How did this weather affect your properties? Or why does anyone like winter?Besides all the snow that we are getting this year (here in Philly we had 5 snow storms and super low temperatures, 25-year low). I got my fi...

I just purchased a weird two-family house utilities-wise, and would GREATLY appreciate some advice. The house is c. 1910, about 1500 sqft total, both units app. the same size. Note: I had MassSave do an assessment, th...

I'm looking at a multi-unit deal in Delaware County right now where the current owner pays all utilities except in-unit electricity. According to numbers I've received from the listing agent, the annual heating/oil ex...

I just made an offer on a house with a thirty year old furnace as a turnkey hold and rent. Hot water heater is in a similar state although not quite as old.  Would you go ahead and replace now or wait for it to break?...

I looked at a sixteen unit multi family today. It consists of two buildings. There are a total of three gas boilers for heat. The landlord pays heat and water, but each apartment has it's own electric meter and then t...

Hi all,Working on a project in Central CA and have the option to avoid bringing natural gas on-site if we use heat pumps for water heating and space conditioning. The on-demand units need less space, but require more...

we currently live in an apartment and we had a pipe burst with our aquatherm system. The pipe is in our ceiling and we live on the fifth floor. Our apartment is saying we are liable for damages because we don't use he...

Hello all,I am not very aware of power flushing, that's why I'm here. The boiler in the home that I'm planning to rent is not heating up properly. It is a new one. Last day I noticed that the radiator is not heating u...

I have an up/down duplex in St. Paul, the upper unit's furnace is in the attic, and blows air down through the ceiling.  It's tucked under the corner of the south side of my roof as you can see in the photo.  This is ...

Thought this would be an appropriate question considering half this country is going to be under a deep freeze.Do you leave the central heat on low or do you let some faucets drip water to prevent frozen plumbing?  I ...