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November 21, 2011

I curently have a Trianco tankless direct vent boiler. This unit model number (Heatmaker Mark II  HW-M2 130N) is natural gas fired and is rated at 130k btu. The unit…

November 20, 2011

Up front, thanks as always for everyone's input.  I always get thoughtful and creative answers from everyone.

November 20, 2011

I've got a 6" B-type doublewall gas vent running up the outside of the house.  This is the exhasut vent for the new boiler that was just installed.  Pipe is…

November 18, 2011

The gas line comes to our meter at one end of the house, and the owner wants to have a gas burning insert in the fireplace at the other end…

November 9, 2011

I'm looking for advice on insulating the exterior walls of a 18th century filed stone house with 18-20" thick walls which are quite a heat sink. My idea was to…

November 8, 2011

We have a gravity furnace heating our home in San Francisco. I am looking forward to replacing it some day but it wont be this season.  Question: how should the…

November 7, 2011

I'm about to have a mess of additional insulation added to my attic area. There is already some old fiberglass that I intend to leave there. I believe that cellulose…

November 1, 2011

I think that this might be the place for an answer to a question I have.  I'm putting together a spreadsheet to compute the number of BTUs needed for a…

October 28, 2011

Hey everyone,   New here to the forums. We have been working on the attic in our North Jersey house we moved into two years ago. The previous owners had…

October 27, 2011

My attic is insulated with fiberglass batts, but I'd like to install loose-fill cellulose over them. My problem is what to do about the eaves. The house, a late 1950s…