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During the warmer spring and summer months, it can be discouraging to deal with lingering unwanted heat inside your home, especially when your air conditioner is running. However, you may be able to keep your home more comfortable without increasing the strain on your AC unit. Here are three simple tips to improve your system’s efficiency. 

How to Keep Your Home Cool When It’s Hot Out

1. Cook Outdoors 

Heat-generating appliances like stoves, ovens, and even small countertop griddles can make your home warmer, so cook outdoors as much as possible to reduce the strain on your air conditioner. Instead of heating up your home by turning on the oven, do all of your food preparation indoors and cook it outside on your grill. In addition to keeping the heat outdoors, cooking on your grill could also help you to keep your kitchen a little tidier. 

2. Close Your Blinds 

air conditionerSunshine fills your home with cheerful light, but unfortunately, these rays also warm up the air. This phenomenon is especially prevalent in rooms with westward facing windows, since the afternoon sun can heat up a space quickly. To keep your home cool, focus on closing your blinds during the day. 

3. Use Your Ceiling Fans

While ceiling fans don’t lower the indoor air temperature, they create a wind chill effect that makes people feel cooler. During the summer months, your ceiling fan should run counter-clockwise to push cool air down and warm air up, and during the winter, you should flip the directionality so the fan pushes risen, heated air downward. 

 

If it’s difficult to keep your home cool as the weather warms up, turn to the air conditioner professionals at Custom Heating & Cooling in Mountain Home, AR. In addition to heating and cooling installations and repair services, these specialists can install geothermal systems, mini-split units, and air filtration units that can increase the efficiency of your home. To schedule a free estimate and cost-savings analysis, call (870) 425-9498 or reach out to the team online

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