Tag Archive | "furnace"

The Mystery of the Heat Pump, Solved!

Monday, January 4, 2010

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Here’s a website of heat pump reviews, detailing everything you always wanted to know about heat pumps (but were afraid to ask!). Seriously, I have learned, over the course of owning this drafty 1855 house for over decade, that it really, really pays to know how your heating system works. We spend a fortune on [...]

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The Furnace Cold Air Return Vents

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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The Furnace Cold Air Return Vents

About this time every year, my blog gets a lot of traffic from people searching for “can I cover my cold air return vents?” Answer: no. I want to address this issue again. If you have a forced air furnace, realize that there is an exchange of air going on with it– cold air to [...]

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Change Your Furnace Filters Regularly

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Change Your Furnace Filters Regularly

We had our first big freeze last night. The house is pretty cold this morning, but I am stubbornly being a miserly scrooge frugal by refusing to turn on the furnace yet. Truth is, I’m late this year in getting ready for winter! My furnace needs a tune up and new filters yet, and I [...]

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Furnace Blowing Cold Air?

Monday, January 5, 2009

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A while ago, I posted about the function of cold air return vents for a forced-air furnace. I have written quite a number of posts about this issue, actually– I became interested in this topic when I decided to re-do some of my old furnace ducting myself, last year. You can read about that here [...]

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About Cold Air Return Vents

Sunday, November 30, 2008

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About this time every year, my blog gets a lot of traffic from people searching for “can I cover my cold air return vents?” Answer: no. I want to address this issue again. If you have a forced air furnace, realize that there is an exchange of air going on with it– cold air to [...]

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Cold Air Return Vents

Monday, December 3, 2007

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This blog gets a lot of hits from people searching Google, questioning whether they should cover their cold air return vents. I just wanted to let you know that it is very unadvisable that you cover these vents. I did for a few years until my Furnace Guy informed me of the details. Your home [...]

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By the Skin of My Teeth

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

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Did you know that the phrase “by the skin of my teeth” comes from the Bible book of Job? Just an interesting fact. I’ve slowed down my renovations to a mere crawl these days. We are just too busy with school and fall/winter preparations right now. It has been…uh, interesting, using the fixtures on electrical [...]

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Duct and Cover

Saturday, September 8, 2007

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AT LAST! I have my furnace ducting finished. It has been a long job– took weeks– but it is complete. It took so long to complete this because the ducts are so integrated with the room (walls and floor). I now have three heat vents and one cold air return. I should actually have another [...]

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Woman of Steel

Saturday, July 21, 2007

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Back when we were thinking of gutting the entire house (we’ve since opted for one room at a time), I got a quote for redoing the entire furnace ducting system: $8,000. JUST for ducts (the furnace is brand new). Yow. I love my furnace repairman, and feed his family well, but I just cannot cough [...]

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