Baseboard heaters offer a powerful, versatile and quiet solution for zoned or supplemental heat. Because they lack moving parts, baseboard heaters require little maintenance and can remain functional ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Baseboard heaters are popular in old and new homes alike, and here’s why: they’re relatively simple to install in retrofit situations and in new construction because there are no bulky ducts to run ...

Up in the loft, general contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O’Connor a new product that makes it easier to mark and cut openings for electrical outlets in wallboard. Then, plumbing and heating ...

This is the time of year when home improvement and hardware stores begin to advertise the season’s super-duper deals on the newest and most modern, thermostatically controlled, ultra energy-efficient, ...

Homes built after 1950 or so are typically heated with either hot air blown through ducts or hot water pumped through baseboard heaters. Older homes often have cast-iron radiators, which produce heat ...

Heating options for a building are so broad that property owners may have a hard time deciding among them They can go with the typical forced-air heating, which is highly common for its efficacy but ...