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I have a gas wall heater from my old house that had an outdoor tank. My new house has city gas. ?

Question by shovelhead_greg: I have a gas wall heater from my old house that had an outdoor tank. My new house has city gas. ?
Is there any difference? Can i run my old heater as it is?

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Answer by JC R
It’s probably different (propane vs natural gas), so I’d say probably not. Some heaters will run both but they’re not common. Call your gas company – they will tell you for sure.

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Q&A: Is it cheaper to use an electric fireplace or the baseboard heaters in my house?

Question by drew1970: Is it cheaper to use an electric fireplace or the baseboard heaters in my house?

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Answer by Larry E
The base board would be more efficient.

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We have electric baseboard heaters throughout the house, they have power going to them but they don’t heat up.?

Question by jo_otter: We have electric baseboard heaters throughout the house, they have power going to them but they don’t heat up.?

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Answer by John L
In all heaters there should be a thermostat, check that it’s operating and it’s not turned right down, if it is although there is power going to them they won’t heat up,…… good luck.

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FOR SALE 98 ac organic farm 2883 sf house near Washago 1.5hr N of Toronto $550K

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This 98 acre organic farm could be certified organic since it’s been used for organic gardening, raising chickens, turkeys, pheasants, ducks, llamas, emus and goats. It can be used as an equestrian farm, for cattle, poultry, sheep and goats, hay (currently organic hay crop), or even a small production line. 88 acres are used as hay fields. Located on the “Limestone Hill” of Washago with easy access to hwy 11. Only 1.5 hours north of Toronto, 30 min from Barrie. Local schools, amenities, shopping malls, recreation centre, golf courses, skiing and hunting grounds are close by. Black River with great swimming is only 1.5 km away. Bring your boat to Lake Couchiching and the Trent-Severn Waterway. Trans-Canada Hiking Trail is within walking distance. Ganaraska Hiking Trail is short drive away. Extensively renovated farmhouse (non-smoking home), 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2883 sf of living space. Home inspection report is available. Modern, low-e, double-hung windows for easy cleaning. Living room windows have triple glass and cranks. Excellent drinking water from 2 drilled wells. Kitchen wood stove and pellet stove in the living room have been recently certified. 200 amps electric service and a generator back up. Each building has it’s own electric panel. The house can be heated by 3 sources: highly efficiency wood pellet 40 000 BTU stove set into a granite stone fireplace, electric baseboard heaters with individual thermostats and modern air-tight Elmira Heartland wood-stove …
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I live in a house built in 1955. I need to replace the coils in the wall heaters for two baths. Any help?

Question by Tim K: I live in a house built in 1955. I need to replace the coils in the wall heaters for two baths. Any help?

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Answer by Aaron W
Drain the water heater. Shut off the electricity to the water heater. Most have panels, unscrew the panels and depending on the model pull the heating coils out according to directions on the panel. Replace coils via the same method. Put the panels back on and turn electic back on.

It’s not difficult for a DIY project.

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Can Electric meters on a apt or house differ in how they operate, calculate KWh ?

Question by blah: Can Electric meters on a apt or house differ in how they operate, calculate KWh ?
I live in a house with 4 apt’s. All three of us have a landis model electric meters running out electricity, but the one aprt at top, best apt here has (GE meter model electric meter)?

I notice she dont; compain about high bills only all three of us.
-3 same meters, landis brand and one GE meter brand ?

The other apartment has had a replacement meter, brand new one. hasn’t changed the PUC consumption one bit ??

Is our 3 meters ridged, or tampered by utility company before brought in ? we all have baseboard heaters, I guess they can blame our usuage on that ? Could i have a junction point spliced with top floor, using my bill ?

any suggestion on this ?

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Answer by hometech02
the meters are tested befor they are installed. i dont think the chances are very high of you have a bad meter. either she isnt using much electric heat or she could be tied into others.. ive seen that alot over the years. only way to find out is to have access to her apt, turn your main off and see if anything goes out.. or turn her main off and see if anything is still on

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What’s the best heating system to install in this house?

Question by whitewolfe: What’s the best heating system to install in this house?
We are considering purchasing a home that has no conventional heating system and no basement. It was originally a hunter’s cabin that was added onto over the years. It’s a very interesting home with lots of great features and a LOT of land, but it basically has no heating system and no basement in which to install a furnace. This home is in Massachusetts.

