Take Control of Your Indoor Environment

Take Control of Your Indoor Environment

Fall is upon us.  Chilly winds have replaced summer breezes.  Windows close, doors shut, and the thermostat is turned up.  Those changes affect your indoor environment.  Consider ways to improve the air you breathe and control your comfort.  Mechanical Extremes offers...
Say No to CO

Say No to CO

The house is chilly, so you turn up the heat. Today’s furnaces are all about home comfort.  But carbon monoxide is a byproduct of the warmth they produce.  When this colorless, odorless gas goes up the chimney, all is well.  If a leak allows it to seep into your...
Barn Finds and Furnaces

Barn Finds and Furnaces

When someone finds a classic car hidden in a barn, he may preserve it as close as possible to its original state.  He may keep the carburetor instead of installing fuel injection or exchanging the distributor for electronic ignition, even though both would improve...
How One Man Changed Life

How One Man Changed Life

In 1902, a young experimental engineer wanted to put his Cornell University degree to work.  Lucky for a New York printing company, this 25-year old was ready for a challenge.  The problem? Extreme summer humidity.  Pages swelled as the paper rolled through the...
Reducing Humidity

Reducing Humidity

A customer called Mechanical Extremes about the Carrier Infinity HVAC system they had installed in his house.  He had set his thermostat at 76.  The temperature in the house was now 74, but the system continued to operate in a mode called “dehumidifying.”  “Why?,” he...
Hot Weather

Hot Weather

When temperatures rise, Mechanical Extremes hears this complaint often:  “My air conditioning is running, but it’s not cooling…what’s the problem?”  One of two issues, or both, are typically to blame.  One is fairly easy to remedy; the other, not so much. A dirty...