Why Your Thermostat Reads the Wrong Temperature
Nine times out of ten, the thermostat is telling the truth. It just isn’t telling the truth about the room you’re sitting in.
Clicking, Ticking and Banging Baseboard Heat
Most baseboard heater noise is the metal inside the unit expanding as it heats and contracting as it cools.
One Room Gets No Air: Working Back from the Register
A weak or dead register almost always traces to one specific point between the grille and the furnace, not a system-wide failure.
Moving or Removing a Baseboard Heater: What It Actually Involves
The cover comes off in minutes and most homeowners can do it themselves. The heater itself is a different matter: an electric baseboard is live wiring at…
Thermostat Not Working: Blank Screen, No Response, No Heat
A blank or unresponsive thermostat almost always traces back to one of two things: no power reaching the unit, or power present but a signal that never…
When Does the Heating Season Start in Texas?
In most of Texas, heating demand doesn’t really show up until November, and it fades by April.
Where to Put a Thermostat, and Where Never to Put One
The best spot for a thermostat is an interior wall, at roughly chest height, in a room the household actually spends time in, away from windows, vents…
Types of Space Heaters, and What Each One Is Good For
Ask which space heater is “best” and you’re asking the wrong question. The real split is mechanical: does the unit warm the air in a room, or does it…
How to Tell If Your Ducts Leak, and What It Is Costing You
Leaky ducts show up as rooms that never quite reach temperature, a system that runs longer than it should, and utility bills that don’t match the weather…
Hydronic Baseboard: The Boiler Loop Along Your Wall
Hydronic baseboard heating is a wall-mounted emitter, not a self-contained heater.