It's that time of year again! KOLOCares has begun the 2024 Fan Drive and we are looking for new, in-the-box fans for Carson City seniors in need this summer. Roper's Heating and Air Conditioning has donated more than 450 fans to the Carson City Senior Center in the past five years. This year we hope to have enough fans for every senior in need. Many of our Carson City seniors live in homes in that might not have [...]
Spring is practically here! It’s time to prepare your home for the new season ahead, so we’ve prepared a Spring-Cleaning guide, complete with tips for cleaning your home and preparing your HVAC system for warmer weather after a long winter. Spring Cleaning Take the time to dust, wipe down, and vacuum all the spaces not included in your typical cleaning routine, such as curtains, rugs, ceiling fan blades, blinds, the tops of your cabinets, and baseboards. This gets rid of excess [...]
Heat pumps are an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional HVAC systems. They provide both heating and cooling for year-round comfort. In this blog post, we will discuss how heat pumps work, their advantages and disadvantages, and an option for combining a heat pump and a gas furnace. How Heat Pumps Work During the warmer months, heat pumps operate similarly to air conditioners by removing heat from indoors and transferring it outdoors using an indoor coil, an outdoor unit, and [...]
Whether it’s a hot summer day, a chilly winter night, or anything in between, you should always be able to enjoy a level of comfort in your home. Our ability to customize our home comfort is a privilege, after years of innovation to create the tools we have today. In this article, we will explore the four key components of home comfort, and how the people of the 18th and 19th centuries kept comfortable in their own homes before air conditioning. [...]
After a few stops and starts, it seems that spring is finally here! It’s about that time when you might want to start thinking about switching from using your furnace to the air conditioning system. Spring can be a tricky time because temperatures are fluctuating from warm to cool, and sometimes it gets as cold as the winter temperatures we saw this season! After sitting dormant all winter long, your air conditioning unit may have issues starting back up again. Before [...]
