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This Pittsburgh Weather It’s Pittsburgh in May! And as always here in Pittsburgh, it just doesn’t seem to be “typical”. For those of you out of town, about a week or so ago, it began to feel like summer! I had a good friend tell me that his wife switched [...]

The Call I just got a call from a long time customer of mine saying that the upper floors in her home were colder than normal. These folks have a radiator system for home heating as it is an older home here in the Pittsburgh area. Radiator systems can sometimes [...]

The Call I got a call from a perspective customer last week saying her furnace was just too loud! She wanted to know what to do to stop the furnace making noise. This problem may appear to be a bit vague in nature. But as I reflected on it, seems [...]

How to install set-back thermostats to save on your heating and cooling costs.  A few weeks ago we covered smart thermostats. Today we will cover the more conventional setback thermostat. Would you like to save money on your heating and cooling monthly bills?  Well, who wouldn’t…! Thermostats control heating and cooling appliances [...]

Hot Water Radiators: How to Bleed Them Hot Water Radiators. "Second winter" is upon us, and we are trying to prepare for the home heating season.  It's about to get pretty chilly here in the 'Burgh. So we thought it was a good idea to talk about what to do when you are not [...]

Smart Thermostat Systems. There is a lot of noise today in the news about the hacking of the “Internet of things”.  And many people immediately think that smart thermostats have to be connected to the Internet. They can and there are many new tools to keep your home secure. This [...]