The problem: Replacing an existing gas furnace with a new, more efficient furnace. The apprentice: Allen Charles Edwards (ACE) — First-year mechanic. The technician: N. Arthur Thomas Egan (NATE) — ...
Residential gas-fired equipment is changing and so are the related codes. As efficiencies and energy factors creep up — whether organically or because of regulation — the installation processes and ...
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- After a significant snow like we had on Monday, February 17th, homeowners are strongly encouraged to carefully clear snow from your natural gas meter and furnace vent. Snow ...
Two manufacturers of plastic venting systems are pushing for a national fuel gas code in the United States that requires Underwriters Laboratories Inc. certification for use in some natural gas-fired ...
Natural gas furnaces, by far the most popular way to warm U.S. homes, should be a juicy target for new energy efficiency standards to lower heating bills. But a 10-year federal effort to raise the ...
The concept of the “high-efficiency furnace” in popular consciousness dates back to the 1980s. That’s when the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 required all new furnaces be 78 ...
When I think of our new high-efficiency gas furnace, I picture the Ricola cough drop commercial. You know, the ad with two Swiss mountaineers, one of them blowing an enormous alphorn, while the other ...
We had a new high efficiency gas furnace installed in our house about a year ago. The contractor informed us that the new “code” required that the furnace be vented out the side of the house instead ...