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Maybe for some, but not all. My Weil McClain SGO-3 oil boiler converted to natural gas is running at 83 % last time the flu analyzer was on it. Probably depends more on the person doing the install and tuning than anything else.

There is a lot of things that go into getting a steam system operating correctly. Is the current one or the Burnham boiler sized properly for the amount of radiators in the house?? Are the steam mains properly vented? Are the mains properly insulated? No one makes a "high efficiency" steam...

Garage is a single car around 250 sq ft with r13 insulation all around. the unit turns off completely when you turn the dial fully counter clockwise.

I have the 5000 watt version of this, works fine although I did have to replace the thermostat last year in it (heater still ran, but it was either on or off, no temp adjustment). For what I paid for it and the $20.00 new thermostat off of ebay it was still a lot cheaper than any of the other...

Leviton PR150-1LW 500W, have one similar to this in my second floor for the last 10 years or so, works great. About $17.00 on amazon

When I did the conversion from oil to NG a couple of years ago the gas company ran the line from the street to the new meter next to the house for free. The only thing is I had to sign a contract saying I would hook up at least 3 appliances within a year. I ended up doing a conversion burner for...

Funny how there are probably millions of unfinished garages in the US with bare wood framing and the backside of the walls of course in bare wood ( I know of at least a half dozen in my block alone) and I have never heard of any national outcry about the dangers of this, but put up some wood 3...

I have a 250 sq. ft. single car insulated garage and have a 10,000 btu portable unit and it barely keeps up in the Pennsylvania summer. It takes the edge off but that is about it. I have small slider windows so a window unit would not fit. I would have been better off tearing out one of the...

I dumped the photocell and got a honeywell programmable wall switch a couple of years ago and it is still working just fine. You program in your latitude and longitude so it knows when sunrise and sunset are to turn the lights on and off. you can also program it to tun off/on at specific times...

These are what I bought at the time http://www.ledwholesalers.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=593

I've had 2 screw in led floodlights in a regular outdoor fixture going on 3 years now and I have not had any issues. I have them on a dusk to dawn timer. I think they are around 9 watts each and as bright as the 60 watt halogens they replaced. I was lucky to get a year out of the halogens, so...

My table saw has an output port that is the same size as a standard shopvac port so i just took an older hose I had and fastened that up between the table saw and the shopvac with a hose clamp and it works just great. Turn on the vac, turn on the saw, hardly any dust....

This will be my third winter with my Weil-McClain gold oil boiler(single pipe steam) that had a Wayne gas conversion burner installed on it. My installer basically just removed the oil burner unit and put the gas burner in its place. The gas nozzle on the new burner can be drilled out for...

I have an 8 year old oil boiler single pipe steam which I had a natural gas conversion burner installed on it 2 years ago when I switched everything over to natural gas. I now run NG for the boiler, seperate 50 gal high efficiency water heater, range, gas dryer, and an outdoor grill. My monthly...

I'll agree with some here in saying if what he is doing is not affecting your quality of life then just let it be. You just described his building techniques, not how it looks in comparison to the rest of the neighborhood. would it be better if the shed construction was all up to code and still...

I bought one of those profusion 5000 watt heaters last year. It worked great all of last winter. It throws out great heat and the fan on it is pretty quiet (it doesn't bug me at all and i am very sensitive to noises). I like the fact that you can adjust the wattage on the front panel. I have...

I lived in a house for a while that was last remodeled in late 60's early 70's (think dark brown paneling,olive green carpeting, and drop ceilings).Anyway, when whoever put up the drop ceiling, one of the nails for the outer grid punctured an electric line and made the whole grid hot. I only...

I have a 10,000 btu portable AC for my 24X10 single car garage insulated with R-13 all around and it was a big mistake. I only have a small sliding window so it really was my only choice. It really does not drop the temperature of the garage down very much, the only thing it is good for is once...

I would use deck screws. It will be a lot easier to take down a panel to run something inside the wall in the future. The screws will show but its a shed/shop after all, not the master bath

I have the same situation in my basement in the room under the front porch which is concrete over the corrugated steel. I haven't done it yet , but I was thinking of getting one of the spray foam kits and spraying the underside of the metal with about an inch thick layer of foam. I'm not really...