1. How to Save Money On Your Heating Bill

    If you live anywhere near Blair or Omaha, Nebraska, you don’t really need us to tell you that the cold months have started. Indeed, the cold weather hasn’t been slacking off here, and we’ve enjoyed as many freezing morning drives to work that you have. While there are things to appreciate abou…Read More

  2. How People Stayed Warm Before Heaters

    With the cold season closing in on us here in Nebraska, it’s time to take inventory of our heating systems. It’s important to make sure your furnace is in functioning order, otherwise you may just turn into a popsicle during the night. In this part of the season, we get countless calls for furna…Read More

  3. Give the Gift of Heating This Christmas

    As the Christmas holiday approaches, many people find themselves at a loss of what to get their friends and family for Christmas. However, many people who are well into adulthood experience some degree of Christmas fatigue — at a certain age, there are just so many things in one’s life. How do y…Read More

  4. Cleaning Your Air Conditioner Condenser Unit

    It’s that time of the year again — the time where the sun is finally starting to give us a break, and we start feeling the refreshing cold snap in the air. Autumn is here, and winter is coming, and in this lovely season where it’s neither too cold or too hot, why not take the time to perform s…Read More

  5. How to Prepare Your HVAC System for Fall

    Fall, in many regions, is a weird transitional phase between the more extreme seasons where you get a little bit of everything. This is certainly true in Omaha and the surrounding regions in Nebraska, where we still have hot days in autumn, while feeling the cold chill in the air grow ever stronger.…Read More

  6. Keeping Your Pets Cool in the Summer Heat

    In the many blogs we’ve written, our main focus has been on how to maintain your air conditioning and HVAC systems to keep your home appropriately warm or cool for the people living inside. However, in many US homes, people aren’t the only residents. Pets, whether they be cats, dogs, or lizards,…Read More

  7. Life Before Air Conditioning – How People Stayed Cool

    In Nebraska, we, fortunately, are blessed with summer weather that doesn’t want to make us curl up and die. The heat, even though it can get extreme, is more manageable than it is in certain other states. While we pay for that with a cold winter, it’s nice knowing that it’s not necessarily the…Read More

  8. How to Keep Yourself Cool With a Broken Air Conditioner

    At Powerhouse Heating and Air Conditioning, we are emphatic about the need for preventative maintenance on your air conditioning system. There are plenty of reasons why a broken air conditioner is a recipe for discomfort and happiness, from mild annoyance to legitimate danger. That’s why we work t…Read More

  9. How to Save Money on Your Air Conditioning Bill

    Summer is practically here, and with it, the promise that your house is going to be nice and toasty if you’re not doing anything about it. For most people, that means it’s time to crank up the AC. Unfortunately, the prospect of expensive cooling bills is all too real, which deters a lot of peopl…Read More

  10. How to Prepare Your Air Conditioner for the Blair Summer

    In Blair, Nebraska, we fortunately don’t have to worry about blistering summers as much as some other states do. While it sure can get hot here, we don’t have to worry with the heat wave that folks down in Arizona or Texas have to deal with each year. Nonetheless, it does get hot enough to where…Read More