During winter, a tightly covered air conditioner does not allow air to flow through it. This promotes condensation and causes rust and other deterioration.

If you insist on covering your air conditioner for the winter, try these helpful tips:

• Shut off the breaker to the air conditioning unit. If you accidently turn on the unit while tightly covered, it could damage the compressor.
• Cover only the top of the A/C unit
• Or, cover only one-third of the A/C unit, allowing air flow through the unit
• Put the cover on late in the fall and take it off early in the spring

Contact Laney’s if you have any questions regarding plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical or sewer needs. 701-237-0543

Greetings and welcome to the newest addition to Laney’s website - our blog!

 What are blogs and what purpose do they serve?

I wonder this all of the time and have come to the conclusion that the answer to this question can be varied.  There are many blogs out on the internet today that don’t serve much purpose at all.  Some are ramblings by an egotistical host who just evidently likes to read what they type.  Others are long, complicated dissertations about some subject, resulting in boredom for the reader.

It is my hope that the Laney’s blog is neither. The purpose of our blog is to provide you with important information about the heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical components of your home.  We also want to provide you with any information that will help you as a homeowner to become aware of those things in your home that you need to take care of in order to experience ultimate comfort, maximize efficiencies, and to keep your family safe.  And for fun, we hope to provide some humor for you along the way as well.

So I invite you to check in with our blog as frequently as you wish and if you have an idea about a topic you would like to see us address, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

Thank you.

Kevin Wolf