Richmond HVAC Service and Installation

We maintain the HVAC and AC system for several commercial businesses and industrial complexes. They continue to retain us for the exceptional service our skilled team consistently delivers on. We can be on-site in a heart-beat for any commercial heating service emergencies that may arise, and you'll have peace of mind knowing we keep things together with our technicians on the job.

We are a top quality service company you should consider adding to your team. Regular maintenance with service agreements is your ticket to reduced stress in this fast paced world of ours. Our work warranty goes hand-in-hand with the level of service we provide.

More importantly, our technician will verify the reliable operation of the pilot light or piezo circuit that ignites the furnace. He is going to test the gas flow and flame characteristics of the burners, since a furnace that burns too lean or too rich is going to waste energy, produce poisonous gases, or slowly burn the unit up due to clogged or improperly jetted apertures.

We will test for peak performance with the various functions in comparison to their rated standard so that a unit will operate within its designated temperature range rather than adding or subtracting an extra ten or twenty degrees to the equation before it kicks on and off.

An inspection of the various ducts and vents will reveal if carbon monoxide is escaping into the home's living spaces or, conversely, if heat intended for your upstairs bathroom is escaping out of a corroded duct and keeping your garage ceiling warm instead.

Most people understand that your typical HVAC requires regular preventative maintenance in order to keep functioning at top efficiency. Deferring this maintenance may sometimes be a temporary necessity, but it comes at the risk of quicker systemic failure. It is, in other words, a gamble, one where the odds against you increase every time you choose to defer service.

Some people choose to ignore the annual maintenance recommendations in their owner's manual and end up enjoying a trouble-free heating season with no problems whatsoever. Other times, you could wake up to a freezing house with burst water pipes. This leaves you at the mercy of an emergency service call during the HVAC contractor's busiest time of the year. These are the risks of not performing annual furnace service.

It doesn't take much for one or more of these problems to add up to a much higher heating bill each year. In the worst case scenario, annual inspection can even save your family from a truly life-threatening situation. These aren't the same sort of risks you run when you try to squeeze an extra summer out of the old lawn mower. If you have a newer home, you can probably get by with a biennial inspection, but for everyone else you need to do the right thing for your family at least once a year and set up an appointment with one of our heating technicians.

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the technology of indoor and vehicular environmental comfort. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. HVAC system design is a subdiscipline of mechanical engineering, based on the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. "Refrigeration" is sometimes added to the field's abbreviation, as HVAC&R or HVACR or "ventilation" is dropped, as in HACR (as in the designation of HACR-rated circuit breakers).

HVAC is an important part of many residential buildings such as single family homes, apartment buildings, hotels and senior living facilities, medium to large industrial and office buildings such as skyscrapers and hospitals, vehicles such as cars, trains, airplanes, ships and submarines, and in marine environments, where safe and healthy building conditions are regulated with respect to temperature and humidity, using fresh air from outdoors.

Ventilating or ventilation (the "V" in HVAC) is the process of exchanging or replacing air in any space to provide high indoor air quality which involves temperature control, oxygen replenishment, and removal of moisture, odors, smoke, heat, dust, airborne bacteria, carbon dioxide, and other gases. Ventilation removes unpleasant smells and excessive moisture, introduces outside air, keeps interior building air circulating, and prevents stagnation of the interior air.

Ventilation often refers to the intentional delivery of the outside air to the building indoor environment. It is one of the most important factors for maintaining acceptable indoor air quality in buildings. Methods for ventilating a building are divided into mechanical/forced and natural types.

In modern buildings, the design, installation, and control systems of these functions are integrated into one or more HVAC systems. For very small buildings, commercial HVAC companies normally estimate the capacity and type of system needed and then design the system, selecting the appropriate refrigerant and various components needed. For larger buildings, commercial HVAC service companies, mechanical engineers, or building services engineers analyze, design, and specify the HVAC systems. Specialty mechanical contractors and suppliers then fabricate, install and commission the systems. Building permits and code-compliance inspections of the installations are normally required for all sizes of building.

Heaters are appliances whose purpose is to generate heat (i.e. warmth) for the building. This can be done via central heating. Such a system contains a boiler, furnace, or heat pump to heat water, steam, or air in a central location such as a furnace room in a home, or a mechanical room in a large building. The heat can be transferred by convection, conduction, or radiation. Space heaters are used to heat single rooms and only consist of a single unit. A few popular manufacturers are Trane, Carrier, Bosch and Amana to name a few. If you are looking specifically for Trane HVAC service companies, we regularly work on those units.

Ventilation is the process of changing or replacing air in any space to control temperature or remove any combination of moisture, odors, smoke, heat, dust, airborne bacteria, or carbon dioxide, and to replenish oxygen. Ventilation often refers to the intentional delivery of the outside air to the building indoor space. It is one of the most important factors for maintaining acceptable indoor air quality in buildings. Methods for ventilating a building may be divided into mechanical/forced and natural types.

Air conditioners, or a standalone air conditioning systems provide cooling and/or humidity control for all or part of a building. Air conditioned buildings often have sealed windows, because open windows would work against the system intended to maintain constant indoor air conditions. Outside, fresh air is generally drawn into the system by a vent into a mix air chamber for mixing with the space return air. Then the mixture air enters an indoor or outdoor heat exchanger section where the air is to be cooled down, then be guided to the space creating positive air pressure. The percentage of return air made up of fresh air can usually be manipulated by adjusting the opening of this vent. Typical fresh air intake is about 10% of the total supply air.

If you need assistance with anything related to HVAC, call us to set up an appointment.