Sometimes it can seem like the list of things to do around the home only gets longer. The problem can be finding local businesses that provide the services you need as well as the professionalism and level of service that you expect. Whether you’re in need of maintenance services, repairs, or adding a touch of luxury to your home, below are three local businesses who provide the best home services to Northern Virginia.

Climatic Heating and Cooling Inc.

Since 1990, Climatic Heating and Cooling Inc. has been providing air conditioner, heat pump, and furnace installation and maintenance to the entire Northern Virginia region. The technicians of Climatic use their experience and expertise to design and install the perfect heating or cooling system for your home.

In addition to their fast and professional installation services, Climatic also offers 24-hour emergency maintenance services, making sure their customers are never left out in the cold. They supply only from the nation’s top manufacturers, assuring that their clients receive first-rate products to accompany their first-rate service.

Climatic’s engineers and field technicians all receive regular specialty training and are certified to service all makes and models of heating and cooling systems. Northern Virginia air conditioner installations, as well as all other HVAC installations, are performed above industry standards, and are followed by an inspection visit by a team manager.

Learn more about Climatic’s Loudoun & Fauquier heating installation and maintenance services, and get a local NOVA HVAC coupon special of $1200 cash back for a complete system replacement!

Premium Spas and Billiards

Offering the most elegant and luxurious Northern Virginia billiard tables hot tubs and spas, as well as game room furniture and more, Premium Spas and Billiards can make any home into a relaxing retreat from the stresses of daily life.

Activate the jets of a Fairfax Jacuzzi hot tub and feel your problems melt away as you slip into the steaming water. Cleanse and revitalize your body and mind with an in-home sauna. Relax with friends over a game of billiards. Premium Spas and Billiards provides the means for you to enjoy your leisure time as you see fit.

With store outlets in Fredericksburg, Sterling, and Chantilly, Premium Spas and Billiards has positioned themselves to provide fast and professional service to the entire Northern Virginia region. Knowledgeable staff work with customers before purchasing to make sure that they’re receiving exactly what they want and need.

Learn more about the Fairfax steam saunas, hot tubs and billiard tables offered by Premium Spas and Billiards.

Vinyl Lite

Today more than ever, consumers are concerned with the energy efficiency of their homes. Not only can Northern Virginia energy efficient windows save money, they lessen the impact your home has on the environment. That’s why Vinyl Lite Windows of Northern Virginia offers windows treated with the “Triple E Glazing System”, making them 3 times as energy efficient as ordinary windows.

Vinyl Lite also offers a full range of windows, vinyl siding and patio enclosures to Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland. When you don’t need full scale window and vinyl siding installation, Vinyl Lite offers professional and affordable Metro DC glass repair services, making a cracked or broken window as good as new.

In addition to their residential services, Vinyl Lite offers Fairfax commercial window installation, as well as tasteful commercial door installation.

Learn more about Vinyl Lite’s Northern Virginia replacement window installation and maintenance services, right now, as the cold of winter sets in!

We have had a very mild autumn in the Northern Virginia/DC-area, but with nighttime temperatures dropping to below 40 degrees and winter just around the corner, now’s the time to increase your home’s comfort and energy efficiency.

Energy efficient updates are a good investment any time of the year. However, as we approach December 2010, there are more measurable and meaningful reasons for DC-Metro and Northern Virginia homeowners to invest in energy efficient products – including vinyl replacement windows.

Take Advantage Now of the Federal Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Credit, here in Northern Virginia and the DC Metro region.

Come December 31, 2010, the Federal Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Credit will expire. If you purchase energy-efficient products for your home right now, such as replacement vinyl windows, and doors or siding, you may be eligible for a federal tax credit of 30 percent of the cost of the home improvement, up to $1,500.

Leaky windows and doors are the number one culprits driving up your energy bills – especially older wooden and aluminum windows that rust and warp. The solution … custom-fit and professionally installed DC or Northern Virginia vinyl replacement windows that will keep air and heat from leaking out.

When replacing your aluminum or wood windows, keep in mind the experience- level, commitment to quality, and service history of your localthe vinyl- window manufacturer. In the Metro Washington DC area, the Bouchery family, owners of the Vinyl-Lite Window Factory, have been serving the community for more than 60- years. Every window they manufacture is custom built with longevity and energy conservation in mind.

Over the long run, the cost of new vinyl windows will be paid back many times over in energy savings.

As the first snow of winter ices, melts, and re-ices again over the past few days here in Northern Virginia, it’s probably not a good time to realize your windows need to be replaced. It may, however, be a good time to start planning for next year’s home upgrades, to include updgraded vinyl replacement windows, doors, perhaps some siding repairs or a new patio enclosure. As you consider options, perhaps it’s useful to consider what vinyl actually is, and why it’s such a great material for durable, long lasting replacement windows and doors. Following is an explanation of what vinyl really is, brought to you by Vinyl-Lite Northern Virginia windows and doors, makers of the very popular vinyl replacement windows, doors, siding and patio enclosures.

“Vinyl” is actually a chemical polymer (i.e. plastic) called more formally “polyvinyl chloride” or “PVC”. Very durable and strong, over half of all the PVC manufactured worldwide is used in construction, both residential and commercial. It is inexpensive, cheap and easy to produce, and very lightweight. Wood, clay and concrete have all begun to be replaced by PVC in recent years.

In its pure state, PVC is rigid and stiff. It does not gain flexibility or true usefulness until “plasticizers” are added to it, the most common of which are “phthalates” (esters of phthalic acid). PVC is a common plastic with many applications – including vinyl siding, replacement vinyl windows and window frames, accessory structures like garages and patio enclosures, plumbing, clothing, upholstery and even children’s toys and accessories. Remember the “LP” – i.e. the vinyl audio record?

PVC was first discovered in the 19th century on two separate occasions. In 1838 Henri Victor Regnault, and in 1872 Eugen Baumann found a white solid floating in flasks of vinyl chloride that had been left in the sun. However, it was not until the early 20th century that public development of polyvinyl chloride began. Russian chemist Ivan Ostromislensky, in a partnership with Fritz Klatte, a German (both of the German chemical company Griesheim-Elektron) began the application of PVC to commercial products. In 1926, Waldo Semon of B.F. Goodrich came up with a process of giving PVC more flexibility with various additives. This plasticized PVC proved financially successful and became the precursor of the polyvinyl chloride used today.

Some health concerns exist with PVC. If used properly, there is no known threat from the substance. However, the additives and softeners utilized in making the material more flexible can be harmful – though not directly poisonous, it is possible that chemicals could leech out of vinyl products.

To produce PVC, vinyl chloride must be present first as a solution in water. It is then put into a high pressure chamber at 50-70 degrees Celsius (122-158 Fahrenheit). Water is also present to remove and absorb heat. PVC will eventually form in increasingly larger pieces until the process is stopped. It is then removed from the water, dried and forms a white powder. This is now PVC and can be melted and shaped for nearly any purpose.

PVC is synthetic and must be disposed of properly – or recycled. PVC can either be melted down and reshaped, or mechanically crushed and used in its most basic form, for reuse as anything from artificial filler for pillows and bedding, to vinyl windows, doors and outdoor furniture, to packing material. PVC is also able to be incinerated, and it produces no more toxins then burning wood (though pollution control equipment is typically used to control the toxins). When discarded into a controlled landfill, PVC proposes no serious threat to the environment.

Find out more about vinyl products, including vinyl replacement windows, vinyl doors, vinyl patio enclosures and other vinyl home repair products at Vinyl-Lite Northern Virginia Window Factory – providing replacement windows to Northern Virginia, Burke, Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria and other Prince William County customers for over 30 years.