Keeping your furnace clean is important in order to have it run properly in winter (or year-round if you have whole-house air conditioning). A clean furnace will burn less fuel -- thus saving you ...

Even though boilers and furnaces serve the same purpose (heating your home), they work in different ways. Boilers heat water and convert it into steam or hot water before dispersing it through your ...

Newly-manufactured indoor residential gas furnaces will have to be at least 95% efficient starting in late 2028 under a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In an effort to save ...

Loud furnace noises and their causes . All furnaces make some noise during normal operation, including soft hums and gentle ...

A recent blog post about fall maintenance mentioned having your furnace inspected/tuned up by a qualified heating contractor annually. One reader sent an email asking if this was really necessary – ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Nick is a writer with nearly a decade of experience in the home improvement industry. Now one of Forbes Home’s in-house writers, he previously wrote for Forbes Home as a freelance writer. He has ...

President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy on Monday will propose a new rule to make residential, natural gas furnaces more energy-efficient. It would be the country’s first significant update to ...

The aging blast furnace at the Whyalla steelworks could be permanently shut down before the steelworks transitions to a direct-reduced iron plant and electric arc furnace, placing hundreds of jobs at ...