{"id":403,"date":"2018-04-17T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/?p=403"},"modified":"2018-04-13T18:43:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T22:43:21","slug":"tips-keeping-cool-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/tips-keeping-cool-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Keeping Cool This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-405 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Tips-for-Keeping-Cool-This-Summer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Stock image of a single family house in Florida\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Tips-for-Keeping-Cool-This-Summer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Tips-for-Keeping-Cool-This-Summer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Tips-for-Keeping-Cool-This-Summer.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Nobody needs to tell you that our summers can be pretty miserable. If it\u2019s not the heat you have to contend with, it\u2019s the humidity, which makes it <em>feel <\/em>even hotter than it is. We live in one of those places where coming home at the end of the day is a relief, because we can finally cool off! Well, that is, if you have a functioning air conditioner.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to ensure you\u2019ll keep cool this summer is to schedule <a href=\"\/air-conditioning\/maintenance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gainesville, FL air conditioning maintenance<\/a>. This allows our expert HVAC technicians to fully inspect your cooling system for any signs of problems. We\u2019ll also thoroughly clean the system, make any necessary adjustments, and alert you to repair needs so you can get those on your schedule right away.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduling this service once a year (or, twice a year if you have a heat pump system) is vital to helping you keep cool this summer, but not the only method of doing so.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Tips to Cool Your Florida Home<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use your ceiling fans. They can\u2019t bring the temperature down in your home, howeve,r they can help distribute the cooled air from your air conditioner more evenly. This benefits you and your cooling system, since the AC won\u2019t have to work as hard to do its job.<\/li>\n<li>Close your blinds and curtains during the day. This is especially true for east and west facing windows. You might be surprised at how fast the sun can heat up a room, and subsequently the rest of your home, even when morning temps are mild.<\/li>\n<li>Try to not use heat producing appliances during the day. This includes your oven and stovetop, dishwasher, and clothes washer and dryer.<\/li>\n<li>Program your AC to run at a higher temp when you\u2019re not home, instead of not running it at all. Homeowners are often tempted to shut off their AC systems during the day when they\u2019re not home, to come home and \u201cblast\u201d them as low as they\u2019ll go to cool of the home faster. This not only does nothing to keep your home consistently cool, but it\u2019s an energy drain for your air conditioner, which has to work way too hard to effectively do its job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>At North Central Florida Air Conditioning, we\u2019re \u201cImproving Lives by Improving Homes!\u201d <a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> today for exceptional HVAC and indoor air quality services. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it\u2019s not the heat you have to contend with, it\u2019s the humidity, which makes it feel even hotter than it is. How can you keep cool indoors? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[93,89,92],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncfac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}