Q–I removed some old insulation from the pipes of my hot-water heating system and now must reinsulate. The only insulation I can find is a tape with an insulated backing that is wrapped spiral-fashion ...

When temperatures start to dip, frozen pipes can go from “something you’ve heard about” to a real-life headache overnight. The thing is, most pipe freezes don’t happen in the middle of a brutal cold ...

Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: I had a home energy audit done and they recommended ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Now is the time to get prepared for any potential wintry weather or ice this weekend, and hardware stores across the area are busy as people shop for their winter needs.

Every year, people wait too long to prepare for the first real cold snap. One day it’s mild, and the next morning, the ...

If you have a house that isn’t used in the winter or a home that has pipes running through an unheated area, such as a crawl space or attic, and the temperatures drop below freezing, you may want to ...

Christian Lopez is a plumber with John Moore Services, in the video above he teaches Houston Life’s Melanie Camp how to wrap a pipe to help prevent it bursting when the temperatures drop to freezing.

Aegion CorporationAEGN and Materia, Inc. (Materia) are collaborating to provide pipe coating and the application of an innovative pipe insulation material for use on the Shell Appomattox project ...

So, I live in an old brownstone in Brooklyn, and it has steam heat and one thermostat for all 8 apartments. The building is four stories - 2 apartments per floor - long skinny apartments reaching ...