Brit Hale
PTAC Heating & Air Units - Your thoughts?
For small BRRRR potential rental, wondering if it is worth the savings to install hotel style heat/air control systems rather than tradtional HVAC. What have your experiences been whether cost, savings, or quality vs ...
Tyrel Ferris
Tenants vs Owner paying for heating oil
We have detached 4 Plex in Alaska. We purchased the beginning of the year. The leases are month to month, and it included heating oil when we bought the property. How can we go about having the tenants pay for their o...
Jennifer Zeller
Duplex - Mixed Water Heater and Heating Systems
Hello! I currently own a Duplex which I have had for almost 2 years now. It has come to my attention that apartment A has a much higher electric and gas bill than apartment B. Unit A also has far less tenants than Uni...
Account Closed
Tenant called 311 but heat not broken
One of our new apt tenants (late 20s, seemed mature, responsible) called 311 out of the blue without reporting a problem with the heat to us. Anyway, after doing a lot of testing with the heaters we figured out that t...
Brittany Edwards chu
Help resolving uneven heat in duplex (NJ)
Hello! My duplex in north jersey is 100yrs old, and it has steam heat/radiators. The gas line isn’t split out, and unfortunately only the first floor tenant has access to the thermostat. The top floors don’t heat unle...
Patrick Goswitz
Central Heat & Air or Window Unit
Hello I have a mobile home. I currently have 2 window units I purchased from Home Depot. I was quoted 12-14k for new central heat and air which included all the duct work. The home is 970 sqft. Should I stick with win...
Vincent Drago
Thoughs on transitioning tenants to electric heating
I am a HVAC technician in new york, and recently came across the NYSERDA clean heat program incentivizing the installation of electric heat pumps. Its a really good program for people looking to install heat pumps in ...
Ken Wang
Silly question about starting oil heating system
Dear All, I have a quick question regarding oil heating system. I bought an old row house in Baltimore city. It has about 12 years old , oil heating system. I never used it before. I have full oil tank. To start, d...
Shawn H.
One time rent discount for heat issues
We recently had a heat pump replaced in one of our units. The new unit should be more efficient. The first full bill after install was $100 higher than the previous month. I can check the usage online through the elec...
Richard Arden
countering an oil heated home to electric
hi. I'm looking in investing in my first home in new london ct. I'm trying to do as much planning as possible and realized a lot of these homes are old and are oil baseboard heated. which I know is very expensive. I w...