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 ...

Hi… looking for info on baseboard heat as I am unfamiliar with it. I rent a parlor floor in a brownstone and it is chilly there. The house has baseboard hot water ...

Hover over main image for caption information. A typical oil fired forced hot water heating system, installed in 1980 was ready for replacement. The original boiler room equipment was removed, which ...

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 ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

It's not glamorous. The principles are simple. It's time-tested and can work virtually anywhere. It could save the United States millions of barrels of oil every year, and it doesn't involve a large ...

Last month I wrote about early steam heating and how experimentation led to discovery, which led to new products or piping techniques. This time I will be writing about the early days of gravity hot ...