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kdl6769
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 6 months ago
Recommend HVAC Contractor for Park Slope Brownstone?
We are considering a ductless or other central cooling system for at least a couple of floors of our brownstone in Park Slope. I’d love…
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janaeliuk
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 6 months ago
Recommended Split System for Heat
We are doing a very close to gut reno in Crown Heights. 3 levels in a 19×37 townhouse with the bottom floor to be a…
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pfmnyc
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 7 months ago
Maintenance Contract for Forced Air and Mini-Split
Hello dear Brownstoners – Looking for someone to maintain our HVAC system. We recently installed a Fujitsu mini split system on the top (4th) floor…
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stuyheights
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 7 months ago
condensers on the roof - Crane cost estimate and recommendation
Does anyone know what we can expect to pay for a crane to get 3 condensers on the roof and have someone they can recommend…
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jlqnsny
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 8 months ago
Reuse the boiler when converting radiator to baseboard heating
We are going through a gut renovation right now and the ancient steam radiator heating system will be converted hot water baseboard heating system. The…
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zhideng
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 8 months ago
Furnace Pressure Relief Valve dripping
The pressure relief valve on my furnace seems to get a slow leak when the heat is on. It’s very little but over the course…
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samtsegaye
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 8 months ago
UNICO HVAC System
Hello – My wife and I are starting a renovation on a 2 family townhouse we recently purchased. While we will be taking some walls…
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mystiky
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 10 months ago
Replacing External Insulation for HVAC Tubing - Help needed
I have had my current split-air LG HVAC system (2 compressors with 6 air heads total) installed for almost 4 years. As I live in…
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jty2
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 10 months ago
Boiler maintenance
Does anyone have a recommendation for someone to use for maintenance on my radiator/radiant heat system? Also, I want to have new Wifi thermostats installed.…
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deanbh
in Heating and Cooling 11 years and 11 months ago
A/C installer reccomendations?
Hi, Does anyone have an A/c guy they want to recommend? We have a Fujitsu split system with 1 rooftop unit and 3 air handlers.…
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bbhues
in Heating and Cooling 11 years ago
splitting thermostat in a brownstone
We rent two floors in a brownstone. Landlord says all heat in the building is controlled by the same thermostat, and won’t keep our apartment…
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basementbound
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 11 months ago
AC- Small Duct High Velocity Central Air Conditioning
Has anyone had a small duct high velocity central AC system put in their brownstone? Does this system have drawbacks? If so, what are they?…
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aurelien
in Heating and Cooling 11 years ago
115v mini-split wiring
Hi, I bought a 115v Gree 9,000 btu ductless mini-split. The person who did the installation is certified and was recommended by the store who…
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bhabe
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 11 months ago
In search of new steam heat specialist
We moved to a new place this year and the heating system clearly needs to be rebalanced (banging, knocking, the whole lot). In our old…
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zhideng
in Heating and Cooling 11 years ago
Hot water takes a while
I googled a bit and found that if I add a hot water re-circulation pump it would help deliver hot water much quicker. I also…
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stuyheights
in Heating and Cooling 11 years ago
Best free standing hot water heater
What do you plumbing and heating experts think the best free standing hot water heater is? Also what sizing do you find appropriate for a…
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stickerhappy
in Heating and Cooling 11 years ago
Any tips for steam boiler prep for start of heating season?
Just about to get the steam boiler going for the season. Since it’s been off for the past bunch of months, I was wondering if…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Heating and Cooling 11 years ago
Baseboard heating
We are in the middle of a gut renovation of a 2 family and we are converting the heating from steam to hot water. I…
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