Heating notes
Written by the engineers, for people who own machines. No scare stories, no upsell — just how appliances actually fail and how to decide what to do about it.
9 October 2026 The October heating checklist every Ohio homeowner should run
Six checks that take an afternoon and prevent the three failures we see most every first-freeze week.
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25 September 2026 What a furnace tune-up actually includes (and what a cheap one skips)
A real tune-up is eleven documented steps. A 49-dollar special is often two steps and a sticker.
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11 September 2026 Furnace or boiler? What your Ohio home has and why it matters
Forced air and hot water are different machines with different failure modes, different lifespans and different repair economics.
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28 August 2026 Carbon monoxide: the heating-season risk that gives no warning
CO is odorless, colorless, and produced by every gas heating system. The defenses are cheap and specific.
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14 August 2026 Why heating systems always fail on the first cold night
It is not Murphy's law. It is physics, math, and a parts counter that closes at five.
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