Heating With Pellets in British Columbia: What a Winter Takes
A winter in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland runs long rather than brutal, and that changes how you think about pellets.
Heating With Pellets in Arkansas: What a Winter Takes
A pellet stove in Arkansas is best planned as supplemental heat rather than a full replacement for a furnace.
Heating With Pellets in Arizona: What a Winter Takes
In Phoenix and most of the low desert, a pellet stove barely gets tested by winter.
Heating With Pellets in Alberta: What a Winter Takes
Running a pellet stove in Alberta means planning around a heating season that barely lets up and a home-heating culture built on forced-air furnaces, not…
Heating With Pellets in Alaska: What a Winter Takes
Heating with a pellet stove in Anchorage means feeding it through a season that, by the numbers, never fully lets up.
Heating With Pellets in Alabama: What a Winter Takes
A Huntsville-area winter runs about 2,831 heating degree days, a number that puts North Alabama closer to “supplement” territory than “primary heat…
Adding Radiant Floor Heating to an Existing House
Yes, retrofit radiant floor heating is possible in most existing houses, but which of three installation methods you can use depends on ceiling height…
Controlling a Heated Floor
A radiant floor thermostat can be told to watch three different things: the floor itself, the air in the room, or both at once with the floor acting as a…
Why a Heated Floor Takes Hours to Respond
A radiant floor takes hours to respond because it isn’t heating air directly, it’s heating mass.
Radiant Floor or Radiators?
Radiant floor heating wins on comfort and even warmth; radiators win on speed and flexibility.