What Are Some Simple Ways to Improve Home Heating Efficiency?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Posts: 27,935

    and yes, @ethicalpaul , I do miss those days. We are way too much dependent on having to get someone special to fix something finicky — or have to buy a new one.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    PC7060ethicalpaul
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Posts: 28,607

    It’s the building as you know that dictates the amount of energy required.

    Getting the boiler operating at top efficiency, and insulating piping so all the hot water gets to emitters with as little loss as possible will help some.

    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
    DCContrarianethicalpaul
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Posts: 18,989
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1904324#Comment_1904324

    These days, a bad storm can knock out a cell tower- then that whole area is incommunicado.

    Co-Founder, All Steamed Up, Inc.

    Semi-retired

    Baltimore, MD, USA

  • psb75
    psb75 Posts: 1,175

    Before all of the above…there was The Carrington Event in 1859 during the 'telegraph era'. The lines kept working…without power! It was a major coronal mass ejection. i.e. "solar flare." Get ready for the next one!

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,746

    How did this thread go from insulation / heating efficiency, to telephones, to complaining about modern times?

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Posts: 18,989

    One of the great things about the Wall is we never know just what will come up.

    Co-Founder, All Steamed Up, Inc.

    Semi-retired

    Baltimore, MD, USA

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