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soundhoner
in Heating 9 years and 6 months ago
Steam system (single pipe) Balancing Help
Hi, So I’m in my first winter in this new (old) three story house with a very old single pipe system with a relatively recent…
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giansiro
in Heating 9 years and 5 months ago
Heat + Hot Water Cost
Hi everyone! This is my first post 🙂 My husband and I are looking to buy a brownstone or limestone via FHA loan. We’re trying…
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giansiro
in Heating 9 years and 5 months ago
Heat + Hot Water Cost
Hi everyone! This is my first post 🙂 My husband and I are looking to buy a brownstone or limestone via FHA loan. We’re trying…
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soundhoner
in Heating 9 years and 6 months ago
Steam system (single pipe) Balancing Help
Hi, So I’m in my first winter in this new (old) three story house with a very old single pipe system with a relatively recent…
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ldbetta
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
Recommendations for an Oil to Gas Boiler Conversion - 8 Unit Walk Up Building
Hi, I’m looking for someone to do an oil to gas conversion for our 5 story walk-up building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.…
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donnieseals
in Heating 10 years and 2 months ago
Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating System - Recommended Installers
Hi, We are gut renovating a 5 story townhouse and have decided to use hydronic radiant heat throughout. I was wondering if anyone had any…
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randolph
in Heating 9 years and 7 months ago
Tankless Water Heaters
Does anyone have experience with using tankless hot water heaters, like this one, in a residential application? My house has 3 bathrooms, one of which…
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randolph
in Heating 9 years and 7 months ago
Tankless Water Heaters
Does anyone have experience with using tankless hot water heaters, like this one, in a residential application? My house has 3 bathrooms, one of which…
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geekyfemme
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
Baseboard heat in a condo
I live in a condo and my apartment has baseboard heaters. They are ugly and take up a lot of space. Also, one of them…
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geekyfemme
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
Baseboard heat in a condo
I live in a condo and my apartment has baseboard heaters. They are ugly and take up a lot of space. Also, one of them…
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geezee
in Heating 9 years and 11 months ago
Who do i call to clean my heating ducts?
Hard to think about heating now, but we just closed on a house with an old forced air heating system, and our inspector said the…
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huesos
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
Gas Boiler Not Starting: Need Boiler Tech
We found out this weekend that our gas boiler won’t start. Did the obvious things like check the switch, fuse and water level. The thermostat…
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argylerd
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
ESCO for Natural gas
If you are in Brooklyn and buying your natural gas from an ESCO please post the rate you are paying per therm for the supply.…
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argylerd
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
ESCO for Natural gas
If you are in Brooklyn and buying your natural gas from an ESCO please post the rate you are paying per therm for the supply.…
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ldbetta
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
Recommendations for an Oil to Gas Boiler Conversion - 8 Unit Walk Up Building
Hi, I’m looking for someone to do an oil to gas conversion for our 5 story walk-up building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.…
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stickerhappy
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
Steam riser in linen closet- risk of fire?
We have a steam heat riser running up through our linen closet. It’s a small closet so very hard to keep the sheets and blankets…
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stickerhappy
in Heating 9 years and 8 months ago
Steam riser in linen closet- risk of fire?
We have a steam heat riser running up through our linen closet. It’s a small closet so very hard to keep the sheets and blankets…
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Augustiner
in Heating 9 years and 9 months ago
anyone had a hydronic wood-pellet oven installed ?
Although there is a small tax incentive for wood-pellet ovens in NY, it seems they’re not installed at all in Brooklyn. One indicator is that…
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