For most businesses, HVAC maintenance is typically necessary twice a year: once before you turn on the heat, and another time before using the air conditioning. If you don’t include a maintenance plan in your schedule, you put yourself and your business at risk for broken air conditioners when it’s especially hot outside — potentially resulting […]
Recently Priority Rental, a Herc Rentals Business helped Chicago CRC install portable air conditioners for 11 different Chicago public schools. In total, we installed 124 1-ton air conditioning units within two weeks. All ACs were either ducted with our ceiling tile kits or custom cut from insulation boards to fit their windows so they could […]
There are two ways a spot cooler eliminates heat from an area: air cooled and water cooled. The difference between these two types of units lies in whether air or water flows over the evaporator coil, which is the part of the air conditioner that removes hot air from a building. Air-cooled spot coolers blow […]
When it comes to AC units, industry experts often throw around a lot of words that sound pretty complicated. For example, when someone talks about a “ton” of air conditioning, they aren’t referring to weight. Understanding some AC terms can be helpful when it’s time for you to rent. We break down some of the […]
Before you rent air conditioning units, you’ll want to understand the space you are trying to cool. If you know the total cubic feet of the space, it will be easier for us to help you find the right unit or units for the job. To find out how many tons of AC you need, use […]
The temperatures may still be mild, but now is the time to get in your bids for spring and summer projects. Whether you are bidding on a construction project, planning a big summer event, or preparing a proposal for building maintenance, you need to be thinking about the specifics. No matter the project, the weather […]
“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!” People in the Northeast are accustomed to hearing this during the summer when it tends to get hot and muggy. Those who live in the desert have things a little easier. Since the air is dry, even if the temperatures creep into the 90s, it stays much more […]
Exercise facilities and gyms need functioning temperature control to keep their spaces properly ventilated and gym-goers comfortable. But what happens when your HVAC system fails? That’s where we come in! Our trained technicians provide easy-to-use, plug-in portable AC rentals to help local fitness businesses keep their space at the right temperature in a pinch. Recently, […]
If you have an air pressure imbalance in your warehouse, office, restaurant, or other space, you may notice: Unusually hot or cold rooms Doors open and close when nobody is touching them Whistling noises Drafts of air The two types of imbalances are — you guessed it — positive and negative. To understand this better, […]
Many colleges are gearing up for fall semester with their usual HVAC maintenance tasks and portable AC rentals to keep their buildings at a comfortable temperature for students, faculty and staff this season. Recently, we were called out to a college in Philadelphia that needed several spot cooler units to maintain a steady temperature in […]
