11+ hour, 48+ min ago   (95+ words) Reading this article (New Spanish nanomaterial cools surfaces by up to 12.9C without electricity) jogged something in my noggin. Please tell me whether I'm remembering something real or something imagined.About 50 years ago I think I read something about a refrigerator…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (379+ words) How can I heat my house for less? Looking for any tricks or suggestions I haven't thought of.I own a relatively small (maybe 1200 sqft) house in upstate NY. It's a brick house, built in 1885. It is my dream house…...

7+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (203+ words) In my house (American midwestern, 1950s- ish) we have a gas furnace and water heater in a little central closed off room in the basement. I found out the other day that there is a square hole in the ceiling of…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (51+ words) Hey folks - we have a wonderful new vacation home brazil, each of the bedrooms has it own heat pump/AC but we're wondering about our main space, what is the best solution for cooling a large open space that is…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (193+ words) I'm in the northeastern part of the US, where the weather will turn cold soon. I have a window-unit air conditioner (a GE Profile ClearView) that I want to keep in place. It's a "U-shaped" unit with the compressor portion…...

11+ mon, 2+ day ago   (130+ words) Is there such a thing as a self-contained radiant floor heating system?Assume I am pouring a self-leveling floor as discussed in my previous question. A friend mentioned that when they built their house, they used self-leveling concrete (on top…...