Spring AC Maintenance Tips

Spring AC Maintenance Tips

June 13, 2025

Spring is finally arriving in Michigan! The days are getting longer, the flowers are blooming, and you’re probably already thinking about dusting off the patio furniture or tackling that messy garage.

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Does an AC Kill Mold? Photo of a hand in a yellow rubber glove, wiping a blue wall or table with a pink cloth.

Does an AC Kill Mold?

May 16, 2025

Your air conditioner (AC) can do several things––keep your Michigan home’s indoor air cooler than outdoor temperatures, help to keep indoor airborne allergens at bay, and help keep your home’s humidity low. But one thing it can’t do is kill mold.

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 What Problems Can a Leaky Faucet Cause? Drop of water falling from faucet. Water supply cuts due to drought. Severe restrictions measures for water saving. Increase in prices and taxes on the water bill.

 What Problems Can a Leaky Faucet Cause?

April 11, 2025

A faucet might seem like a minor feature in your home, but it plays a critical role in your daily routine. From brushing your teeth and washing dishes to filling pots for cooking or watering your plants, faucets are essential for convenience and cleanliness.

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Transitioning Your Heat Pump

March 14, 2025

One reason Michigan homeowners love heat pumps is they function as an all-in-one unit. Instead of purchasing and maintaining a separate furnace and air conditioning system, you can simply transition your heat pump from the heat setting to the cooling setting and vice versa as seasons warrant.

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How To Detect a Sewer Line Leak. The water valve on the pipe in farm.

How To Detect a Sewer Line Leak

February 14, 2025

Whether it is the suspiciously lush patch of grass in your Rochester Hills, yard, the unmistakable, nose-crinkling scent of sewage, or the ominous gurgling sound reverberating up your drains, these are some of the signs every homeowner dreads—signs of a sewer line leak.

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What Is a Heat Pump? An air source heat pump on the side of a home being installed in the North East of England. The house is aiming to be sustainable. There is a construction worker with a hard hat and reflective jacket holding a digital tablet, talking to the home owner who is showing her documents.

What Is a Heat Pump?

January 17, 2025

What’s the best way to preserve resources? Working with what you already have. Heat pumps make your Troy home more comfortable by using heat that already exists. It pushes heat from outdoors to indoors (to warm) or pulls heat from indoors to outdoors (to cool).

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Why Isn’t My Furnace Heating My Entire Home?

December 13, 2024

If your furnace seems to be producing heat inconsistently around your Troy home to you, you’re not alone. Many homes have varied conditions from room to room, causing spotty heating or cooling.

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Prepping Your Plumbing for Winter

Prepping Your Plumbing for Winter

November 15, 2024

Imagine this winter, sitting in your Rochester Hills home by the fire, looking out the window at the falling snowflakes while sipping your hot cocoa with marshmallows. Life is good. It is good, that is, until you hear the loud rush of water somewhere in your Michigan home.

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How to Lower Your Winter Heating Bill, Piggy bank.

How to Lower Your Winter Heating Bill

October 18, 2024

Wintertime is here. That means your family will be spending more time indoors to stay warm.

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Planning to Remodel? Go Ductless!

September 13, 2024

A ductless system, also known as a mini split, can add comfort to areas of your Michigan home where ductwork cannot reach. Whether you are remodeling or adding new living space, our team at Rochester Plumbing and Heating, Inc. is ready to assist.

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