What size (1/2″ or 3/4″ or 1″) and type (PEXa PEXb PEXc) would you use if you had a 3 Family in Brooklyn and you wanted to redo the heating hot water pipe runs to pex?

Have a look at the rating tables for most finned-tube baseboards sold in North America, and chances are, you’ll see a footnote under the table that reads something like this: “Ratings are based on ...

Baseboard heaters are popular in old and new homes alike, and here’s why: they’re relatively simple to install in retrofit situations and in new construction because there are no bulky ducts to run ...

Heat from the solar collectors is distributed through a radiant floor heating system using PEX tubing running through aluminium heat spreader plates. A hot water baseboard heating system is another ...

As the old saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. The same can be said of residential hydronic systems, which can be designed around numerous types of terminal units, including ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...