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Garland, TX (PRWEB) October 10, 2014

It would be hard to tolerate a cold, chilly night with a broken heating unit, knowing it could have been prevented. Arctic Comfort Air Conditioning and Heating advises homeowners to be prepared for the chill of winter by scheduling a heating system safety and performance inspection now.

Heating systems should be inspected every fall. These safety and efficiency inspections can identify safety issues, obvious problems and weak or failing components, as well as reduce repairs and malfunctions, insuring the heating system is performing optimally and safely, keeping everyone comfortable all winter long.

Inspections should be completed by a fully-trained technician. For all heating units that includes checking, changing or cleaning the air filter; checking the electrical controls, connections, low- and supply-voltage wiring, insulation of the wiring; blower motor and fan operation; testing the safety shut off response and safety components. Additionally, homes with gas heating units should have the burner operation, heat exchanger, gas valve, air and gas mixture and pilot assembly checked as well as a carbon monoxide test. Homes with electric heat and or heat pumps should have the heat strips tested and the heat pump condenser checked and the condenser coil cleaned if needed. Arctic Comfort provides a few extras in their inspections; they visually inspect the ductwork for leaks and test and change the batteries in carbon monoxide and smoke alarms.

Arctic Comfort Air Conditioning and Heating offers a pre-season winter safety and efficiency inspection at special pricing. Any repairs made during the inspection are provided at a discounted rate and come with their one-year parts and labor warranty, one of the best warranties around.

Now is also the best time to replace heating or air conditioning systems. Most manufacturers have seasonal specials and promotions, while cooler temperatures make attics and homes cooler, providing the ideal installation conditions for installers.

Arctic Comfort Air Conditioning and Heating offers a full line of Trane Air Conditioning and Heating systems, as well as Ameristar Equipment. Arctic Comfort will help homeowners choose a system that is perfectly matched for their home and budget.

Call Arctic Comfort at 972-530-8384 to schedule a safety and efficiency inspection for any heating system or schedule a free estimate if one is ready to replace a heating system or air conditioning system.

Before the first frost, be safe, be prepared and be comfortable.

About the company: Since 1990, Arctic Comfort Air Conditioning and Heating has provided dependable air conditioning installation, air conditioning repair, heating repair, service, equipment and quality products to Garland, Richardson, Plano and surrounding Dallas area homeowners. Whether customers need new air conditioning and heating equipment or repair of existing heating and air conditioning systems, Arctic Comfort Air Conditioning and Heating meets the highest performance standards in the business, from employee training, to customer care. They are fully qualified to repair or service existing air conditioning and heating systems, as well as help select a new comfort system that best fits the customers home and needs. They are a family owned and operated company that believes in caring, reliable service. Customers will have the same tech in their home every time they call to have a repair or service done.

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A Grosse Ile resident is counting her blessings this month knowing that a small fire at her home could have been much worse.

The incident has served as a reminder about fire safety, especially during this time of the year when homeowners are turning their furnaces back on for the colder season.

Fire Marshal Russell Bodrie said that when the resident turned on her furnace for the first time on Oct. 5, it heated up the plywood floor underneath and caught the floor on fire.

The modern-day rule is to place furnaces on cement or stone, but when this house was built many years ago, the hot water boiling system was placed on a wooden floor in a mechanical room.

About 10 or 15 minutes after she turned on the furnace, her house filled with smoke, and she left the house and called 911.

Bodrie said they were able to contain the fire to its room of origin, and that only the plywood under the furnace was damaged. He said they sprayed water on the fire to put it out, although they had to cut the floor to make sure they got it all.

Its common this time of the year for wood to catch fire after homeowners turn on their furnaces for the first time, Bodrie said.

The reason for that is because moisture in wood is what actually causes it to burn. During the winter months when furnaces are constantly running, the wood remains dry throughout the months. Over the summer while the furnace is not in use, the wood has collected just enough humidity to give it the fuel to burn, he said.

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Editors: Please note that The Associated Press welcomes editorial contributions from members for the weekly Editorial Roundup. Three editorials are selected every week. Contributions can be made by email at apsiouxfalls@ap.org.

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Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, Oct. 5, 2014

Paying for sidewalk repair a civic duty

Living in a city brings both benefits, and at times, burdens.

Residents in a municipality typically get faster police and fire service; they have easy access to parks, playgrounds and pools; their streets get maintained (mostly), and their garbage gets picked up.

But on the flip side, they pay more in taxes for those services; they have to follow ordinances on parking, noise, and various codes; they cant fire weapons or shoot off fireworks; and they cant let their properties become unsafe.

City dwellers also have to take care of the sidewalks in front of their properties, even though the walkways are typically owned by the city and reside on municipal land. That means shoveling when it snows, but it also means repairing cracks or replacing walks that have crumbled away to near nothing.

