I spent most of my childhood in London, where nobody has a/c and central heating consists of either electric storage heaters or radiators. In the US on the other hand, the standard configuration (in ...

The most commonly used heating system in the U.S. residential market is the forced-air furnace (usually gas). In fact, many estimates indicate that more than two-thirds of all American households rely ...

Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their ...

Home energy specialist Michael Lamb says, “The popular belief that a forced-air heating system dries the air in a house is misleading. This condition can occur in any house, regardless of the type of ...

The author’s air-source heat pump resembles an air conditioning unit, and it pictured here alongside one of the heating oil fuel tanks. Photos by Adam D. Bearup The following story covers our recent ...

Anyone with a forced-air heating or cooling system at home can appreciate how some commonly used spaces never seem warm or cold enough, or how seldom-used rooms routinely get warmed or cooled more ...

Q. We are adding a family room and a bedroom to our house. We are considering electric radiant infloor heating. Is it costly to operate and does it work well with carpeting? A. Electric infloor ...

I just finished an interesting book,My House is Killing Me, written by Jeffrey C. May. It is subtitled, The Home Guide for Families with Allergies and Asthma. The book has some intriguing passages — ...