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stickerhappy
in Heating and Cooling 11 years and 2 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 11 years and 2 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 11 years and 3 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 11 years and 6 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 8 months 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 13 years and 3 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 12 years and 5 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 9 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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tanner
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 2 months ago
HVAC questions - replace or relocate 5 ton Trane unit? Contractor rec's?
Hi. We have a 14 year old, 5 ton Trane HVAC unit on our roof. It works just fine. Sadly, the intake / condenser grill…
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fortGreene
in Heating and Cooling 11 years and 11 months ago
Heat Pump or Boiler?
I have a 2 family 1920s brick building with 1 forced air gas furnace for the whole building. I can’t afford to install new boilers…
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200line
in Heating and Cooling 13 years and 4 months ago
DIY ductless AC
I stumbled on a page for a DIY Friedrich ductless AC (links never seem to work here, but google Friedrich Breeze). The install seems incredibly…
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anon200
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 1 month ago
Recommendations for hot water maintenance contractor
My co-op hasn’t been regularly servicing its hot water heaters, but seems like it’s time for us to perform regular maintenance like backflushing. Can anyone…
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anon200
in Heating and Cooling 12 years ago
Boiler service contract - worth it?
Our building’s considering getting a service contract for our boiler, since we never have it serviced at all. Obviously a yearly servicing would help, but…
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brooklynerin
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 1 month ago
High velocity air conditioning
Does anyone have experience with high velocity air conditioning? We intend to put AC in our house, and are debating all options. Thank you
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KatKrase
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 2 months ago
Selling a bunch of BEAUTIFUL antique cast iron hot water radiators in Gowanus
Available for sale are 7 beautiful antique cast iron radiators. All are prepared for use with a hot water system. They give amazing amounts of…
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NYGuy7
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 4 months ago
HVAC thermostat question.
So I decided to buy the Nest thermostat and hook it up to my HVAC system. Upon checking the wiring of the old one it…
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lenm
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 5 months ago
Heating/Cooling/Hot Water System from Scratch
hello. just joined the brownstoner, but have been on the site for some time now, the info here is invaluable, thank you very much to…
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neilw
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 5 months ago
Mini-split AC Process Question
Can anyone give me a brief step-by-step breakdown of what’s involved in getting a mini-split system approved for installation in NYC? I understand how they…
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dougj99
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 5 months ago
Big A/C for small window?
Hello. I have 23″ wide windows in my studio, and I currently have one 10,000 BTU Frigidaire. I have a bunch of computers and…
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gwan
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 5 months ago
And with summer, a young homeowner's thoughts turn to AC
Kind of a speculative question: We’re planning on re-doing the facade on our wood-frame townhouse, losing the current siding and re-doing the insulation. Would this…
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