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Heating

Get tips for efficient home heating, including using smart thermostats to reduce home heating costs. Learn about forced air, geothermal, hot water and natural gas heating

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Best Heaters for a Garage: Forced Air, Infrared or Portable?

Find out how to add heat to your garage and extend its use all year long. Garage heating tips for selecting the best garage heater for your particular needs.

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Green Strategies for Heating, Cooling & Comfort

With good planning and attention to basic maintenance, the best home comfort can also be the most efficient. Here’s how to get both!

Read moreGreen Strategies for Heating, Cooling & Comfort
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Green Power: Best Energy Sources for Your Home

Your home’s energy efficiency is influenced by the fuel sources that power everyday living, Find out the best energy sources for optimum energy savings.

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Types of Radiators: Pros and Cons for Best Heating System

Choosing a radiator often seems to be a daunting and complicated task.  With endless choices available in the marketplace and knowing full well this is a decision you’l need to live with, literally for all the winters that lie ahead, you certainly don’t want to make a decision you may later regret.  Which types of …

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Furnace Has Gas Odors

Home is over 160+ years old.  I have had a problem with the furnace from the begining.   I had put in I think 4-5 years I will have to find my papers on it for the date put in.   I have lived in the house 8 years in March.  When I had the furnace put in.  It was …


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Return Air Vent Missing

We purchased a house about 10 years ago and since have found several significant problems. It was inspected as part of the …

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5 Ways To Stop Wasting Money Heating Your House

Learn 5 quick and easy tips that can help with your HVAC maintenance. Heating and air conditioning repair and maintenance will …

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Baseboard Radiator Covers

I recently completed a huge renovation of my kitchen and living room space which included removing a wall, re-arranging the …

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Best Options for Heating a Garage

I recently insulated my garage, and was looking to heat it for two reasons. One to do a few projects and second to heat the …

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Noisy Heat? Try these HVAC Troubleshooting Tips

Even with standard maintenance, HVAC systems can be the sources of occasional mysterious knocking, unbalanced output and other …

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Should You Repair or Replace Your HVAC System?

When it comes to our HVAC systems, most of us prefer to, in the words of the legendary Ron Popeil, “set it and forget it.” …

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Best Heating System: Forced Air vs. Hot Water vs. Electric vs. Solar

There’s a tendency to think that homes are heated by one giant blast of hot air, but in reality, most people don’t have …

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HVAC System Checklist for Safe, Efficient Operation

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, or HVAC, is an essential system to any home. However, it’s also one that needs …

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Before You Fire Up the Heat — Do THIS to Make Sure its Safe!

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, or HVAC, is an essential system to any home. However, it’s also one that needs …

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Heated Floors vs. Radiators: Best Hot Water Heating System for Your Home

Forced-air heat may be the most common form of heating system across much of the nation but it has its drawbacks—allergy …

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HVAC Tune-Ups You Can Totally Do Yourself

When you look at the monthly expenses of running a house, apartment or condo, the cost of heating and cooling is near the top.  …

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The Best Type of Space Heater for Your Apartment

You’ve just moved into an awesome new apartment (yay!) and are feeling pretty good about the fact that you scored a new …

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4 Ways to Get Ready for Heavy Snow

Winter storm preparedness is a topic hard to think about as the weather just starts to chill, or when the first light dusting of …

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Heating Apartments | 10 Easy Ways for Warmth

Find out ten easy improvements to help heat your apartment or other rental property that will make heating your apartment easy …

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3 Home Heating Mistakes That Increase Your Energy Bills

As the days get shorter and temperatures start to sink, most households find their home heating bills starting to run out of …

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5 Heating and Cooling Repair Projects You Should Never Do, and 5 You Can

Today’s homeowners are more empowered than ever before. A few clicks can lead you to an inspiring story of a DIY kitchen …

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Winter Weather Means Soaring Heating Bills: Tips to Cut Heating Costs

Get tips to lower home heating costs.  Find out two improvements can lower heating costs by 20 percent, plus more low cost and …

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Missing Return Vents in Home for Heating and AC

I love your show! I live in “the house that Jack built” – it’s colonial and the entire upstairs has no …

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Key Heating and Cooling System Maintenance for Home Owners

Learn how to keep your HVAC system in good shape for the season. Here's what should be included in a furnace or air conditioning …

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Carrier Cor 7 Thermostat Makes Comfort and Savings Easy

Your HVAC system consumes about 50% of your home’s energy, so saving on your utilities is important. Connecting your HVAC system …

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Home Heating Fuel Options

Learn which home heating fuel options are the best choice for your needs and your budget. There are many home heating fuel …

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Radiant Heating for Your Home

Learn about radiant heating systems, which deliver targeted warmth and comfort underfoot.

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12 Hot Ideas to Lower Your Heating Bills

Great tips for energy-efficient home improvement projects to lower home heating costs this winter.

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Patio Heaters: Cultivate Comfort In Your Outdoor Experience

Patio heaters come in many different forms, including freestanding patio heaters, mounted table top heaters, commercial patio …

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