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samtsegaye
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 2 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 4 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 4 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 5 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 10 years and 7 months 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 5 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 10 years and 6 months 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 6 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 10 years and 6 months 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 10 years and 6 months 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 10 years and 6 months 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 10 years and 7 months 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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brooklynaudiovideo
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 8 months ago
HVAC Humidity Issues
Hi, I have a Fujitsu ductless system installed in a 1920s row house. Downstairs is a 24K BTU unit and our bedroom upstairs has a…
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Reno2011
in Heating and Cooling 10 years and 10 months ago
Recommendations for maintenance contract for HVAC
Any recommendations or warnings re HVAC maintenance providers? We had central air put in to our brownstone about two years ago and it’s required a…
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fortGreene
in Heating and Cooling 11 years and 1 month ago
Plumber suggesting the “Big Iron” boiler... do I need it?
I’ve had an engineer run heating calculations for my 4 story brick building split into two units. The total calculations came back at 30MBH per…
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jneretin
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 7 months ago
Park Slope Local HVAC engineer
Greetings all, I have a neighbor who owns the building next door. They purchased the building a few years ago after the owner at that…
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keal66
in Heating and Cooling 11 years and 10 months ago
Need an Interior Designer
I am looking for an Interior Designer and i just got a quote for 375.00 per Hr. Can anyone tell me the going rate for…
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deanbh
in Heating and Cooling 11 years and 2 months ago
underfloor heating in a bathroom
Did anyone watch “This old house” tonight? Lol I’m getting stick from the wife….they showed how to do radiant floor heating in the bathroom and…
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