Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

It could significantly lower your energy bills. Looking to replace your water heater? You can grab $1,500 in government ...

There’s no greater joy than a hot shower on a cold morning, so that’s certainly not the time you want to discover that your water heater has stopped working. Water heaters don’t last forever, so if ...

Suffering from no hot water? It may not be a hard problem to fix. If you have an electric water heater that’s not working properly, there are several possible reasons—and many of them have relatively ...

Hot water heaters are one of those household appliances that you tend to forget about until something goes wrong. It’s easy to let years—maybe even a decade or two—pass without paying much attention ...

If (for ugly instance) the boiler was set to 130f and the hot water tank to 140f, the boiler could never get the water hot enough to trip the thermostat to the off position, and the tank would be ...