When considering whether you should buy a home, heating issues are something you should take a close look at. This is particularly true with rising energy costs. Heating Issues As you inspect potential homes, heating issues should be foremost in your mind. While obvious issues will be apparent, there are less obvious things that need […]
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Do You Know These Swimming Pool Heater Basics
As anyone who’s ever jumped into a frigid pool knows, a swimming pool heater is a handy gadget to have, especially for those cooler days and nights that hit every summer. People living in cooler climates usually like to extend their swimming days past Labor Day, and a heater makes it possible to enjoy that […]
Infrared Heaters
For any manager who wants to install adequate heating throughout an industrial facility, the range of options is almost endless. From powerful roof mounted space heaters through to smaller floor standing devices designed to warm a small area, getting the right heating equipment for your needs can be confusing. The sheer range of different options […]
Infrared Heaters
For any manager who wants to install adequate heating throughout an industrial facility, the range of options is almost endless. From powerful roof mounted space heaters through to smaller floor standing devices designed to warm a small area, getting the right heating equipment for your needs can be confusing. The sheer range of different options […]
Choosing The Right Water Heater For You
From the word itself, it is perfectly understandable that the water heater warms or heats water. We cannot deny the fact that we need hot water. We need it for our coffee and soups. We need hot water for our baths (we don’t want to freeze to death with cold water). We need it to […]
Radiant Floor Heat And Your Home
Throughout the ages, humankind has sought to transform a wide variety of structures into warm, inviting environments where family and friends may comfortably gather. Presently, home owners strive to please the human senses through enticing aromas, coordinating colors, velvety textures, and even relaxing music or sounds of nature. In recent years, a revolutionary appeal to […]
How Solar Thermal Works In Your Home
Given energy concerns these days, most homes are now designed to take advantage of passive solar heating concepts. Solar thermal is a big part of this process. How Thermal Mass Works In Your Home Getting a little free heating can go a long way on your utility bill, particularly over the life of a structure. […]
Taco Pumps Useful Component For Residential Use
Taco is highly used in the business of developing and manufacturing hydraulic based components for use in residential, commercial, industrial and institutional heating and cooling systems. A pump is a device used to move liquids, or slurries. A pump moves liquids or gases from lower pressure to higher pressure, and overcomes this difference in pressure […]
Save Your Money With Tankless Water Heater
A water heater in the home is what heats the water you take a shower with, what you get hot water from to do your laundry and to do your dishes. If you find that, your water heater is on the frits, not making your water as hot as you like, or if your water […]
What Is A Pellet Stove
When you are looking for an alternate way of heating your home, a pellet stove is just the thing for you. Once you have one of these great heating sources in your home, you will never want to go without it. For just a few dollars a day, you can use your stove and benefit […]
Take Control Of Your Home Heating Oil Costs This Winter
Now is not too soon to be thinking about this years home heating oil costs. If your home uses heating or fuel oil as a primary heating energy source, you will no doubt be struggling with the huge increases in costs that are heading your way. Heating oil, like gasoline, are tied very closely together […]
Save With Tankless Water Heaters
Hot water heating accounts for about 20% (or more) of the average North American household’s annual energy costs. With energy prices rising day by day it is becoming important to take a closer look at where the money is going. The average yearly cost for a conventional gas or electric storage hot water heater is […]
Tax Credits Available For New Furnace Buyers
Not letting hot air get lost up the chimney has its rewards. Many homeowners who are replacing their furnaces are choosing high-efficiency models to help combat rising heating costs. High-efficiency furnaces, however, can be more expensive in the short term than their standard-efficiency counterparts. To make the purchase of this and other high-efficiency appliances easier […]
Finding Energy Tax Credits For Homeowners
Homeowners who purchase high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment may benefit from legislation recently signed into law. Last August, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The act includes the home- energy efficiency tax credit, which offers homeowners as much as $300 in tax credits with the purchase of qualified high-efficiency heating, cooling and […]
Energy Conservation Begins At Home
As Americans face rising fuel prices, many are looking for ways to save money and energy in their homes. The pressure to reduce energy consumption and costs is inspiring homeowners to challenge the relevance of old heating and hot water solutions and consider other cost-effective options, such as wall-hung boiler technology. Wall-hung boilers have been […]
Tips On Saving Energy Dollars In Your Home
A typical U.S. family spends more than $1,600 a year on home utility bills, yet making some simple changes around the home can save money and make heating and cooling systems more efficient, according to World Energy Solutions, a publicly traded energy services company based in St. Petersburg, Fla. By evaluating facilities and equipment, World […]
Cut Your Utility Bill
Well, we’re all reeling from our utility bills. So, what can be done to cut energy costs? Obviously, the best way to cut your utility bill is to go with a non-utility company source of energy. Solar power can be used to warm your house, while geothermal can be used to cool and heat the […]
Building Long Term Energy Savings Into Your Home
While new homes are 100 percent more energy efficient today than those built three decades ago, most people are not familiar with how to actually design energy savings into the infrastructure of their home. Here are a few ways to save energy in your home: * Windows and doors: Today’s architecture takes advantage of increased […]
Tips On Saving Dollars On Energy In Your Home
A typical U.S. family spends more than $1,600 a year on home utility bills, yet making some simple changes around the home can save money and make heating and cooling systems more efficient, according to World Energy Solutions, a publicly traded energy services company based in St. Petersburg, Fla. By evaluating facilities and equipment, World […]
Cutting Heating Costs
Proper furnace care and smart purchases can help you reduce the high costs of heating your home. That’s good news considering that energy bills-which are already historically high-are expected to continue to climb. In fact, a recent article in USA Today reported that homeowners on average will see a 25.7 percent increase in heating costs […]