DIY: Get Your AC Ready for Summer’s Hottest Months

DIY: Get Your AC Ready for Summer’s Hottest Months
Getting the air conditioning all prepped and serviced will make the rest of summer easy, enjoyable, and cool. antoniodiaz/Shutterstock
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A warm breeze signals summer—and the time for a quick DIY air conditioning prep and service.

Experiencing the bliss of stepping into a cool room after being out in the sun starts with a clean air conditioning filter. If you changed it out as part of your fall shutdown and haven’t run it since—if you have a separate furnace system for winter months—you’re probably good. However, this is still a good time to check your supply of additional filters, which should be changed out at least every three months, or every two months if you have pets, and the type of filters you’ve been buying.

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