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Why Is a Home Dehumidifier Important?

May 11, 2020
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Do you know the importance of a dehumidifier for your Seattle home? Ballard Natural Gas wants to share how humidifiers can help your home’s comfort.

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What’s That Smell Coming From My AC at Startup?

May 7, 2025
What’s That Smell Coming From My AC at Startup?

As the temperatures begin to rise in Lake Forest Park, many homeowners are firing up their air conditioners for the first time in months. But what if, instead of a refreshing blast of cool air, you’re hit with an unpleasant smell?

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Spring AC Maintenance Tips

April 7, 2025
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From replacing air filters to scheduling maintenance, cleaning your cooling system can prevent breakdowns and keep your home comfortable.

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What Is an Air Handler?

March 31, 2025
What Is an Air Handler? Service Man Working on Furnace.

The same goes for a heat pump. The outdoor unit might be in perfect working condition. Still, the heating and cooling process stops without an indoor evaporator coil, connecting refrigerant lines, and a fan to blow conditioned air through ductwork.

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How Does Your Central Air Conditioner Cool Your Home?

August 22, 2024
How Does Your Central Air Conditioner Cool Your Home? AC fan/

Aside from the professionals, like ours at Ballard Natural Gas Service, who really thinks about air conditioners and their components?

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Best Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Products for Hot Summer Weather

July 29, 2024
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Here’s a guide to the best IAQ products for keeping your home comfortable during an extended heat dome. These products reduce pollutants, maintain optimal humidity levels, and ensure proper ventilation, contributing to a healthier indoor environment.

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Indoor Air Quality Maintenance

March 11, 2024

Whether you own a whole-home air purifier, dehumidifier, filtration device, or energy recovery ventilator, your indoor air quality system will provide a comfortable indoor environment for many years, provided you maintain your equipment. Maintaining Your Indoor Air Quality System At , we believe maintenance is your first line of defense against system breakdowns. Our technicians…

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Indoor Air Quality Repairs

March 11, 2024

Our qualified technicians at maintain, repair, and install all indoor air quality devices. We understand the importance of maintaining a clean, healthy environment in your home. You can tell if your dehumidifier has malfunctioned because your skin feels clammy, and the air seems heavy with moisture. When the air you breathe seems stale, you know…

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Trane XL824 Thermostat

January 24, 2024

Real Time Diagnostics The XL824 comes equipped with Trane Diagnostics. When you opt-in to remote diagnostics, your dealer can access real time data about how your HVAC system is performing, and will be alerted if there’s a problem. Plus, if you grant your dealer remote access, they can even tap into your system to help…

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Why You Need Whole-House Humidity Control

September 29, 2023
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When indoor plumbing became more popular in the 1940s, a whole new level of comfort and convenience began for homeowners. However, with that convenience came new challenges. One of those challenges is controlling humidity levels so they remain safe and comfortable inside your home. According to HVAC.com, the ideal humidity level is between 30 percent and 50 percent.

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How Can You Manage Your Home’s Humidity?

May 31, 2023
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At Ballard Natural Gas Service, we always strive to find ways to improve your comfort and energy savings. We believe you should control your comfort, and it starts with your indoor air quality (IAQ) and relative indoor humidity.

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Indoor Air Quality

March 21, 2022

Poor indoor air quality inside your home can cause irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, headaches, nose bleeds, dizziness, and fatigue. People often mistake these symptoms for respiratory issues such as a cold or allergic reaction. Repeated periods of continual exposure to indoor pollutants can result in chronic respiratory diseases, heart disease, and even…

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What Indoor Air Quality Accessories Can Help Keep Me Healthy?

September 15, 2020
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Our Ballard team wants to share with you the following list of the different indoor air quality accessories available out there. Making an investment in one or more of these helpful technologies and tools for your home just might help you and your family breathe a little easier.

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How Environmental Issues Can Affect Your Air Conditioner

July 16, 2020
How environmental issues can affect your ac

When you’re looking at how your air conditioner works, it can depend on a wide variety of factors. Most people realize that the brand you select, the size, the features, and the efficiency rating all play a role in how well an air conditioner will cool your Seattle home.

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What Accessories Can Help With My Indoor Air Quality?

April 17, 2020
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In modern society, average adults spend nearly all their time indoors at work or at home. In fact the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports this amount of time reaches upwards of 90 percent for most people. That puts the importance of good indoor air quality at a whole new level.  Our Ballard Natural Gas…

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How Can Your HVAC Equipment Help Protect Against Coronavirus?

March 17, 2020
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The spread of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has all of us greatly concerned in Washington. At Ballard Natural Gas, our top priority is the health and safety of you and your loved ones. We take great pride in selling indoor air quality products to Seattle homes and businesses that are energy efficient, environmentally friendly—and extremely…

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Four Ways to Change Your Home’s Air Quality for the Better

January 17, 2019

When you think of air pollution, what pops into your mind? A giant smoke stack? Cars spewing exhaust? A trash incinerator? Chances are you may not have considered your own home is full of air pollution. According to the EPA (U.S. Environmental Agency), you may be exposed to two to five times more airborne pollutants…

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Indoor Air Quality and Pollution in Seattle

August 30, 2017

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How Does an Air Conditioner Work?

May 9, 2016

An air conditioner is a standard appliance in home comfort. The Energy Information Administrations reports that 87% of homes have and AC unit and it accounts for almost 20% of yearly electricity consumption in the US. At Ballard Natural Gas Service we believe the knowledge is power, the more you know about the appliances you…

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