Services

When heating and cooling customers across Metro-Atlanta want to optimize their energy efficiency and improve their home health, they turn to B. Tucker Heating & A/C, Inc.

As licensed a HVAC contractor in Georgia, our technicians are authorized to fulfill any manufacture's warranty. In addition to our installation and maintenance services, we are happy to provide you with ways to optimize the environment within your home or workspace environment.

Heating

Heat Pump Repair
Furnace Repair
Dual-Fuel System Repair
New Systems

Due to normal wear, the efficiency rating of a heat-pump or furnace goes down dramatically after about ten years. If your heat-pump or furnace is more than ten years old, you may be losing money by not upgrading to a modern device. All winter long, the comfort of your family depends on the reliability and efficiency of your furnace. B. Tucker proudly installs all major brands.

Annual fuel utilization efficiency

The annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE; pronounced 'A'-'Few') is a thermal efficiency measure of combustion equipment like furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. The AFUE differs from the true 'thermal efficiency' in that it is not a steady-state, peak measure of conversion efficiency, but instead attempts to represent the actual, season-long, average efficiency of that piece of equipment, including the operating transients*.

*Systems and Equipment volume of the ASHRAE Handbook, ASHRAE, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA, 2004

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Cooling

A/C Repairs
New Systems

Your investment in your home’s cooling system can keep your family comfortable, even during the hottest of days. Imagine being without air conditioning on those sweltering summer days! Remember, the higher the SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) rating, the more efficient your system will be. B. Tucker proudly installs all major brands.

US Government SEER Standards

Today, it is rare to see systems rated below SEER 9 in the United States because of aging, existing units are being replaced with new, higher efficiency units. The United States now requires that residential systems manufactured after 2005 have a minimum SEER rating of 13, although window units are exempt from this law so their SEERs are still around 10^*. Substantial energy savings can be obtained from more efficient systems. For example by upgrading from SEER 9 to SEER 13, the power consumption is reduced by 30% (equal to 1 - 9/13). It is claimed that this can result in an energy savings valued at up to US$300 per year depending on the usage rate and the cost of electricity.

With existing units that are still functional and when the time value of money is considered, most often retaining existing units rather than proactively replacing them is the most cost effective. Maintenance should be performed regularly to keep their efficiencies as high as possible.

But when either replacing equipment, or specifying new installations, a variety of SEERs are available. For most applications, the minimum or near-minimum SEER units are most cost effective, but the longer the cooling seasons, the higher the electricity costs, and the longer the purchasers will own the systems, incrementally higher SEER units are justified.

*Minimum SEER ratings required in the US

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