Are you or the members of your family in your Westfield home finding yourselves sneezing, scratching, using a lot of lip balm? Do you get sudden shocks from just rubbing your feet on the carpet?

Too much humidity can create an internal environment in your Westfield home that harmful bacteria and mold love. In that case, you need a dehumidifier.

But too little humidity is bad too. It can create electrical problems-which can cost you more money on your utility bills. It can also give you and your family members chapped lips, sore throats, increased allergic reactions, and dry or itchy skin. In addition, the lower temperatures of winter can also feel even colder if the air in your Westfield home is too dry.

If you’re experiencing these problems, the solution could be a whole home humidifier, from Weltman!

Our New Jersey customers have found whole house humidifiers to be the best solution for dry air and all the problems that come with it! We can use a hygrometer to measure the relative humidity inside your Westfield home, and then install an affordable home humidifying system that will solve your humidity problems.

So give us at Weltman a call today at 888-429-1163!

Do You Need Work Done on Your Garbage Disposal?

Here are some of the problems you might experience with your Westfield home’s garbage disposal, with a breakdown on the problems you can probably fix, and the ones for which you will need help from an expert plumber.

Important note: if you try to fix your garbage disposal yourself,

Never stick your hand into the unit!

Turn the power supply off!

Jamming. Shut off the power. Use a broom handle to shove the flywheel back and forth, to release the jammed material caught between the blades. Lift out the offending object with tongs. Don’t use your hand (We can’t stress that enough!)! As always, when you try home repairs, you risk doing more damage to your plumbing fixtures and installations. If you can’t unjam it, give our technicians a call.

Leaking, caused by loose screws and damaged or eroded gaskets. In most cases tightening these screws, replacing accessible gaskets or applying a sealant will stop a leak. However, if this doesn’t work, there might be a hole in the unit housing. Call a Weltman technician: The whole unit must be replaced immediately.

Noise: could be from the presence of hard foreign objects, (see “jamming” above”) or loose screws (see “leaking,” above.) Or it could be a broken flywheel or a faulty motor, which requires a new unit and a technician.

The unit will simply not run. Check

• For a jam (see “jamming,” above)
• The power supply: an overloaded surge protector might have been tripped. In which case, all you need do is reset it.
• The switch and the wiring from the switch to the disposal might be faulty.
• If none of the above checks out, a faulty motor, may be the culprit, and you need to replace the unit, and that requires the help of an experienced Weltman technician.

Poor Drainage. If you tried to stuff too much garbage too fast down your disposal, it may have clogged your drainpipe. Use tongs to remove garbage from the mouth of the pipe, and then run cold water on full to clear the clog. If this does not work, you may need a plumber to snake out the drain.  The problem may also be caused by a dull shredder blade, or damaged flywheel, which will require a technician.

If you are struggling with your kitchen garbage disposal call the Northern and Central New Jersey Plumbers to fix it in one visit! Call us today at (888) 429-1163

Heat Pumps Offer More Energy Efficient Heating AND Cooling of Your New Jersey Home.

The Northern New Jersey area may have a temperate climate, but homeowners in Westfield, Maplewood, Berkeley Heights, and Basking Ridge still have utility bills to pay in summer and winter. It’s far less costly to move heat than to produce it. Instead of using up energy to heat your home, a heat pump simply moves heat around. This makes your home’s heating and cooling systems much more energy efficient.

In the summer, a heat pump based air-conditioning system takes the heat from the inside air and expels it to the outside. It passes the inside air through the compressor to cool it.

In the winter, the process is reversed. The pump draws the heat from the air outside, into your home.

You can also get a hybrid heat pump that increases efficiency. A hybrid unit works with a backup system that usually depends on gas as a fuel. The backup system will kick in when the air is too hot or cold for the heat pump to efficiently go it alone.

Give us a call at 888-903-9918 for a consultation on the benefits of a heat pump system for your Northern New Jersey home.

Inspect and Clean those Air Conditioning Ducts Today: Use Coupons and Specials to Save Money!

