Dear Jim: After the heat wave we have had recently, I think we need to add central air-conditioning. We have electric baseboard heating, so there are no ducts. What are the simplest central system ...

NO-LEAK POLICY: Here, a technician performs a leakage test. While some leakage was once commonly chalked up to heating the basement a little bit, those days are gone. “Now,” says Hank Artlip, “if you ...

Homes built after 1950 or so are typically heated with either hot air blown through ducts or hot water pumped through baseboard heaters. Older homes often have cast-iron radiators, which produce heat ...

It might seem that things are in better shape with a new duct system than with an existing one. After all, in a new building there is still freedom to design and build the system “from the ground up.” ...