Found 105 results for the keyword(s) ‘Heating’

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  Where do you put portable heaters for maximum affect.

  What surprises many people is that however big or small a portable heater may be, if it they are rated 1500 watts, they all give off the same heat. A watt is a watt no matter how it is packaged. One thing that is different, is whether they have fans on them or not.As to where to place them, ...
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  Heating systems across the country

  Leon Spurrell from National HVAC Consultants Ltd. in Toronto came onto my TV show to talk about heating systems, and their differences across the country.One important point he made, was that heating, ventilation, filtration and air conditioning all work together as a single system. When the...
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  Poor heat distribution in a house

  Barb from Regina has a house with a slab on grade with the furnace in a closet and the heating ducts running under the concrete and the cold air return high on an inside wall. Some of the ducts don't give her much heat and the floor is often cold.High inside wall heating and return ducts were...
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  Noises in hot water heating pipes

  Ray from Rothesay, N.B. has a rumbling sound in his hot water heating pipes. Servicemen drained them twice, thinking it was air in the pipes, but no improvement.First idea, maybe it is a bad bearing in the circulation pump. You can check that out by putting your ear right to the pump when it ki...
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  Getting heat to a back bedroom

  Anthony in Vancouver BC can't get enough heat into the upper story of the house.  He has already tried playing with the balancing dampers on the furnace ducts to try and force more air to the far reaches of the house.When that fails, just about the only thing you can do is to add a special "in-li...