We have a special bonus offer of $45 of the price that other companies will charge you for any of our services. Right now we offer $100 off the price of a new water heater AND off the price of water and drain piping installation and repair. And our best deal is the $300 discount we are offering right now on a new heating system!

Check back again soon as these specials on our home plumbing repairs, heating installations and air conditioning tune-ups are updated from time to time.

From Westfield, to Maplewood, Berkeley Heights, and Basking Ridge, we are here to serve you and protect your family with expert home repairs in Westfield. So Give Us a Call Today at 888-903-9918.

One of the most important ways to keep your family safe in your modern Westfield home is to make sure your circuit breakers—otherwise known as fuses–are working properly.

When too much electrical current flows through your wiring, circuit breakers will cut off the power until the problem can be fixed. Otherwise, there is a great danger of fire, which could threaten the lives of you and your family. Short of this disaster, power surges could damage the electrical equipment in your Westfield home.

If you’ve just moved into an older home, or you haven’t upgraded your electrical panel (where the circuit breakers are) for several years, it is probably time to get your circuit breakers inspected, and new ones installed. Your circuit breakers may have worn out over the years. In addition, the kind of appliances we use nowadays—computers, washing machines, refrigerators—soak up more electrical juice than decades ago. This may be more electrical current than your electrical panel was designed to handle.

Give us a call today to give your circuit breakers a thorough inspection and upgrade. From Westfield, to Maplewood, Berkeley Heights, and Basking Ridge, we are here to serve you and protect your family. at 888-903-9918.

Your Westfield AC Ducts Will Get Dirty and Wear Out – Get them Inspected and Cleaned!

Your Westfield home has a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and HVAC relies upon air ducts. They transport air from heating and cooling units to locations throughout the home. Ducts also bring fresh air in from outdoors. And they remove stale air from each room.

Over time, these systems build up dust, mold or other contaminants. If you and other members of your Westfield family find yourself sneezing and coughing a lot, this might indicate a serious problem with your air ducts. But it’s not easy for the average Westfield resident to detect it. There are many sections of your cooling system that are not accessible for visual inspection. By having your air ducts professionally inspected and cleaned, you can improve the indoor air quality in your home, and also make your HVAC system more efficient.

To keep your family healthy and the HVAC system in your Westfield home running smoothly, why not call in in our expert inspection team at Weltman’s?

Give us a call today to be sure your ducts are cleaned and inspected, at 888-903-9918.

Do you and your family members find yourselves sneezing and coughing a lot? It might be hay fever—or it may be a far more serious problem with your air conditioning system.There are many sections of your cooling system that are not accessible for visual inspection in your Westfield home. You might actually have mold growing inside your ducts, and this may pose a lethal threat to the health of your family.

Or there may be pollutants and contaminants, or just a clogged up duct that reduces your system’s capacity for efficient cooling. Why not call in our expert inspection team at Weltman’s? Our expert technicians can handle any of your home repairs. But right now is the time to get a jump on spring cleaning! By having a professional evaluate the ducts in your home. Save yourself the coughing, sneezing, irritating mess of clogged ducts when you call Weltman in Westfield, Maplewood, or surrounding New Jersey areas.

Give us a call today to be sure your ducts are clean and unclogged, at 888-903-9918.

When the weather becomes warm in Maplewood, many people begin looking to their air conditioners to help keep them comfortable and refreshed. In the summer when certain days are blazing hot many people want to know how they can get the most out of their air conditioner! First, we always recommend an air conditioner tune-up. Weltman A/C tune-ups bring thorough cooling system evaluations. These tune-ups can prolong the life of your unit and increase its efficiency. But even when that is done there are plenty of other useful tips homeowners can put into effect to save on energy bills.

The second, and most obvious advice we give is to have your filter changed. A regularly changed filter allows your system to exert less energy and save you money. Another great way to save is to turn the temperature up on your air conditioner. Even if you turn it up only when you are not home or perhaps at night, this will conserve energy and still keep you nice and cool.

