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I have hot water gas heat in a 1920's house. Most of the original cast iron pipes in the basement are exposed and some of them are absolutely huge (5" diameter). My understanding is that the original system used gravity rather than electric pumps to circulate water through the house so the...

I just received a brochure from my heating company that included information on a "HeatManager" which is guaranteed to reduce fuel use by 10 to 20%. Anyone have experience with one of these? If they are so great, why don't the boiler companies just install these with their boilers in the first...

For two months, I have been trying to find the source of a drain fly infestation in my basement. I finally discovered that there is water in one of the clean-outs of a drain line under the basement cement floor. The flies are clearly breeding from this source (about 10 flew out when I dug out...