Rheem’s solar water heating systems, called Rheem Solaraide, combines a storage tank with one or two collector panels. The system operates without pumps or controllers, relying instead on the natural ...

Last month I wrote about early steam heating and how experimentation led to discovery, which led to new products or piping techniques. This time I will be writing about the early days of gravity hot ...

To achieve peak efficiency and prevent corrosion, steam and hot water boilers in hydronic heating systems require regular maintenance. Neglecting this can lead to increased service calls and a ...

Peter and Brigitte’s floating home uses a lake-sourced heat exchanger to provide hot water for domestic use, as well as for ...

When Terry McIlveen built his home in Maine in 1997, he made the unusual choice to install radiant floor heating. “People thought I was nuts,” he says. However, since that time, radiant floor heat has ...

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Magnolia Companies is getting ahead of the curve, tackling the new domestic hot water heating regulations set to take effect ...

It's not glamorous. The principles are simple. It's time-tested and can work virtually anywhere. It could save the United States millions of barrels of oil every year, and it doesn't involve a large ...

Learn More › The overlap of boiler and hot water heater functionality in a home often leads to these two appliances being confused for one another. While steam or hot water boilers can be used to ...

The world’s largest geothermally heated hotel, which happens to be connected to the world’s largest mineral hot springs pool, is in the middle of a major upgrade to its 30-year-old heating system.

The answers to many questions, including who created the first boiler, exist in books. For some, literary research may spur a pseudo-conversation with a dead author. (Photo courtesy of Beverley ...