Category Archives: How To

The most common problem for wood stove owners is a failure to build the initial fire hot enough. Your stove functions best when you begin with a hot fire and don’t be afraid, the stove is built for it. 3 tips to starting a hot fire are: use dry, seasoned wood, make sure the wood…

Increase your indoor comfort by making hot and cold spots disappear. What does it take? It takes giving yourself extra control with the efficiency of a Bryant® Ductless system. You can heat or cool each area without installing new ductwork. You can control each area’s temperature separately. Bryant ductless systems are energy efficient which saves…

Today, we’re going to show you how to properly start a fire in Jotul’s new Oslo V3 2020 EPA compliant wood stove. Let’s get started. So, I like to start by balling up individual pieces of newspaper and completely lining the floor of the firebox with the newspaper to help establish draft. So, let’s open…

In winter, a Geothermal System extracts thermal energy from the ground for heating the home. During the summer, for cooling, the system removes heat from the home and transfers it into the ground. This transfer of heat energy is done through pipe buried in the ground or submerged in a pond or well. Because geothermal…