Rick C.
Heating Utility: Divide or not divide?
Hello,
I recently acquired a triplex rental property in Philadelphia, PA. The electric is already separated. However, the gas and water are not.
The tenants pay for their own electric usage. The landlor...
Tyler Brown
Splitting gas lines on a 2 family house?
I've got a (legal) 2 family house in Queens. Right now, the electric is split and the tenants pay for their own usage, while I pay for the water and gas for the whole house.All the water bills for 2018 added up to ab...
Meto D.
Different options to heat up pool?
What do you use as alternative options to heat up the pool other than traditional pool heaters. I’m located in Florida Thank you
Nicholas D.
Mini Splits in New England
Hello guys and gals,I am currently in the process of purchasing a 7 unit complex (built in late 1800s). The building consist of 4 studio units and 3 single bedroom units. Each Unit ranges from roughly 500Sf-650SF max....
Khouri Rice
1 furnace (gas heat) in a duplex, best way to get tenants to pay for heat
I have a couple of duplexes (upper and lower in each building) and each duplex has one furnace for both upper and lower units, I am paying the utilities right now, but would really like to have the tenants pay for ...
Henry Ko
Cost of Replacing Boiler heating to HVAC system?
I own a house in Belleville NJ that has a boiler heating. The boiler recently broke and I need to change it, the question is would it be worth it to change the entire system from Radiator/Boiler system to HVAC and how...
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...
Ian Handel
Splitting hot water
Hi, I have a 4 family in southern NH. Two of the units have separate oil furnaces and the tenants pay their own heat and hot water. However, on the other side of the building there is only one oil furnace for two u...
Brendan Stratton
Keeping the Winter out
I’m curious about utility optimization. Particularly to heating. My apartment building is in Maine and is a Buy and Hold/House Hack. It is common practice for landlords in the area to include heating and hot water as...
Timothy W.
Stop frozen pipes in rentals
I can't believe I didn't think of this one before.
If you're in a cold area, do this or have this done:
1. Go into the basement or crawlspace and find 2 pipes. First, find the pipe that is your hot water going o...