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It seems to be a good time to talk about some things that are confusing about home heating. Most homes in Maine have central heating systems that use oil and are hot-water baseboard systems. Many ...

need to rip out the inefficient copper tube and fin baseboard convectors and replace them with a nice old fashioned cast iron radiator for the ground floor in my 3 story brick townhouse. Right now the ...

As the old saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. The same can be said of residential hydronic systems, which can be designed around numerous types of terminal units, including ...

I have a dilemma for the cold weather. Two available options to heat a ~150 square foot room, and I'm not sure which is the best one to use. Baseboard heater: 6' long, 2000 watts at 240v, i.e., 8.33 ...

Have a look at the rating tables for most finned-tube baseboards sold in North America, and chances are, you’ll see a footnote under the table that reads something like this: “Ratings are based on ...

Q. Approximately 5 years ago I changed the forced air duct work and oil furnace to a natural gas Baxi Luna wall mounted combination boiler system and hot water radiators. For the next several heating ...