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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!

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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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Rheem’s Econet Helps You Lower Your Utility Bills

Now there's a way to manage up to 65% of your home's energy consumption, reducing your monthly utility bills. Rheem's EcoNet …

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6 Free Ways to Cut Home Heating Costs

Heating costs usually take a big chuck out of household budgets each winter. But there are a few things you can to actually …

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An Energy-Efficient Water Heater Can Save Major Cash

Replacing your water heater can provide long-term value in the form of money and energy savings. By simply switching to a new …

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Heat Pump vs. Gas Furnace

I'm considering having a heat pump installed in a house I'm closing on next week.  The house is located in western …

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Renters, Keep out the Cold This Winter

 If you think you can skip winterizing your house or apartment just because you rent, think again. Your rental can have just as …

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Removing Calcium Deposits From My Water Heater

I have extremely hard water, so every year or two I take time to remove the bottom element on my water heater and suck out the …

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What’s the Cause of Spotty Radiant Heat?

Hi!  I am a new member and cant tear myself away from your website and show.  I purchased my first home last year in upstate New …

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Relieve Allergies and Energy Bills with Filtrete’s Ultra Allergen Filter

Filtrete Healthy Living Ultra Allergen Filter MPR 1500 not only reduces up to 90% of the usual suspects (allergens, dust, …

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Uneven Heating and Cooling Throughout House – What’s the Cause?

I have a brick three-bedroom rancher built in 1974. We blew insulation into the attic when we moved in, and last year installed …

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Breathe Easier with the Filtrete Micro Allergen Reduction Filter

The Filtrete Micro Allergen Reduction Filter is designed to help bring some relief to allergy sufferers. It cleans indoor air …

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Adding Hydronic Radiant Under Subfloor Heat to a Manufactured Home

What type and how would I install Hyponic heat under the subfloor of my mobilehome (which is in no way mobile anymore).  I live …

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Hear Water in My Walls when Heat Kicks In?

I had my gas furnace cleaned and inspected, but now hear loud water streaming in my walls when the heat kicks in?

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Home Heating with Cast Iron Radiators

I have an old farm house. It has low ceilings and old fashioned hot water radiators. I've installed decent gas furnaces and …

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What’s the Best Way to Convert from Oil to Gas Heat?

Help!  I have a two-family home with an oil-fired furnace that heats and provides hot water to the apartment on the 2nd floor. …

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Should Crawl Spaces be Heated?

I have a small house, no basement, just a crawl space for the furnace, hot water heater, water softener. Would it save me money …

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How to Stop Drafts

I have a 1942 1.5 story Cape Cod style home with forced air. My cold air return vents all run on the exterior walls of my house. …

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Old Furnace: Repair or Replace?

We own a house with an old oil furnace that works . The house was built in the 1960’s by a contractor and has industrial …

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Filtrete Odor Reduction Filter Clears Indoor Air

Once warm weather returns, household odors aren't the only impact on air in the home. As families spend more time outdoors, …

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Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat Controls Comfort

Honeywell's new Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat allows you to customize home comfort while coordinating with home décor. Wi-Fi …

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House Gets Cold From Electric Furnace: Evidence of a Heat Pump?

In our last midwestern home, we had a gas furnace.  In the winter we'd set it at a temperature, it would come on and give …

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Water Takes a Long Time to Get Hot: How to Fix

I had a tankless water heater installed two years ago and noticed that I am using one heck of a lot of water down the drain …

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Heating Season Smarts for Your Wallet and the Environment

Nearly half of annual household energy spending goes toward heating and cooling, and your home's systems are releasing ample …

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Preventing Sound From Traveling Through Heating Ducts

We have a ranch house with forced air heating and cooling.  The master bedroom is across the hall from the nursery, and the …

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Installing a Propane Furnace in My Garage

I have a 90,000 btu furnace that i would like to install in my garage. I live in the city so there’s an ordinance against …

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