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6 Common Symptoms of A Cracked Heat Exchanger

The furnace in your house comprises several components that enable the heating of property. Each part is important, and without any of them, the furnace will be less effective or not work at all. One crucial component of every furnace system is the heat exchanger. For the heat from your furnace to reach your indoor space and warm it up, the heat exchanger plays quite a huge role. In fact, it’s the sole component that ensures that heat from the …

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8 Symptoms of A Cracked Heat Exchanger

If you have a cracked heat exchanger, it’s important to know the symptoms and what to do about it. A cracked heat exchanger can cause your furnace or boiler to work harder than necessary, which leads to increased energy costs and even damage to your unit. Even worse, a cracked heat exchanger can be a safety hazard. For instance, if natural gas is leaking from the heat exchanger, it can create a fire or explosion hazard. It can also potentially …

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8 Best Heating Options for Old Houses

Old houses are like a gem to many people. They give you a feel of what the good old days were about, something that you’ll be hard-pressed to find in modern homes. However, while they offer classic charm, you’ll often find several issues when it comes to heating old houses. Their era of heating alternatives and installations are usually very different from what’s available today. But, this doesn’t mean that you can’t have a good heating system for your old, …

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When Should You Use Emergency Heat?

Have you ever wondered what the “EM” mode on your thermostat is? And, have you ever tried to use it? Well, that “EM” on your thermostat denotes Emergency Heat. That’s right! Even your heating system has an emergency option. However, it might not mean what many of us would expect. Firstly, it’s not designed to be switched on every time you want to increase temperature levels in your house. This means that even though it might be freezing outside, emergency …

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How does a heat pump work in winter

How Does a Heat Pump Work In Winter?

When your heat pump is in cooling mode during summer, it absorbs heat from your house and sends it outside, leaving your home fresh and cool. That’s easy enough to understand since it works the same way as an air conditioner. But do heat pumps work in cold weather? The answer is: yes! A heat pump can work to either heat or cool your indoor space. This means it’s an ideal appliance both in cold and warm seasons. Now, the …

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How to Defrost a Heat Pump

How to Defrost a Heat Pump

In plain terms, a heat pump transfers heat from one point to another. In this guide, we will briefly look at how a heat pump works and how frost can affect its efficiency. We will also consider three practical ways of defrosting your heat pump, especially if your heat pump is freezing up in the winter.   We will use the air source heat pump for our illustration.  An air-source heat pump harvests heat from the air outside your house and …

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Heating the Basement

What is the Best Way to Heat a Basement?

Basements are one of the coldest spaces in a home. But while this quality makes a perfect space to retreat to during the hot summer days, it can be noticeably colder (or even unbearable) than other spaces during the winter.  While homeowners may simply endure the cold and shiver through the chill when doing laundry, it makes sense to heat the finished basement to improve the overall comfort of the home. Those who’ve experienced the extreme cold of basements or …

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