Temperatures are dipping into the freezing levels in the Truckee Meadows this week. Have you turned on your heater yet?  When temperatures drop, we tend to see more house fires related to heating. 

It's getting hot, meaning you may be starting to use your air conditioner more. Service technicians say they are receiving more business than usual as the summer heat sets in.

Winter is coming and that brings pipe-bursting...and high heating bills. What you need to do for your home now, before the cold really moves in.

Smoke has covered the Truckee Meadows for weeks, and that means smoke has been leaking into homes for that long as well. "There is some smoke that's going to get in whether it's door crevices or anything like that," Rickey Hayes, Marketing Manager for Sierra Air, says.

Eric Robnett is the owner of Home Energy Experts.  This time of the year, he usually relies on the cold winter weather for many of his calls for service but this month has been much warmer than usual.  

NV Energy says programming your thermostat and avoiding space heaters - are both key to conserving energy.

With a return to cooler air, turning your fire place on is a big temptation right now, but some people in the Reno area may have to wait a bit to do so if they also want to be safe. Chimney sweepers are swamped right now, doing several homes a day. 

With this stormy weather our temperatures are expected to drop into the teens this week putting our homes at risk for frozen pipes. Plumbing professionals say anything under 20 degrees is dangerous territory for exterior or exposed pipes.

With cold weather on the way, people are beginning to use their heaters again.