Insulation and an efficient heating system are the best methods for keeping your home warm this winter. Here's how to keep ...

Tackling these will lower your utility bills, avoid larger and more costly repairs, and make your home's temperature more ...

Use this mainly as a quick gut check, not a precise test. “The two‑minute light test is a good go or no‑go check,” says Kerr, ...

As a rule, temporary HVAC is left up to the imagination of the contractor, and it is usually based on carrying a bare minimum cost to the project. I have even experienced HVAC subcontractors carrying ...

Heat pumps work best when they’re part of a well-prepared home, to be installed when the building envelope is attended to; ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Continuing with the theme of testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB) from my recent columns, this month I would like to suggest that some projects should undertake TAB work first in an existing ...