5 Reasons To Schedule An Annual AC Tune-Up

Another hot summer is just around the corner, which means your home’s HVAC system will need to transition from keeping you warm inside to keeping you cool. More than just a luxury, maintaining a cool home with good indoor air quality is essential to your health. That’s because your home’s temperature directly impacts the quality […]

Home Plumbing Checklist & Maintenance Tips

Help for homeowners: 5 ways to prevent costly plumbing issues As a homeowner, you probably already know that preventative maintenance for your HVAC system is an important part of your home’s routine care. Servicing your furnace in the fall and your AC unit in the spring just makes good sense. These steps help prevent small […]

Sump Pump Maintenance Tips Every Homeowner Should Know

The accumulation of unwelcome water in your home can be a troublesome and costly issue. This is why the humble sump pump—a behind-the-scenes workhorse appliance—can be a homesaver when you need it most. A sump pump’s purpose is to remove excess water, thereby preventing structural damage, mold growth and/or damage to furniture or stored items […]

6 Signs Your Heating System Needs to Be Repaired

Here’s what your HVAC system is trying to tell you… As a homeowner who doesn’t spend every day diagnosing and repairing heating issues, it can be difficult to know what to do when your heating system isn’t working as it should. HVAC systems are complex and require a multitude of properly functioning components in order […]

Why Are There Hot and Cold Spots in My House?

Here’s What to Know About Maintaining A Consistent, Comfortable Temperature Throughout Your Home Do you feel like you’re changing seasons when you change rooms in your house? Certain areas feel like the tropics, while others have you reaching for gloves and a scarf? Hot and cold spots in a home are common, but they are […]

How to Keep Your Garbage Disposal in Tip-Top Shape

Plus, Our 4 Favorite Features of the Latest Garbage Disposal Models The In-sink garbage disposal is the commonly used, but often overlooked, workhorse of the kitchen. Overlooked, that is, until something goes wrong! Thankfully, garbage disposals don’t require a lot of maintenance, but it’s important to differentiate good habits from bad. While it might seem […]

5 Home Safety Tips and Helpful Reminders For The Holidays

Piling in the car and driving or (flying) to grandma’s house is a no-go this year. Chalk it up — along with hosting a festive holiday bash — to another casualty of the pandemic. For many of us, it’s been a trying year. Here at Sila, we’re grateful for our steadfast, hard-working staff and the […]

What to Know About the Relationship Between Home Humidifiers and Health

For many parts of the U.S., including the mid-Atlantic region, dry air is an unavoidable part of wintertime. As temperatures outside drop and moisture in the air becomes sparse, the impact can be felt in your home, belongings, and health. Do you ever notice that you experience certain health-related symptoms during the wintertime, like a […]

3 Ways to Boost Home Comfort & Efficiency While Working or Learning At Home

In a typical year, the transition to fall and winter signals more time spent indoors at home. But we’re in 2020 and it hasn’t been a normal year. And now many of us are spending much more time at home regardless of the season‐including working remotely or attending school from home in kitchens, basements, or […]

Winterize Your HVAC System to Prepare Your Home For Colder Weather

Winter might feel far off, but when that first snowstorm hits, the last thing you want is to discover an issue with your heating system that you could have addressed sooner. Proper heating system preventive maintenance now can keep minor issues from becoming major fixes down the road. Whether you have a furnace, a heat […]