If your home is warmer your air conditioner has to work harder to keep it cool. One way to help this is by using CFL bulbs, as they produce less heat than their incandescent counterparts. You can also apply window tints to your home’s windows in order to keep out more light and not inhibit your ability to see out of them. Your oven generates plenty of heat, if you try to use it less in the summer your A/C unit won’t need to work to counteract its heat. Another great idea is to make sure your attic is properly insulated. Weltman provides excellent attic and ductwork repairs and installations to our valued Maplewood customers year round. We can help make your home more efficient!

Try some of these helpful tips, and make sure to call Weltman for an A/C tune-up, and you are on your way to a cool summer with more money in your pocket!

Part of our dedication to the residents of Westfield, Maplewood, and Basking Ridge means we like to give you all the information. So we provide a list of extensive services that help us to stay above and beyond other plumbing, heating, cooling, and electric contractors. First and foremost we guarantee your satisfaction! That means if your plumbing repair or furnace tune-up is not fully satisfying to you, then we work until it is fixed! A part of this is up front pricing, and we stick to the price we quote you with.

Another aspect of excellent service is the quality of employees. All of our technicians are fully licensed, bonded and insured! We also conduct thorough background checks to ensure that all our employees are clean cut and professional. Your home deserves the best care, and whether you need a plumber or an electrician in New Jersey we know what quality care means. Even more than reliable plumbing repairs we make sure the work space is clean and orderly when we leave your house. The only reminder you need of the superior service from Weltman is an efficient and long lasting repair, not a messy floor. Let us take care of your home today!

Don’t forget, the key to a reliable furnace or boiler is regular maintenance! We offer our valued Basking Ridge, Summit, and Maplewood customers a refreshing service plan to let you make all the necessary plumbing repairs, furnace installation and boiler tune-ups you might need in this chilly season! Call us up today and schedule an appointment to have your furnace or boiler looked at. And don’t forget to check online to see our discounts and offers for the month at Weltman Home Services.

Weltman Home Services’ team of Long Hill plumbers will fix any plumbing device that you can imagine. No matter how outdated your plumbing fixtures, we have the tools to repair them. Of course, we might recommend replacing your old fixtures with new, energy efficient fixtures, but if that is not something you plan to do, then we will gladly restore functioning to your current plumbing fixtures. At this time of year, many of our residential plumbing customers are facing a whole new world of winter-related plumbing issues. Winter plumbing issues can range from ice dams forming on the overhang of your roof to pipes freezing entirely. In extremely cold weather, your plumbing systems are more vulnerable to ice and water damage.

Long Hill pipe thawing is a plumbing service that could change your life. If your pipes have frozen before, or if they freeze every winter, then you are a great candidate for pipe thawing by a professionally trained Long Hill plumber. Our Long Hill plumbers bring a wealth of experience thawing pipes, clearing drains, cleaning sewers, and installing plumbing fixtures, to every plumbing job they do. When you select the Long Hill plumbing services of a qualified Weltman Home Services representative, you can rest assured that you will receive timely, friendly, and affordable service from a Long Hill plumber or Long Hill plumbing contractor.

For Long Hill pipe thawing and winter plumbing maintenance services, please do not hesitate to call a Long Hill plumber at Weltman Home Services today.

The Maplewood plumbers at Weltman Home Services have your best interest in mind, so while we would love to respond to those tough and often higher-paying plumbing repairs such as trenchless sewer replacement and hot water heater repairs, we would much prefer to see our customers enjoy fully functioning plumbing systems that do not need to be repaired every month. Generally, plumbing repairs will cost residential customers more than plumbing maintenance, which can include drain cleaning, sewer line inspection using video camera pipe inspection tools, or even a sump pump inspection. Weltman Home Services offers comprehensive residential plumbing maintenance services so that our customers can enjoy peace of mind without biting the bullet of costly plumbing repairs.

