Shane Stevens's (s_d_stevens) Blog

I had a 1960's home today that had a FPE panel with Stab-Loc breakers and spent alot of time explaining to the client and to the realtor about the concerns for these panels. Realtor told me that she has sold quite a few homes of this age and has never heard about these panels. So I thought I woul...

A heat pump is essentially a reverse cycle air conditioner. It can move heat from indoors to outdoors, or it can do the opposite, and extract heat from the outdoor environment to heat the interior. With a traditional split system furnace and AC, the indoor unit is referred to as the evaporator co...

What is a Temperature/Pressure Relief (TPR) Valve?  Section P2803.1 of the International Residential Code for One and Two FamilyDwellings requires the installation of a combination Temperature/Pressure Relief Valve(commonly referred to as a TPR valve) or a separate temperature relief valve and ap...