I got my offer accepted today on a HUD home that was winterized a contractor. We will be seeing record breaking temperatures around the Quad Cities this week and I want to know if HUD normally winterizes boiler/radiat...

I just bought an old (100+ yr old) 6-unit building with a single hot water boiler on a single thermostat.  The heat works fine and the annual utility costs are reasonable, but there is no zoning and no good way to zon...

Hi everyone Happy Independence day (almost)!
I wanted to get your thoughts around heating situation that I am facing for my Basement at my 4Plex multi-unit property.
I recently installed electric base board heaters...

I have an above ground pool, about 12000 gallons. It's my intent to build a wood fired heater for it. I have about 200 hedgeapple trees in my yard, and about 800 other assorted trees so the wood supply is basically ...

I'm in the process of purchasing a 1890 2-story home with basement and double detached garage. The purchase price is 95k and the average value of homes in the neighborhood is at around 145k. I plan to make this my hom...

The house that my wife and I currently live in will be a short term rental within the next few months, however we have one big issue: I can't solve our hot water crisis!
About 6 months ago our water heater worked ver...

More than two months ago my home suffered water and mold damage because of a water leak.My insurance company sent a cleanup crew to begin the remediation process, but they disregarded proper procedures and exposed our...

I am in the process of buying my first property. A duplex with both sides having a wood burning fireplace. I will be living on one side of the duplex and renting out the other, how should I go about with the wood burn...

My tenant called saying the refrigerator is freezing her lunch meat. The refrigerator is only 2 yrs old, and it's a nice unit ( GE Profile). We already walked through the easy things like over crowding and air circul...

Ok so this is where I get a bit lost when talking with sellers: It's like I suddenly get lost when they start telling me about what kind of heating and air they have. I guess I have some of these components confused a...