A Maplewood drain cleaning service visit from a Maplewood plumber at Weltman Home Services is a plumbing maintenance procedure that you will surely not regret. Our drain cleaning package is not only affordable, it is thorough and guarantees free flowing drains for any single drain in your home that features a clean out in order for the plumber to effectively remove drain blockages. When you call Weltman Home Services, feel free to tell us about any recurring drain issues because those might indicate a more complex plumbing issue that would require further maintenance. Whether you are tired of dealing with a shower that drains slowly or a toilet that clogs frequently, a Maplewood drain cleaning visit would be helpful for you.

Affordable plumbing maintenance is a Maplewood plumbing specialty that Weltman Home Services is proud to offer.

Installing a geothermal system will generate a 12 to 18 year payback. By year 15, plan to incur maintenance costs on your geothermal heat pump. For residential heating customers who live in housing developments or in any suburban area where homes are built close together, a geothermal heat pump is not the most cost effective energy efficient heating option.

Geothermal heat pump installation requires a heating specialist to dig several feet into the ground to source heat. The geothermal heat pump pulls warmth out of the ground temperature in winter, and in summer in replaces that heat into the ground rather than keeping it in your home. While a geothermal heat pump is a resource-efficient heating system option, it does require space to setup and it is an investment.

When you contact us, we can help you determine if a geothermal heat pump would actually be your best bet in terms of your heating costs, your usage, your property size, and the desired timeframe for your return on investment. Geothermal heat pump installation is a hefty process that requires ample planning and consideration before embarking upon it.

The Basking Ridge heating experts and Basking Ridge HVAC specialists at Weltman Home Services are professional trained to help you find the most energy efficient and cost effective heating solution for your particular needs. Please do not hesitate to contact Weltman Home Services so that we can help you select the heating system that best serves your energy needs.

Media air filters are usually 4 or 5 inches thick. They have MERV ratings that denote how well they filter the air. 16 is the highest MERV rating, and this degree of filtration is considered hospital-grade filtration. Cheap fiberglass filters that you may find in a hardware store will usually have poor MERV ratings. Paper-plated filters will have around a MERV 6 rating. We sell filters with 8, 11, 13, and 16 MERV ratings, and they vary in price according to MERV.

Media air filters are must-haves for homes with people who have allergies. You only have to change the filter every 6 months, so maintaining your air filter should not be an inconvenience. The media air filter inserts into your ductwork. A Short Hills HVAC specialist can install the media air filter between your furnace and your ductwork, integrating it into your HVAC system. Due to the nature of its installation, a Short Hills indoor air quality technician should not need not much space to install the media air filter.

Improving indoor air quality does not have to be a costly or time-consuming procedure. Simply installing a media air filter in your furnace can effectively clean the air that circulates in your home and attract contaminants and allergens such as animal hair and smoke particles. Take control of your indoor air quality by having a Short Hills home ventilation expert install an air filter in your home today.

Air filter installation is a simple way to improve your indoor air quality. To learn more about which air filter works best with your furnace, please get in touch with a Short Hills HVAC or Short Hills heating specialist today.

When you install UV lighting in your ductwork, they can help to reduce biological factors that may grow in your ductwork. When you combine moisture with darkness, you have a prime environment for molds and spores. The dark, dank environment that is your air duct is a great place for these molds and bacteria to populate and thrive. The UV light counteracts these mold-friendly environmental factors and makes your ducts drier and cleaner.

UV light installation is a Summit lighting installation procedure that our Summit electricians and Summit electrical contractors are proud to provide. The difference between moldy air ducts that push moldy air into your home and clean air ducts that circulate healthy, filtered air is as simple as an ultraviolet light.

UV light installation is a quick process that a Summit electrician or Summit electrical contractor can gladly conduct at a time that works for you. Once the UV lights have been installed in your air duct, they will work to purify the air that runs through your ducts and to reduce the biological factors that compromise air quality.

Once a Summit electrician installs a UV light in your ductwork, the lighting requires very little maintenance. Most UV lights that are intended for installation in an air duct only need to be replaced once a year. Easy installation and maintenance makes UV light installation a smart and simple indoor air quality improvement. To learn more about Summit indoor air quality improvement procedures, please call Weltman Home Services.