"You will have a lot of cold air coming down the chimney, or hot air going out." ...

We’ve installed a mod/con boiler. The specs say it can be vented directly through the back wall, and in fact this is the preferred method over venting through chimney. But neighbor objects to the ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and various home heating furnace, boiler, and high-temperature plastic vent (HTPV) manufacturers are urging home owners who have not yet responded to the ...

In response to consumer demand for higher efficiency boilers and updated regulations from the U.S. Department of Energy, the conversion from noncondensing to condensing vent systems becomes necessary.

Q. We had a chimney cleaning service inspect our chimney and they suggested that we install an insulated flexible aluminum flue liner in our chimney connected directly to our gas water heater vent.

Most U.S. homes are heated with either furnaces or boilers. Furnaces heat air and distribute the heated air through the house using ducts. Boilers heat water, and provide either hot water or steam for ...

I would like to know the issues with venting an ELECTRIC dryer into an unused chimney shaft. The building’s water heaters / boilers vent through an aluminum shaft inside the chimney. The bathroom fan ...

Residential gas-fired equipment is changing and so are the related codes. As efficiencies and energy factors creep up — whether organically or because of regulation — the installation processes and ...