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Fall has arrived, along with all of its cozy, familiar hallmarks. The Coop’s favorites? Beautiful foliage, apple cider, and the promise of Halloween candy and turkey feasts to come, just to name a few. Well, all right. The Coop is big enough to admit it. I love pumpkin spice. Shameful confessions aside, the growing chill in the air reminds me that ice and snow loom on the horizon. As we all know, winter weather is the natural predator of all HVAC systems. Many heating units have fallen prey to January’s icy bite. The good news? Some preventative maintenance can go a [...]

Last night, I was watching my favorite show on TV and saw a “Back to School” commercial featuring children gleefully walking through the front doors of their school on the first day back. The kids are outfitted in long-sleeved shirts, pants, and booties. The cameras pan out, revealing a beautiful autumn landscape of trees in spectacular hues of gold, red, and orange, so welcomed after the blistering temperatures of summer. I could almost smell falling leaves and feel a crisp breeze on my face. Wait a minute, I thought. Who’s kidding whom? It’s still sweltering! In reality, these kids are sporting [...]

If your air conditioner freezes up in the midst of a heat wave, stay cool - and soon your house will be, too. Follow our troubleshooting guide before you call the experts for air conditioner repair in Bucks County and the surrounding areas: Hopefully, our advice helps. But if you need help with your central air conditioning system in Bucks County or anywhere else in our service area, you know who to call.

You’ve heard this story before. Grandma gave little Timmy a tiny Cavalier King Charles puppy for Christmas and the whole family fell in love with the critter, whom they named Buddy. Then, a month or two later, it became evident that Sister Susie was constantly sneezing, her eyes were itchy and watery, and her nose was stuffy. After a visit to an allergist, it was confirmed that Susie is allergic to pet dander. And she’s not alone. The doctor told the family that about 15% of the population is allergic to dogs and cats, and that 30% of people with asthma [...]

Every winter, without fail, a couple dozen customers ask me whether a humidifier is really a necessary component of a heating and cooling system. Many of them wonder aloud if humidifiers are just one of those “nice to have” but ultimately nonessential things. Before I answer their questions, I have my customers answer a few of my own: Do you notice the spacing in between the planks of your hardwood floors getting wider? Has your partner recently started snoring? Has someone in your family had an unexpected bloody nose for no apparent reason? Are your plants getting brown on the tips [...]

Sunlight gently filters into your bedroom as you awake on New Year’s morning. You yawn and stretch, swinging your legs over the side of the bed and onto the floor. Even though it’s thirty degrees outside, your room is nice and toasty thanks to your heater. Just as your toes are warming up, you’re hit with the sinking realization: You haven’t called for your HVAC maintenance! Every year, we call our customers who have preventative maintenance agreements with us to schedule an appointment to tune up their heating and cooling equipment. But sometimes, all the other little things in life just [...]

This year, Cooper Mechanical turned 40 (although we’ll leave it to you to guess how old the Coop is). Our 40th year in business has been a cause for celebration in more ways than one. Throughout the year, our customers and peers alike have honored us with countless reminders that not only have we worked hard to establish a plumbing, heating & cooling company that offers superior heating repair, AC installation, expert plumbing and the like in Bucks County, but we have also become an entrenched member of our community. Most of our customers enlist our help year after year, and [...]

When it gets painfully hot outside--especially in August--I tend to think about all the people who have spent the summer sweating it out because they think it’s impossible to install air conditioning in their homes.  I’ve spoken to many customers who have given up on regulating the temperature in their “hard-to-cool, hard-to-heat” family room, bedroom, office, you name it—and literally stopped using them because the room’s temperature was too uncomfortable.  What a waste of real estate! What’s more, chances are there is a way to give them the comfort they’re looking for at a reasonable price – they’re just not aware [...]