The previous owners used only a wood burning stove and space heaters. I don’t want to rely on the stove, I would prefer conventional heating. What kinds of heating systems could be installed without spending megabucks?

I think electric baseboard would be the easiest, but I hear it’s not a great choice for cold climates. I’ve also heard about radiant floor heat, and found a company online that says it will only cost .50 square foot to install (the home is no more than 1500) and that seems pretty cheap, and from what I can understand, it’s more efficient? But doesn’t the floor have to be ripped up?

What would be best?
Well, it has absolutely nothing underneath the house, but it does have a decent, clean crawl space in between the 1st and 2nd floors, if that is what you mean. A system can be installed in there? There is no attic. Interesting thoughts about the radiant heat, I didn’t realize that they were water pipes.

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Answer by shaula359
I think radiant floor heating would work well in a place like that, but it would mean having to redo pretty much every floor in the house. It is, however, quite efficient. I think the cost return would be good as well and add value to the place should you decide to resell later.

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Can Electric meters on a apt or house differ in how they operate, calculate KWh ?

Question by blah: Can Electric meters on a apt or house differ in how they operate, calculate KWh ?
I live in a house with 4 apt’s. All three of us have a landis model electric meters running out electricity, but the one aprt at top, best apt here has (GE meter model electric meter)?

I notice she dont; compain about high bills only all three of us.
-3 same meters, landis brand and one GE meter brand ?

The other apartment has had a replacement meter, brand new one. hasn’t changed the PUC consumption one bit ??

Is our 3 meters ridged, or tampered by utility company before brought in ? we all have baseboard heaters, I guess they can blame our usuage on that ? Could i have a junction point spliced with top floor, using my bill ?

any suggestion on this ?

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Answer by redd headd
You can have the meters checked by your electric utility. they might find some differences, Maybe she just doesn’t use as much electricity as you do?

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How efficient are radiators for heating a house?

Question by Nessus: How efficient are radiators for heating a house?
My wife and I are in the process of shopping for our first house. We found one that is almost perfect for us, but I’m a little worried about the furnace. It’s pretty old, but looks very well maintained. The type of heat is listed as “hydronic” which means the furnace supplies the multiple radiators around the house. I have no experience with this type of furnace. Any information about them would be appreciated.

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Answer by sensible_man
Normally, hydronic systems have a boiler that heats water or produces steam. Hot water or steam will then flow through the piping and radiators to heat the house. I feel these are the absolute best type heating systems because they don’t kick on and off with blasts of air. They make everything in the house the same temperature. This is easier on wood furnishings. They don’t expand and contract. The downside is that you need a different (seperate) system for air conditioning.

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Heating The House With A Beautiful Wall Mounted Electric Heater

Heating The House With A Beautiful Wall Mounted Electric Heater

There are many ways to heat one’s home. Some of the options for heating a home are temporary options, while others are more permanent. Of the more permanent options, a wall mounted electric heater is one of the most efficient options, not to mention being a very attractive option as well. There are a number of reasons why a wall mounted heater unit is the best choice.
Reason 1 – Efficiency
Electric heaters have come a long way in the past few years in terms of efficiently providing heat within a room. There are various methods that use electricity to heat a home and all of them provide heat to a room in an energy efficient manner. Simply using room heaters over whole-house heat can be more efficient in some instances. In most cases, it makes little sense to heat a bedroom or home office all day when the home occupants are at work and it makes even less sense to keep a room dedicated to storage or occasional use, warm all the time, when that

in my house i have baseboard heaters that use water and i think it is leaking ???

Question by mike k: in my house i have baseboard heaters that use water and i think it is leaking ???
in my house i have baseboard heaters that use hot water. Now i had rotoruter down to inspect why my carpet is all wet and he said it was that a tree root got into my sewar line and that it is backing up. he put ” blade 3 down and hit roots at 20-30 ft and 65-75 ft after i tore out my carpet and cleaned it all up i noticed that under my heater water kept on pooling about three hours later i have to wipe up the water every hour or so and it is enough to soak two towels. i just want to know what should i do. is it the heater? was it the sewar back up?? or could it be the foundation?? if it is the heater can i turn the water off to that heater ? please any help would do thank you and sorry for the long msg.

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Answer by sunny_day_grl
My baseboards have little black caps that screw off, and if one is loose, it will leak. Give it a try

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