Upgrading to a heat pump system can complement your home’s heating and cooling setup while delivering a range of added ...

Keeping a home warm and comfortable during the bitter winter months is a necessity. There are several different options to heat your home, and it's important to choose the right system for your needs.

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 ...

The last few years have not been kind to oil furnace sales. According to the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), sales of oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 14.5 ...

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 ...

A blend of degummed soybean oil and No. 2 fuel oil can be used as an alternative heating fuel and reduce sulfur emissions, according to a Purdue University scientist. Klein Ileleji, an assistant ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he has sometimes suffered from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do — the facts that he gathers ...

Households grappling with the escalating expense of heating oil are set to receive enhanced grants to facilitate the replacement of their oil boilers with electric heat pumps, the Government has ...

New research suggests that residential oil boilers, commonly used for home heating in the northeastern United States, should receive more attention as sources of air pollutants. The study is the first ...

I'm on quite a restricted budget,” said one Vermonter who planned to switch away from oil heating. “I'm really, really worried about where things are right now.” ...