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68Cast Iron Radiators
Many old homes were heated with cast iron radiators before the invention of forced air heating systems that many of us know today. Cast iron radiators relied upon the heated water from a boiler that would...
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55Is a Gas Space Heater or Electric Space Heater More Efficient for a Work Space?
This is actually will surprise most people. Gas heat is much more efficient that electric heat for small or large work spaces alike. Electricity costs roughly $.11 per kWhr and natural gas costs roughly $.13...
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77Use Solar Energy to Heat Water
This article can be viewed in full in the May 2008, edition 194 of Fine Homebuilding. "Solar Hot Water" was originally published by Scott Gibson. "A spike in energy prices and short-lived government...
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85Sell Solar Power Into Your Grid and Make Money
A recent New York Times article blasted solar energy systems as making “no economic sense.” The truth: solar photovoltaic systems aren’t cheap but they do payback. Sales of solar photovoltaic systems have been rising up to 50% annually in some states and it’s not just environmental do-gooders who are investing in the renewable energy. For many homeowners, solar energy is about dollars and cents.
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81How To Heat Your Home In A Power Outage With Portable Propane Heaters
A Mr. Heater indoor emergency propane heater. In early 2009 thousands of residents of Kentucky were left without power. Many, in all electric homes had no heat. Here are some ways to be prepared if there is...
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77Rocket Mass Heaters: Efficient Home Heating With Wood
A Rocket Mass Heater is a wood-burning device. Beyond that, it gets weird. Technically neither a woodstove nor a fireplace, the rocket mass heater is related to masonry heaters, rocket stoves, and traditional...
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84Nine Green Home Heating Alternatives to Start Working on for this Winter
September is here which means that summer is over and fall is just around the corner. Although the sun is still shining warmly in most parts of the United States today, the months of needing to heat our homes...
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78Gas Furnace Troubleshooting
If your furnace were a car, every year you would drive it 55,000 miles! That is a lot of miles! When was the last time you has your heating system serviced? Your heating system, just like your car, is a...
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68101 Home Improvement
101 Home Tips for Home Improvement, Home Decor, Home Remodeling and Repair: Here I present Free Advice and Resource for home improvement, remodeling, home repair, decorating, and guide to major purchases of appliances and other home products. Expert DIY (Do it yourself) Tips and Advice for Home Improvement.
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85Carbon Monoxide Detectors - Saving Lives & Embarrassment
It's every parent's worse nightmare...a knock on the front door late on a cold and snowy winter's night. An elderly gentleman answers the door, his wife and two young children behind him, as he looks...
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