Q. I have a question about ice dams, which are affecting us and our neighbors in our recently constructed adjoined condominiums. We all have 2-zone HVAC with the second zone furnace in the attic crawl ...

Q: I have two furnaces, one in the basement and the other in the attic. Is the one in the attic bad for ice dams? Why was it put there? A: Hot air furnaces in the attic generally cannot be insulated ...

Q. I have two furnaces, one in the basement and the other in the attic. Is the one in the attic bad for ice dams? Why was it put there? A. Hot air furnaces in the attic generally cannot be insulated ...

Question: My husband and I just recently purchased a tract home in the North Patterson Avenue area in Goleta, and the house doesn’t have many cabinets or closets for storage. The houses in our ...

We are grateful to Times staff writer Jennifer Oldham for her story on defective attic furnaces (“Faulty Furnaces Set Scores of Fires, Weren’t Recalled,” Part A, Sept. 27). Due to her information we ...

Two recent house fires in Southern California were caused by faulty attic furnaces manufactured by now-bankrupt Consolidated Industries, firefighters say. The blazes raise the concern that many of the ...

Q: Six years ago, we purchased a two-story, gas-heated, centrally air-conditioned home built in 1970. The home had two separate furnaces (one in an unfinished basement and the other in the attic) and ...

WAUKESHA - A faulty furnace triggered a fire in the attic of the Waukesha Antique Mall on Tuesday, causing an unknown amount of smoke damage and interrupting business operations temporarily. No one ...

Q: I have a question about ice dams (as do many of late, I'm sure), which are affecting us and our neighbors in our recently constructed adjoined condominiums. We all have 2-zone HVAC with the second ...

Q. I have a question about ice dams (as do many of late, I’m sure), which are affecting us and our neighbors in our recently constructed adjoined condominiums. We all have 2-zone HVAC with the second ...