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Most boilers do not fail out of nowhere. Long before a system finally gives out on the coldest night of the year, it usually leaves a trail of clues: a gas bill that keeps creeping up, a room [...]

Winter mornings in an older Madison home have a certain personality. The furnace kicks on, the floors stay stubbornly cool anyway, and by the time coffee is ready you’ve usually pulled on a [...]

When temperatures in Madison drop into the single digits, and the wind off the frozen lakes makes it feel colder still, your heating system stops being a background convenience and becomes [...]

There’s a question that comes up almost every time someone starts thinking about replacing their furnace: how big does it actually need to be? It sounds like it should have a simple answer. [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy identifies high-efficiency furnaces, those rated 90% AFUE and above, as one of the most cost-effective heating upgrades available to homeowners. For Madison [...]

Madison winters do not go easy on heating equipment. Dane County temperatures regularly hit single digits and below, and the furnaces that keep homes livable run hard from December through [...]

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, roughly 70% of Midwest households rely on natural gas for space heating, the highest share of any U.S. census region. U.S. Energy [...]

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the average gas furnace lasts between 15 and 20 years. In Wisconsin, that number tells only part of the story. Heating seasons run from October through [...]

Few household expenses climb faster than heating a Wisconsin home from November through March. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Saver 101 resource, space heating accounts [...]

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, ductless mini-split systems can eliminate the energy losses tied to ductwork, which account for more than 30 percent of a home’s energy [...]