Hot water heaters might seem too complicated and intimidating to fix. They have plumbing and electrical components—two things that usually signal that hiring a pro is the best choice when you need ...

Q. We have the original oil-burning furnace in our 29-year-old home. It’s attached to a tankless hot water heater and supplies all of the hot water for the house, including domestic hot water and our ...

My house is pretty similar, except without the baseboard heaters. I'm also bummed that I probably can't get Nest thermostats. My boiler just crapped out a couple weeks ago, and we had serious ...

One of our website visitors, Robert, sent us an e-mail complaining that we never talk about hot water baseboard heating systems (localized radiant heating). "All I ever read about is forced hot air ...