating equipment.
Heat pumps use both numbers. The higher the SEER or HSPF rating, the more efficient the heat pump. High-efficiency units cost more. But since operating costs are lower, the payback period may be shorter than you realize. A high SEER/HSPF heat pump also can add value to your home which is important to today’s energy-conscious home buyers.
Are Exterior Features Important?
Absolutely!
Look for features such as a louvered, galvanized steel cabinet to protect the condensing unit from outdoor hazards. And make sure the cabinet is powder-painted with a high-quality enamel for improved durability and appearance.
Are Some Brands Quieter Than Others?
With some units, the outdoor fan can be a bothersome source of noise.
Ruud units have a grille design that minimizes air restriction which allows the fan to operate more quietly. Also, the fan is mounted on the underside of the grille. This protects it from the elements and it directs airflow upward, away from plants and shrubbery.
Indoor Air Quality
- HEPA Air Cleaner
- Reme Halo
- APCO-X
- Media Air Cleaners
- Electronic Air Cleaner
- Dehumidification Systems
- Ultraviolet Treatment Systems
Indoor Air Quality Services for Cleaner, Healthier
Air By Your Local Indoor Air Quality Specialists
Indoor Air Quality Products
Indoor Air Quality is important for every home!
…Especially those with allergy or asthma sufferers. EPA studies show that even in the smoggiest cities, the air inside most modern homes is usually at least ten times more polluted than the air outside.
How can this be? There are many reasons, some of which were discovered only recently. They include invisible assassins like radon and CO2, as well as gas-emitting chemicals like the formaldehyde used in making modern carpeting, drapery, household cleaners, furniture and building materials. There are also common airborne pollutants such as pollen, viruses, dust and dust mites and damp areas where standing water can breed mold, mildew and other microbes.
Much of this problem is attributed to the way modern homes are built— as air-tight as possible for energy efficiency. The consequence is that stale air, laced with odors, chemicals, irritants – even minuscule insects – often becomes trapped in modern homes, where it circulates over and over. This can lead to eye irritation, sinus congestion, sneezing, runny nose, stuffiness, colds, flu, headaches, dizziness, outbreaks of allergies and asthma, sore throats, and various other respiratory ailments.
So serious and prevalent is this issue that environmentalists have coined a new term for it—IAQ or Indoor Air Quality. Today’s homeowners need to become more aware of the importance of IAQ and what they can do about it.
Air Cleaners
Media Air Cleaners, Electronic Air Cleaners & HEPA Air Cleaner
FACT: Air pollution is a serious problem — especially inside your home! The EPA has named indoor air pollution as one of the top 5 environmental risks to public health. The EPA also reports that indoor air can be up to one hundred times more polluted than the air outside. One hundred times!
Don’t just treat the symptoms — remove the problems from the air in every room of your house — from your bedroom to your basement with an air cleaning system.
There are many types of air cleaners (Media Air Cleaners, Electronic Air Cleaners & HEPA Air Cleaner) on the market today. Whole-Home Air Cleaners make your air as clean as possible by removing particulates from your air, allowing you to breathe healthier air — important to those with allergies and asthma and for those who want the cleanest air possible for themselves and their family. An Air Cleaner installed by your heating and cooling contractor, can help rid your home of dust, dust mites, pet dander, mold spores, pollen, bacteria & viruses, smoke and more!
How Does It Work?
Air Cleaners are installed as part of your home’s central heating and cooling system
Air Cleaners are installed as part of your home’s central heating and cooling system — completely out of your way and out-of-sight. That means each and every time your system runs, the air in your home is filtered through a state-of-the-art filter media removing potentially harmful contaminants from every room of your home.
The resulting clean air is then distributed via your heating and cooling system’s ductwork to your entire home. Best yet, the system is easy to maintain with infrequent maintenance. Our system filters only require maintenance every 1-2 years, unlike portable units that require monthly care or standard filters that need cleaning every 1-3 months.
Turn your central heating and cooling system into a whole-house air cleaner!
“Poor indoor air quality can cause or contribute to the development of chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. In addition, it can cause headaches, dry eyes, nasal congestion, nausea and fatigue. People who already have respiratory diseases are at greater risk.”
Are Exterior Features Important?
Absolutely!
Look for features such as a louvered, galvanized steel cabinet to protect the condensing unit from outdoor hazards. And make sure the cabinet is powder-painted with a high-quality enamel for improved durability and appearance.
Why do you need whole-house air cleaning?
Consider the following:
- Each person inhales over 3,500 gallons of air each day. Children inhale more particles for their size than adolescents or adults.
- Polluted air causes 94% of all respiratory problems.
- More than 31 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma, about 1/3 are children under 18.
- About 40,000 dust mites, a common household allergen, can live in one ounce of dust.
- An estimated 10-15% of the entire population may be allergic to cat or dog dander.
- A person sheds up to 700,000 skin flakes per day.