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December 20, 2013

A year ago my HVAC/Oil Dealer installed an Energy Kinetics System 200 furnace in my home.  At the time, the Dealer had one factory trained System 2000 employee.  The other employees…

December 17, 2013

  For the purpose of property taxes, the square footage of a building is calculated from its external footprint. (At least it is in Canada anyway.) The architect of the…

December 15, 2013

 Is it possible to convert central airconditioning unit to central heat pump and air conditioning and if yes how do you do it? Thank you

December 14, 2013

Due to mis-installation of my DIY mini-split, one of my connections failed (due to my own negligence) and the 1/4" tubing blew out just a few seconds after I was…

December 12, 2013

I read Martin Holladay's article in the January 2014 FHB on proper insulation of skylight shafts with great interest.   I have a master bath that has a pair of Velux…

December 11, 2013

I am insulating behind a knee wall in my cape cod house in the north east. the wall has existing R19 Batts with the faced side facing the interior wall.…

December 8, 2013

My 20 year old Weil-McLain oil furnace developed a leak in the top of the water tank and can't be repaired.  So I need a new steam oil furnace.  I…

December 7, 2013

Hi folks.  I am new to this forum and probably am bringing up an old topic so forgive the redundancy...I am looking for advice on a problem with a newly…

December 6, 2013

I have an office building that has hydronic baseboard along the exterior walls. We just installed a high efficiency gas boiler, and have a problem with one of the zones.…

December 6, 2013

I'm planning to retrofit a mini-split heat pump in a 1,200 square foot house that currently has very inefficient baseboard heaters. To improve eventual resale value, I want to conceal…