Vijay T.
Chicago Multi-family HVAC Retrofit
Hello,My apologies if this topic is covered elsewhere. If so, feel free to point me to it. We are about to acquire a 10+ unit multi-family residential building in Chicago built c. 1970, and are exploring options for u...
Marc Hauser
Hydronic baseboard vs hot water heating
I have a new three unit rental property, I'm currently in unit 1. Unit 2 and 3's heating units either need to be fixed or upgraded. They are both forced air. There's issues with open vents that could cause co to f...
RR Medempudi
Ductless mini split system
Me and my husband are in the process of rehabbing a 1980 house (1.7 story, 2400 sqft) which doesn’t have a crawl space and no ductwork in the first floor? The HVAC unit is working but the vents in 2 of the upstairs ro...
James Kandasamy
AC cannot cool below 78F
Hi BPers,We have a house that was built in 1984 in Texas. The tenant claims that the AC cannot cool down below 78 F. The outside temperature was around 100 F when they claim this. The AC is running all the time. The A...
Josh Dillingham
No heat in one zone (boiler help)
Hi BP,
I'm having an issue with my boiler and thought I would ask here before calling the repair guy. I have a 5 zone boiler, system 2000. 4 zones are working perfectly, one zone has no heat at all. The thermostat i...
Dave Neeley
base board heater vs furnace heat
I have a property that I have gutted and will be updating electrical and wanted to know if I should go with the cheaper option of baseboard heat or stay with a gas furnace. The property is not in the most desirable lo...
Pat McGinnis
Right Thing to do for tenants when the air conditioning is out
I have a unit where the air conditioning is out and it is extremely hot. Parts required and it will be a week to get fixed. May be a silly question and I'm a new landlord and was wondering what if anything I should do...
Linda M.
Heating with Electric furnace
I need a few answers about an electric furnace. The electric furnace is not adequately heating a condo unit of less than 1000sf. I have had people look at the furnace to see why it does not blow hot air thru the ven...
Jack Moran
Steam Radiator heat? Keep or replace?
Renovating a house for rent, would you keep or replace the steam radiators? If you're replacing them, what would you replace them with?
Ash Gowda
Oil heat pump broken
Large Oil Pump - which supplies Hot water and Hot air is broken. This supplies to multiple units. Looking to see if its worth replacing the entire unit or have
it repurposed where each of the units have its own heati...