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How Set-Back Thermostats Work with Your Heating
Learning the best way to control the levels on your thermostat will help you save money on your heating bills. (And, when used with your air conditioner, will provide similar savings.) It’s a common misconception that if you leave your…
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Options for Whole-House Water Treament
Although we’d like to believe that the water that runs from our taps, showerheads, and through our dishwashers and laundry machines is clean, this isn’t often the case: water from the municipal supply can suffer from hardness, acidity, and pollutants.…
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How Hard Water Can Affect Your Drains
Hard water is a problem that crops up commonly in homes. It isn’t the fault of the homeowner: this mineral-heavy water enters a house from the water main connected to the municipal system. The minerals in hard water (mostly magnesium…
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When to Call for Emergency Heating Repair
No winter for the last few years has made it more clear how important it is to have an effective and dependable heating system keeping your home warm. With proper maintenance on your heater, you should have an easy time…
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Who Wrote the First Valentine’s Day Poem?
The celebration of Valentine’s Day is often seen as a modern institution, even if the roots of the holiday go back to Late Antiquity and the figures of St. Valentine of Rome and St. Valentine of Terni. It’s difficult to…
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How High-Efficiency Furnaces Reduce Your Heating Bills
For a gas furnace to receive the U.S. EPA’s ENERGY STAR label for efficiency in Pennsylvania, it must score an AFUE rating (“annual fuel efficiency rating”) of 95% or greater. That means a furnace that wastes a mere 5% of…
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