One of our website visitors, Robert, sent us an e-mail complaining that we never talk about hot water baseboard heating systems (localized radiant heating). “All I ever read about is forced hot air ...

A reader in Owings Mills has a 36-year-old American Standard cast-iron boiler that supplies hot water baseboard heating in his rancher. The boiler appears to be set to add water to the system ...

To achieve peak efficiency and prevent corrosion, steam and hot water boilers in hydronic heating systems require regular maintenance. Neglecting this can lead to increased service calls and a ...

In this column, I will describe the “issue” disclosed through analysis of the trend graph included in my March, 2012 “Commissioning” column. I will also introduce a new system, show its trend graph, ...

Heat from the solar collectors is distributed through a radiant floor heating system using PEX tubing running through aluminium heat spreader plates. A hot water baseboard heating system is another ...

Follow the steps one homeowner took in his Northeast home to switch from heating oil to a heat pump for all-electric home heat. Homeowner Peter Callaway’s shared his experience switching from fuel oil ...

Apart from heating and cooling the house, water heating is one of the biggest energy drains in the average home. But what if you could literally use cold water to create hot water? That’s just what ...

It's estimated 21 per cent of the energy used in the average Australian home is chewed up by heating water, but it doesn't have to be that way. There are a few simple things you can do to cut down on ...