Furnace maintenance involves regularly cleaning, checking and testing all of your HVAC system’s vital components to ensure it runs efficiently. When you don’t keep up with regular tuneups, don’t be ...

After a few decades of consistent use, your home HVAC system can start to show signs of wear as its efficiency begins to ...

Keeping your furnace clean is important in order to have it run properly in winter (or year-round if you have whole-house air conditioning). A clean furnace will burn less fuel -- thus saving you ...

A draft hood used to effectively ventilate the area around older “gravity vent” furnaces. Because current furnaces lack this feature, the condition described below results in some unburned gas ...

Juan has been a home inspector for 10 years and runs a successful home inspection company in Richmond, VA. He loves inspecting homes, but his real passion is educating home owners and newer inspectors ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

Gas furnaces offer lots of advantages. They’re easy to use, there’s no need to gather fuel and they feature fine temperature control. That’s why about half of U.S. households heat their homes with ...

Newly-manufactured indoor residential gas furnaces will have to be at least 95% efficient starting in late 2028 under a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In an effort to save ...

Taylor Freitas is a freelance writer and has contributed to publications including LA Weekly, Safety.com, and Hospitality Technology. She holds a B.A. in Print and Digital Journalism from the ...