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Indoor Air Quality: Home Ventilation
Indoor Air Quality: Home Ventilation
If too little outdoor air enters a home, pollutants can sometimes accumulate to levels that can pose health and comfort ...
Inspecting Gas Vents
Inspecting Gas Vents
When inspecting a new or potential new home, make sure that any of the gas equipment needing ventilation—heaters, dryers, hot ...
Installation of the Buderus High Efficiency Boiler
Installation of the Buderus High Efficiency Boiler
Bob talks with factory representative Chris Hoff and heating contractor Peter Lydon during the installation of a Buderus ...
Installing a New Gas Furnace
Installing a New Gas Furnace
Bob meets with Alex Alexander to check out the new gas furnace, then takes a trip to the shop to see how Alex uses a ...
Installing an Oil-Fired Boiler For the New Home Addition
Installing an Oil-Fired Boiler For the New Home Addition
Bob meets Jack O'Leary, the plumbing and heating contractor for this remodeling project. They discuss the old heating unit, ...
Insulating Ducts for Efficiency
Insulating Ducts for Efficiency
There's more to efficiency than tuning the furnace. Homeowners must insulate ducts to prevent heat or cool air loss.
Monitor Products
Monitor Products
Steve Easley is joined by Monitor Products - Matthew Connolly to discuss the condensing boiler that will heat the hot water ...
Moving Heat from Room to Room
Moving Heat from Room to Room
There are pros and cons to all heating systems. Issues of air quality, control, flue gas condensation, effective distribution, ...
Multi-Zone HVAC System
Multi-Zone HVAC System
Bob meets with Mark Gallivan from Sears HVAC and Brent Morin from Morin Mechanical Services to review the heating system ...
Oil Consumption
Oil Consumption
Determine the daily oil consumption by dividing the number of days between deliveries to determine the average amount of ...
Oil Delivery
Oil Delivery
Check your delivery ticket to ensure that the amount of gallons delivered was mechanically printed on the ticket.  Many states ...
Replacing HVAC Systems
Replacing HVAC Systems
If your home heating and cooling system is more than 10 years old, consider replacing it. Energy Star labeled central HVAC ...
Reviewing the Wood Burning Boiler Features
Reviewing the Wood Burning Boiler Features
Back at the Cobb Hill co-housing community, Bob meets up with builder Kevin O'Hara who shows Bob the enormous Garn wood ...
Service a Gas Furnace
Service a Gas Furnace
Don't wait until it's cold outside to check your gas furnace. Here's what you can do right now.
Service an Electric Furnace
Service an Electric Furnace
Baby, it's cold INSIDE! Better join the Fix-It Club and figure out what's wrong!
Service an Oil Furnace
Service an Oil Furnace
In many regions of the country, oil is king–especially during the winter heating season. If your heating system uses oil, ...
Sizing Residential Heating and Air Conditioning Systems
Sizing Residential Heating and Air Conditioning Systems
Older space conditioning systems (more than 10 years old) are often unreliable and much less efficient than a modern system. ...
Spacepak
Spacepak
Spacepak's Jay Jones is on location to explain the company's unique central heating and cooling system. It is designed for use ...
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