Cold master bedroom
I live in Northwest Indiana where winters can be a bit extreme and the cold wind blows hard. I recently built a two story home (2700sqft.) and I would say it is a...
I live in Northwest Indiana where winters can be a bit extreme and the cold wind blows hard. I recently built a two story home (2700sqft.) and I would say it is a...
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answersI am a first time home buyer about to make an offer on a 1150 Sq. ft. house with no central air/heat and on a slab foundation.Can someone please give me a ballpar...
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answersI would like to put a programmable thermastat in my house which has steam heat. Is there any special kind of thermastat I would need for this? Also, will the pr...
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answersI am considering installing radiant floor heat and a boiler in my home in NY. Is it good enough to use as a sole heat source? Is it energy efficient? I have all c...
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answersi am after years of fixing others homes are about to finaly do my own. I can handle most of the construction. My problem is, are the vent free boilers just as goo...
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answersHi all. I'm new to this forum, but I have a couple questions:I am finishing my basement (approx 1100 sq ft) in my ranch home, and will be adding a gas fireplace ...
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answersI hope someone can help with this. Two weeks ago I purchased a Goodman 2.5 ton split system heat pump. A couple of days ago the temperature dropped to about 20 ...
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answersIs a Heat Pump supposed to run continuously in the winter? It seems to never quite get the temp. up to the setpoint and the fan never shuts off. It seems to do th...
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answersIn the winter - your home loses heat through exposed/uncovered windows. Yet in order to get the air moist to the proper levels to ensure a healthy indoor air qua...
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answersHow good do electric heat pumps work? Are they more efficient than electric baseboard heating. I am too scared to see the bills with my electric baseboards, so i ...
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answersI am moving into a house which uses propane heat. There is a pellet stove in the living room which appears to operate except the auto feeder isn't feeding the pe...
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answersI am coming to the time to install insulation on my basement walls.I've noticed that there is faced and unfaced insulation.If I use faced insulation do I still ne...
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answersI have a radiator in my bedroom which is fairly old. Recently the steam valve which screws in, broke off, leaving the screw part of the valve stuck in the radiato...
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answersMy wife and I just moved into a 3-year old house. It is our first two-story house. In the Family Room, the most functional placement of our entertainment center...
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answersHas anyone used a Hot Water Heater to heat a radiant floor home and supply Hot water for household use? I see an example at radiantec.com, and they say it's the w...
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answersIs the cost of propane worth using to avoid the expense of a chimney for an oil fired system? Also, is it dangerous to use propane considering the potenial for e...
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answersExperiencing intermittent loss of pilot flame for Heil Natural Gas Furnace Model VG-105AE-18. Furnace about 25 years old, have owned it the last 6. The pilot c...
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answersI am considering an oil furnace, and I also would like to have a woodstove. Can one chimney be used for both?
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answersWe have a old house in Pa., the radiators are not very nice to look at, what can they be covered with, any help.
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answersIn a TV show some time ago Bob showed an air conditioner installed in an attic which supplied ceiling vents via flexible metallic foil wrapped ducts from a tubula...
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