NEWS LETTER- NOVEMBER 2009

In our October email newsletter we introduced our new logo and new look.  For a while, we are keeping both the old logo and the new because we want to make sure you know that we haven’t changed ownership and we haven’t changed our commitment to providing the best service in the area. We hope that the new logo will reflect our evolution into a full home services company that now provides electrical, plumbing, and propane gas sales and services in addition to the Heating and Air Conditioning sales and services that we started out with in 1976.  We are also re-designing our website to be more contemporary and more functional. Click here http://www.totalcomfortfl.com to see our new web look. 

   Saving water is a very important thing to do these days.
   The tip of the month this month is how to check your toilet for a leaking flapper, one of the most common causes for leaking. 
   One symptom is the random running of the fill valve in the toilet, sometime described by some customers as “ghost flushing “.   This sound is caused by water leaking from the flapper in the toilet tank.  A way to test this is to add a few drops of food coloring in the tank, and let it set for about one half hour.  After that time, check the bowl and see if the water has taken on the color of the food coloring.  If there is a color change in the bowl, you have a leaking flapper valve, and a replacement is in order. 
     You can replace the flapper on your own, or you can call Debbie at 386-672-4181 to schedule a plumbing service call.  If you feel you would want a plumber to do the testing, we do offer a plumbing tune-up which will check your plumbing system for you and replace two flappers in addition to checking all your plumbing fixtures.
     In the coming months, we will give you additional tips on other ways to help save you additional hard earned dollars and help the environment in the process. 

Thank you, Larry

There Will Never be a Better Time to Replace Your AC System

$1,500.00 Tax Credit

Total Comfort
Now has Ask the Seal’s
Seal of Approval

     Ask the Seal is a company that screens service providers by checking their licenses and insurances, and completing background checks on employees.  Total Comfort now is a member of Ask the Seal.  To find out more, click this link to see a short video on what this means.

Full Year Full Warranty
$99.00
     You can get a full coverage warranty on your air conditioning system for just $99.00 more than the price of your ESA.
     For a limited time (until March 31, 2010) we are offering full coverage (labor and material) warranties on a single heat pump or straight cool air conditioning system for only $253.95.  That's only $99.00 more than the cost of an Energy Savings Agreement.

Hinson Middle School
Golf Tournament
December 12, 2009

   Total Comfort is a tournament sponsor for this event to benefit Hinson Middle School in Ormond Beach. 
     The tournament will be played this year at Sugar Mill Country Club in New Smyrna Beach. If interested in participating, click here to download a full description and entry form.

Heat Pumps Defrosting

     As colder weather sets in, your heat pump system will start operating in the heating mode.  When it does this and it’s a cold day, the outside unit’s coil will accumulate frost and will have to go into a defrost mode.  When this happens, the compressor stays on but the fan motor stops.  Refrigerant is run through the coil to melt the ice.  When this occurs, steam will come off the top and sides of the outside unit and water will start to drip at the bottom.  At this time the compressor will hum.  Everything is perfectly normal and it will stay like this for varying lengths of time depending on the outside temperature.  Click here to see about a 4 minute video of this process.  During this time the heat pump portion of the system will not be able to deliver much heat to your living area and you may have to use the emergency heat setting on your thermostat if the heating elements don’t come on automatically.