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Winterize Your House In Seconds: Flex Seal
The wind is blowing cold this time of year. Flex Seal fills cracks and leaks on almost any surface.
One heating vent makes a different noise than all the others?
I have a forced hot air system. All of my heating vents (except one) make a steady hissing sound during a warming cycle. However, one of them makes a sputtering noise. Is this anything to be concerned with? Perhaps, I need to have an escape valve replaced? They all seem Read more
What is the process to install a geothermal heat exchange system for residential heating and ac?
Our home is in Minnesota and was built in 1907. We heat our house with a gas/forced-air furnace (less than 10-years old) and seek information on how we might retrofit to a geothermal heating and cooling system. How much a pool or coil is needed per sq/ft of heated/cooled interior Read more
How long does it take home heating oil to work?
The heating man just came and I was wondering how long does it take for home heating oil to start burning?! He came like an hour ago, and my house is still cold! We got 100 gallons but no heat is comming up!
How expensive to install central heating in an Amish-built house that has none?
I have my eye on a nice 6 bedroom house in Pennsylvania that was built in 2002 by Amish and has no central heating. Any HVAC cognescenti have an opinion on the cost (and wisdom) of retrofitting it with central heating? One of the central issues is that banks don’t Read more
Central Heating – how would you go about installing it in your home?
Hi. I am just about to make an offer on a house – but it does not have central heating! If my offer is accepted, I’m sure to install some sort of heating to it – radiators & underfloor heating for the bathroom. The house hasn’t been touched for many Read more
How can I redirect heat from a floor heating vent?
I’m building a window seat directly over a floor heating vent. I need to redirect the heat from the floor vent to the front of the window seat but I don’t know what I will need to do it?
What is the best way to heat a house with no central heating?
We rent a house with no central heating and we cannot add any form of permanent heating (i.e. night storage etc). With this in mind what is the best and most cost efficient way to heat it through the winter? We currently use Dimplex freestanding heaters and an oil fired Read more
How can I convert from gas heating to electric?
We use propane for heating, but because of rising gas prices, the heating costs have become outrageous (seriously, we have to borrow money to pay for heating). The home is heated with liquid filled base board heaters. The propane is used to heat a furnace which in turn circulates hot Read more
