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December 24, 2024
Comparing Heating Systems: Finding the Most Cost-Effective Option for Your Home

Comparing Heating Systems: Finding the Most Cost-Effective Option for Your Home

Explore the most cost-effective heating systems for your home. Learn how to balance efficiency, cost, and comfort with insights from Control Point.

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December 23, 2024
Ductless Mini-Splits vs. Central Air: Pros and Cons

Ductless Mini-Splits vs. Central Air: Pros and Cons

Compare ductless mini-splits and central air systems. Learn about cost, efficiency, and comfort to find the best HVAC solution with Control Point.

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April 16, 2024
Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality

Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality

Improving the indoor air quality (IAQ) at your Shrewsbury home or business makes sense on so many levels. Consider your health, your comfort, and your household budget. It’s hard to imagine a more important investment than improving the air you breathe!

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April 16, 2024
AC Maintenance Checklist

AC Maintenance Checklist

Can you imagine a scorching hot day here in Shrewsbury without air conditioning? During those dog days of summer, your air conditioning system can be your very best friend.

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March 29, 2024
How an Air Handler Works

How an Air Handler Works

If you have a ductless mini split system, you need an air handler to do the heavy lifting. It circulates conditioned air throughout your Massachusetts home. Doing so lets you keep your living space at the desired temperature.

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March 15, 2024
What Are the Different Types of Furnaces?

What Are the Different Types of Furnaces?

This winter, you’re hoping to have a brand new furnace to keep you warm. But there are so many furnaces to choose from. You’re left wondering, which is the right one for your Shrewsbury home?

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March 15, 2024
What Is a Dual Fuel Heating System?

What Is a Dual Fuel Heating System?

Control Point Heating • Cooling • Plumbing • Electric is happy to lay all the options on the table so you can make the best decision for your Westborough home. Here’s what you should know about dual fuel systems:

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February 28, 2024
5 Things You Should Know About Geothermal Maintenance

5 Things You Should Know About Geothermal Maintenance

Maintenance is so crucial to the efficiency and long life of your system, you should know the five things below about geothermal maintenance.

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February 28, 2024
Is My Furnace Overheating?

Is My Furnace Overheating?

Just about any electrical appliance has the potential to overheat. Furnaces are no exception. As a homeowner, you need to take precautions to lower the risk of an overheated unit. You should also be wary of the associated symptoms, so you know when to take action. Remember, if your system gets too hot, you should keep a cool head and get your furnace taken care of right away.

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February 15, 2024
Air Duct Cleaning

Air Duct Cleaning

Your air ducts circulate a supply of fresh and properly treated air. But since ductwork mostly hides behind walls, ceilings, and floors, many Shrewsbury homeowners don’t take the time to monitor its condition.

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February 15, 2024
How Do I Know When It’s Time to Buy a New Furnace?

How Do I Know When It’s Time to Buy a New Furnace?

Is the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in your Westborough home malfunctioning? If so, be sure to address the issue as soon as possible—doing so can prevent further discomfort and damage.

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January 31, 2024
How Do I Know I Have a Cracked Heat Exchanger?

How Do I Know I Have a Cracked Heat Exchanger?

If you suspect your heat exchanger is cracked, call Control Point Heating • Cooling • Plumbing • Electric, and one of our specially-trained professionals will immediately assess your furnace’s situation.

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January 15, 2024
4 Factors to Consider When Buying a Heat Pump

4 Factors to Consider When Buying a Heat Pump

So you are looking to invest in a heat pump. You are not alone––many Americans are making the switch. Why? For starters, heat pumps are generally more efficient than a traditional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. What is more, they offer both heating and cooling, so they are versatile. At Control Point Heating • Cooling • Plumbing • Electric

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December 28, 2023
7 Furnace Maintenance Tips

7 Furnace Maintenance Tips

Our team at Control Point Heating • Cooling • Plumbing • Electric wants to help you be prepared by providing the following furnace maintenance tips.

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December 15, 2023
How Does a Gas Furnace Work?

How Does a Gas Furnace Work?

Our team at Control Point Heating • Cooling • Plumbing • Electric could help you save big bucks on your monthly utility bill by performing a furnace replacement.

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November 29, 2023
How Can I Lower My Heating Bill This Winter?

How Can I Lower My Heating Bill This Winter?

Are you anticipating a higher heating bill this winter? Here in Shrewsbury, temperatures can get pretty low. The only way to ensure you remain perfectly comfortable inside your Massachusetts home is by cranking up the heat.

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November 15, 2023
4 Important Heat Pump Maintenance Tips

4 Important Heat Pump Maintenance Tips

Control Point Heating • Cooling • Plumbing • Electric understands how important it is for your heat pump to operate at its greatest capacity. You depend on your system for comfort, and it’s our mission to help you achieve this.

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October 23, 2023
Why Is My Heat Pump Blowing Cold Air?

Why Is My Heat Pump Blowing Cold Air?

When it comes to staying warm during the cold winter months, folks in CITY love their heat pumps. Fast, reliable, and cost effective to use, heat pumps are a popular choice in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. But what if it’s freezing outdoors and your heat pump starts blowing cold air?

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October 13, 2023
Why Air Duct Cleaning Is Important

Why Air Duct Cleaning Is Important

Just like your lungs are an important connection to the rest of your respiratory system, your home’s ductwork, or air ducts, are importantly connected to your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

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September 29, 2023
What is a Heat Pump?

What is a Heat Pump?

Heat pumps make your Westborough 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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September 19, 2023
What Does Indoor Air Quality Have to Do With Allergies?

What Does Indoor Air Quality Have to Do With Allergies?

Did you know the average American spends nearly 90 percent of life indoors? That’s why it is increasingly important to ensure indoor air quality (IAQ) is clean and healthy.

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August 2, 2023
How to Properly Size an AC System

How to Properly Size an AC System

In the heat of the summer, it’s easy to assume that bigger is better when it comes to air conditioning (AC) systems.

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July 12, 2023
Three Reasons to Consider a Geothermal Heat Pump

Three Reasons to Consider a Geothermal Heat Pump

Geothermal heat pumps have been in use since the 1940s, heating and cooling homes in the Westborough, MA area efficiently and thoroughly.

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July 14, 2023
What You Should Know About Air Handlers

What You Should Know About Air Handlers

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) air handler unit, or AHU, may resemble a furnace in appearance, but its purpose is very different.

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