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!
Best 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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?
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 …
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. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …