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• What to do with chimney and makeup air after a boiler upgrade

  We are upgrading our old 75% efficiency to a unit that doesn't use the chimney or the air make up, both are 6 inch diameter holes in our house. The…

• Frost on the windows vs. bloody noses

  Our house is in northern Minnesota (Climate zone 7a I believe) where we can have pretty wide temperature swings. Last week it was +35 Deg F this morning it was…

• Parallel Boilers – Closely spaced T vs Hydronic Separator

  I am trying to get my head wrapped around our heating system. We currently have a hydronic heating system with Duel Fuel, two boilers, one single stage ~70% efficient propane…

• Non-oxygen barrier PEX in existing slab infloor heat

  Ok so I am still getting my head around my hydronic heating system. We have 5 zones and one of the original zones from when the house was built has…