Matthew Cooper Insurance Agency

11/20/2023

Our office will be closing at 1pm on Wednesday, November 22 and will reopen at 9am on Monday, November 27

06/28/2023

06/12/2023

We will be closed on Tuesday, June 13 and we will reopen on Wednesday, June 14.

06/06/2023

Our office will be closed on Tuesday, June 26, 2023. We will reopen on Wednesday at 9 am.

05/09/2023

Please note that our office will be closed Wednesday, May 10th thru Friday, May 12th.

02/02/2023

Friday we will experience temperatures and wind chills that home heating systems are not designed for.

Newer homes will struggle to maintain temperature and older homes will NOT maintain temperature. Temperatures WILL drop while the heating system is working at full capacity.

1. Please raise the temperature in your home 2 to 4 degrees above your normal setting.
2. Take all programmable thermostats out of setback mode and set on a permanent HOLD with no overnight set back. For Wi-Fi thermostats, this will need to be done from the settings or the app on your mobile device.
3. If you have a hot air furnace; replace the filter.
4. Keep garage doors closed.
5. Limit opening exterior doors.
6. Make sure air vents and radiators are not blocked or obstructed.
7. If you have a 90%+ efficiency furnace or boiler: You must keep the intake and exhaust clear of ice and snow. During these cold temperatures, ice can build up. A 90%+ furnace and boiler have 2 white PVC pipes; an exhaust pipe and an intake pipe that are generally on the side or back of your home.
8. Refrain from using pellet stoves or supplemental heat forms (mini splits). If you have a water based heating system, the pipes WILL freeze If water isn't moving and there is drafty and/or cold spots.
9. Open cabinets where water lines are located on outside walls.

If the temperature in your home is dropping and your radiators are hot with boiler systems or you have hot air coming out of your vents with furnaces DO NOT PANIC. Please make sure that your heating system continues to operate. Some homes don't have an adequate number of baseboards to supply the needed BTU's to heat the space on these days. Be patient.

If the temperatures do drop in your home, it will not be able to recover until temperatures rise and the windchill diminishes. Our heating systems cannot overcome temperatures -20 to -30. They are sized to operate at 0 degrees outdoors. Put your thermostat on hold, 70⁰ or higher.

To help minimize temperature loss you can boil water, make soup, or stews which help introduce humidity and warmer temperatures into your home. Please check on neighbors and elderly residents during these extreme temperatures. Stay warm and safe this weekend.

The key is to NOT panic with falling temps inside your home. If you have heat coming out of your registers, it is doing all it can.

Stay safe and bring your pets inside!

12/30/2022

We wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year!

12/23/2022

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Wishing you safe travels and a wonderful holiday season!

11/24/2022

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! From all of us here at Cooper Insurance, we wish you and your loved ones a safe, healthy and wonderful holiday that's full of food, family and laughter.

11/11/2022

Thank you to all who have served and to those who are serving!