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What is the best way to add a vent over this door?
Common HVAC grilles are routinely installed directly to framing (or even drywall, with hollow wall anchors). Cold air returns are traditionally just framing voids. This situation is really no ...
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How can I heat up my apartment more efficiently?
Add insulation:
start adding heavy curtains to the windows on the north side of the building,
then insulate the ceiling of the top floor (under the roof), if you have enough height, consider a ...
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What keeps rain out of a Vertical PVC Concentric Vent?
There is no rain cap with this type of vent termination. "Why not?" you may ask?
The exhaust piping from a condensing appliance is designed to carry liquid. The appliance category is named &...
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Steps to install a natural gas ceiling garage heater
The instruction manual includes most of the details you'll need. It is quite a bit involved, particularly if you do not already have a vented gas appliance in that location. As I see it, basically:
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Is it more efficient to boil water in a pot on the electric stove than in an electric kettle?
Kettle is more efficient to heat water. Stove you have waste heat going not into the water - kettle it's all going into the water, particularly if you choose an insulated exterior type kettle, rather ...
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Will three baseboard heaters overload my wiring or thermostat?
Yes, 3 1500W heaters will overload both your 3500W thermostat and your 20A 240V circuit.
You either need an additional double pole circuit and a second thermostat, or a 30A breaker and 10 gauge (...
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What is the best way to add a vent over this door?
Don't. Buy a same-size and same handedness door with the vent built in. Remount the hinges and you are done.
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How do I turn off my radiator without a knob?
I tried turning the bit that sticks out with plyers, but I can't get it to budge.
Turning that shaft is probably what the knob used to do, and its being seized up is probably why the knob is missing ...
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How to wire ecobee thermostat to central heat pump (two wires only)
You'll need to pull a new cable
Your old wired controller communicated with the indoor unit over a proprietary two-wire interface. As a result, you'll need to completely redo the wiring in order to ...
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Is it OK to replace only one baseboard thermostat?
Go for it. One of my friends has had to replace one of their baseboard thermostats twice while the other two are the original 1980s units. Unless this is a very weird system, there's no connection ...
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Central heating loop not getting hot
This is not the answer people would want, but it is what happened.
After replacing the mixing valve, and experiencing the same behaviour, I looked for another option.
When running nearly, but not ...
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Do I need insulation under electric floor heating in appartment bathroom?
just have insulation directly under your heated mat , over concrete so that the heat is spread out evenly. regardless of heat loss , just more comfortable not to be able to feel hot and cold spots ...
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