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If a boiler powers your home’s heating system, then warm water flowing through radiant floors, hydronic baseboard heaters, radiators, or even valance heating on the ceiling warms the interior space. Hydronic heat is common in decades-old Eichler homes as well as in newer houses. It uses less space than forced air — the 3/4-inch-diameter copper […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...