The Choice Mechanical team has put together helpful articles, guides and resources for business owners facing commercial HVAC challenges. If you have questions, need an estimate or are facing an emergency situtation, please do not hesistate to contact us.
A leaking boiler tube is the end of a failure process, not the beginning. Plugging or replacing the damaged tube may return a boiler to service, but it does not explain whether scale, oxygen corrosion, poor combustion, low water, erosion, or thermal stress will damage...
Yes, many older commercial buildings can be retrofitted with heat pumps. The harder question is whether a particular building can be converted without creating new electrical, comfort, ventilation, or peak-heating problems. A commercial heat pump retrofit is not a...
A server room can be cool at the wall thermostat while equipment at the top of a rack is already receiving overheated air. The room-average temperature may look acceptable, but recirculation, blocked airflow, a failed fan, or loss of cooling capacity can create...
A make-up air unit can be running and still fail its job. The fan may turn while the building remains negative. The burner may fire while discharge air stays too cold. The BAS may show the outdoor-air damper open even though a broken linkage leaves the blades nearly...
The capacity printed on the existing rooftop unit is not the building’s load. It is the size of equipment someone selected—perhaps twenty years ago, before new windows, LED lighting, added ventilation, changed tenants, or a warehouse conversion altered how the...
How to Prevent Building Automation System Alarm Fatigue A building automation system is supposed to help facility teams identify problems quickly. But when the BAS generates hundreds of repetitive, low-priority, or unnecessary notifications, alarms can start having...
When one office is hot and the room next door is cold, the central air handler is not always the culprit. In many commercial buildings, the last device responsible for controlling airflow to each zone is a variable air volume box. If that VAV box cannot measure...
A building can be at the thermostat setpoint and still feel wrong. Paper curls. Metal diffusers sweat. Exterior walls develop damp spots. Employees describe the space as clammy, while a server room reports static-related concerns during winter. These are not...
A facility team may first notice dust streaks near joints. By the time that symptom is obvious, failed seams and joints or another system condition may already be affecting performance behind the scenes. Leaking supply or return ducts waste conditioned air and can...
It usually starts as one odd reading, one uncomfortable zone, or one alarm that clears before anyone reaches the equipment. Excessive resistance in a duct system forces fans and connected equipment to operate outside intended conditions. In an Indianapolis...
Commercial HVAC Short Cycling: Causes, Warning Signs, and How to Prevent Costly Equipment Failures If your commercial HVAC system starts, runs for only a short period, shuts off, and then restarts again minutes later, it may be short cycling. While the equipment is...
Not every summer HVAC problem comes from dirty coils or failing equipment. In many commercial buildings, the real issue is hidden in the controls. A schedule that was never updated, a bad sensor, a thermostat override, or a stuck damper can quietly waste energy for...
