Author: Steve

A self-taught heating repair tech

I have to say, I care about hanging out with the old timers. I believe that more than 2 young people have an attitude about older folks – they say “ok, boomer” plus dismiss everything they have to say! Not me. I love listening to them, there is so much we can learn from the […]

A crisis with our air conditioning

COVID sent our personal finances into a tailspin I still haven’t recovered from. To be fair, before the pandemic I was living paycheck to paycheck, despite the fact that I still had a few hundred bucks saved up for an emergency fund. Once our offices were shut down, I had to scramble to cover our […]

Updating radiators connected to boiler

I am blissful having a boiler as our home’s heating system. A boiler uses water to move heat energy, avoiding a lot of the negatives of a forced air gas furnace. It is a closed system, using the same water separate from bringing in and introducing contaminants into the air. The operation is virtually silent […]

High velocity heating and cooling plan for older home

Because our condo was constructed during the 1690s, it presents some challenges. While we’re blissful with the hardwood floors, big front porch and gorgeous stairway, we’ve had difficulty handling heating and cooling. The ceilings are high, the windows big and there’s no conventional duct system. When we first moved in, we looked into having HVAC […]

High velocity heating plus cooling plan for older home

Because our lake house was constructed while I was in the 1750s, it presents some challenges. While we’re happy with the hardwood floors, pressing front porch plus gorgeous stairway, we’ve had difficulty handling heating plus cooling. The ceilings are high, the windows pressing plus there’s no conventional duct system. When the two of us first […]

Upgrading to a smart temperature control

While I spent a good deal of time researching before I purchased our oil furnace plus a/c, I accepted whatever temperature control the HVAC company chose to install. It was a actually plain plastic model with a button to push to raise or lower temperature. It didn’t include any especially helpful features however it worked […]