With the start of the cold season, it's worth bleeding your radiators. This removes air from the system, making the heating ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he sometimes suffers from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do - the facts that he gathers may or ...

An annual heating system tune-up is essential for keeping your boiler or furnace running efficiently and safely. A well-maintained system heats your home more effectively, uses less energy and lasts ...

If your radiator isn't performing as it once did and feels cold in certain spots, it might need bleeding. According to the experts, bleeding radiators is "essential" for them to "heat up fast and ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he sometimes suffers from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do - the facts that he gathers may or ...

Popular custom sometimes has no basis in fact. The old rule of taking some water out of the boiler did apply to steam heat systems, but definitely does not apply if you have circulating warm water.

Q: Our home is heated by hot water (radiators, not radiant heat). The system is divided into five zones, each with its own thermostat. What causes pipes to "bang" when, as I assume, one of those ...

I have a gas-powered hot water heating system in my 4 story brownstone. Two of my tenants have turned down individual radiators (one because she doesn’t like too much heat in her bedroom and the other ...