Fall is right around the corner here in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut, and though you may not be thinking about when you’ll kick on your heater yet, August is the perfect time to schedule your annual tune-up. August is early enough to find and make any necessary repairs before the cold weather arrives; plus, […]
Many of today’s boilers and furnaces are touted as being “high-efficiency” units. In this post we’ll explore what that means. The efficiency of your home heating equipment is measured by a term called “annual fuel utilization efficiency,” or AFUE. Simply put, AFUE (pronounced “a-few”) is a measure of how efficient an appliance is in converting […]