One can debate whether its fair that property owners must pay for those repairs when needed. We think is it fair, since providing safe passage on sidewalks is simply part of the bargain one makes for living in a city.

Rapid City, rightfully so, has targeted numerous local properties for sidewalk repair this fall, noticed either via resident complaint or through city inspection. Like in most South Dakota municipalities, the city gives property owners a chance to hire someone to fix the sidewalks themselves, or they can let the city pay and then reimburse the government later for the work.

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PLANS to fell a mature sycamore tree in a leafy Darlington street have been given the go-ahead, attracting criticism from nearby residents.

Permission has been granted to fell the sycamore tree, which stands in the front garden of a property on Elton Parade, in Darlington, and work is due to begin later this month.

As the tree is located within a conservation area, the homeowner had to notify Darlington Borough Council of their intention to undertake work on the tree and permission was granted on August 6.

The tree is not subject to a tree preservation order the highest protection given to trees by a local authority.

Following an inspection, an arborist said the tree is causing subsidence to the property and boundary wall, which is now in need of repair.

In a report prepared for council officials, he said: I do recommend removal of the tree or pollarding which will slow down root growth and prevent sub-level damage and retrain tree.

The homeowner, who did not wish to be named, said the tree had grown considerably over recent years and had now become a danger to the public.

It has made terrific growth over the last few years. I couldn't see the tree from the back of the house, now it is right over the top," she said.

It is interfering with drains and I have got water coming in down the side of the masonry.

I think it is a danger to the public. I am sorry to see it go myself but it is one of those things you have to do.

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A former firefighter who served 30 years as fire safety officer and has also been a key part in helping Coventrys homeless has been honoured by his home city.

John Clarke, better known as Nobby, was presented with a Good Citizen Award by the Lord Mayor.

Nobby, from Tile Hill, helped open the very first Coventry Winter Night Shelter, under the Hope of Coventry churches banner, after taking on the project co-ordinator role in December.

His efforts and enthusiasm helped make the project, which ran until the end of March, into a huge success.

As part of the project Nobby co-ordinated seven different churches and over 450 volunteers across the city to provide a shelter for around 20 rough sleepers, with a different church providing shelter on each day of the week.

A hot evening meal was provided at each venue by a variety of volunteers, including Sikh and Muslim groups.

Some 90 individual guests were registered over the period that the night shelter ran, with up to 22 staying on any one night.

More than 1,000 bed nights were provided, and 25 people were also supported by the project to access more permanent accommodation.

Nobbys nomination for the Good Citizen said: Nobby has worked with the venues and volunteers to provide an atmosphere of safety, welcome and hospitality ensuring that people connected with people; gradually building confidence and developing trusting relationships.

"Nobby has ensured that lives of vulnerable people have been positively affected through the simple act of generous hospitality shown to them along with genuine love and care.

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Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview offers a first glimpse of the future of its operating system. Our reviewer takes a close look and thinks the upcoming OS could work.

It's been nearly a week since Microsoft announced that it will follow Windows 8.1 with Windows 10 -- and released its Technical Preview so that those interested could take a first look at the new operating system. Since then I've been exploring the new OS, alongside the sparse documentation Microsoft has released.

Much of the under-the-hood kernel level work has been done; the Preview is a tool for Microsoft to understand how to bring its next-generation Windows to its desktop users. That's an important problem for the Windows team to solve before the new OS is released in mid-2015. Some enterprise customers are still moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, so Microsoft needs to put in place an upgrade path from Windows 7 to this new version. It needs, as Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president of operating systems, said in San Francisco, "to feel like going from a Prius to a Tesla" -- without having to learn to drive all over again.

There are actually two versions of the Windows 10 Technical Preview. The Technical Preview that most people are referring to is aimed at individual enthusiast users or SMBs and can be downloaded from the preview.windows.com site. An Enterprise Preview for volume licensing customers is available from the TechNet evaluation center.

(If you're planning on evaluating an entire Windows 10 infrastructure, there are also technical previews for the enterprise-directed Windows Server and the System Center management suite, which can be downloaded at Technet.)

While this review focuses on the Technical Preview, as it's the release that most users will explore, I tried out both releases. There's very little difference between the two at this point, with the Enterprise Preview adding security and networking features on a par with the current Windows 8.1 Enterprise releases.

As test machines, I used a Surface Pro 2 running Windows 8.1 (which I used to examine update scenarios) and a series of Hyper-V virtual machines (which I used to test clean installs). In both cases, I found the installation process quick and easy.

I created USB installation media from Microsoft's ISO downloads. It's a surprisingly forgiving installer: One of my test machines was mistakenly set up with the Technical Preview release rather than Enterprise, and I was able to install Enterprise over the top of Technical Preview without having to reset the test PC between installs.

One thing is clear: This is a first cut at the Windows 10 desktop experience and so naturally it is more than a little rough around the edges. This should be kept in mind.

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