Rocket stoves are a great item to have on hand. They’re great in a survival situation, or for camping. They can also be a little pricey. You can find them on Amazon for anywhere from $45-$160. So why not make your own for about $5. This rocket stove you are going to be making is [...]

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In-floor heat is easy to install and cheap to operate, and your feet will love it!

Would you install a radiant heating system in your home to save money on heating?

Radiant in-floor heating is a comfortable way to experience heat evenly throughout a home. Interestingly, with radiant surfaces everywhere, air temperature in a house can actually be lower than what you think is comfortable, and you will still feel warm.

Despite all the attention radiant heating has received over the last few years, you still might not regard it as a viable alternative to traditional systems, such as hydronic baseboards or forced-air furnaces. Part of the confusion is that radiant heating shares some similarities with floor warming, a stopgap option for small spaces that tend […]

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Radiant floor heating, popular in new construction, provides comfort, efficiency and doesn’t circulate dust and allergens. It's also a viable retrofit option.

Direct gain systems are most commonly used in passive solar architecture. The roof, walls and floor are insulated to a high level. Solar radiation enters

WMS Underfloor Heating is the UK's leading supplier of underfloor heating systems providing in-floor radiant heat for new, commercial and residential properties

Radiant floor heating is arguably the ideal home heating system. It’s comfortable, efficient, unobtrusive, quiet, and does not blow dust and allergens around the way forced hot air systems do. Instead of overheating the room’s perimeter in the hopes that the warm air will travel throughout the space before rising, subfloor heating serves up heat […]

Water heating costs can account for a large percentage of the energy demands of a home, but this heat exchanger for recovering waste heat from drain pipes may put a dent in that.

Hot water baseboard heating systems are one of the most efficient heating systems. They can have separate heat zones. Each zone has its own thermostat and zone valve. When the thermostat calls for heat, it tells the zone valve to open, allowing hot water to flow through the pipes.

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