Q: We are looking to buy an older house that has a very unusual furnace. The home inspector calls it a gravity furnace, but I think it looks more like an octopus with these large pipes that protrude ...

Two weeks ago, I began a reply to J. McC’s questions about replacing his 1920s gravity warm air furnace (the “octopus”) with a new forced air furnace. He was also concerned about how to find a ...

Talk about misplaced priorities: In the name of saving energy, many people think nothing of spending tens of thousands of dollars on replacement windows. But at the same time, they'll willingly limp ...

Dear Jerry: I have lived in an English Tudor since 1975. It was built in 1928. It has the original octopus furnace with a gas conversion unit and asbestos insulation. I have selected the company to ...

Q DEAR TIM: We are considering buying an older house that has an unusual furnace. The home inspector calls it a gravity furnace. I think it looks like an octopus, with these large pipes that protrude ...

It was just a few decades ago that the start of school in the fall also signaled that it was time to get that fuel oil tank topped off or the coal bin filled. With cooler weather soon to be upon us, ...

Pat Tiffany used to be afraid to go into the basement of her home in Silt for fear of the “fire-breathing dragon” — a furnace circa 1920 that originally burned coal. Although it had been converted to ...