#Natural Gas Water Heaters

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Plumber of The Woodlands

Plumber The Woodlands TX is a locally based business that wants to help you with the difficulties that are troubling right now. If you’re ready to upgrade your appliances and make your system right again, then our servicemen can help you. Keep reading to learn about the many services we can offer.

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plumbing service The Woodlands

When you have major plumber related work in your home you should hire a master plumbing pipe specialist to do the work. Our technicians are in the know when it comes to any issues to do with drainage, leaks, or installing new pipelines. We are experts in Drain Cleaning and unblocking and have some tough equipment for the job. Some of our tools are manual and others are automatic and will be used depending on the circumstances. Do you have a Water Leak that needs a fix? Whether you need Water Heater or Sewer Repair because of a clogged kitchen sink we are ready to assist. In The Woodlands, TX our services are available in Zip Codes 77375, 77389, 77354, 77380, and 77381.

[little-pondhead]

Question: how does one safely use boiling water to wash their hair?

I have no hot water at the moment and aside from dunking my head in ice and hoping for the best, I don’t really have a good way to properly wash my extremely thick hair.

[eccotemp]

Top Tankless Water Heaters in 2023

How to save energy, space, and money with tankless water heaters? This article will show you the top models from Eccotemp that can meet your hot water demands in 2023.

Get all the information here:

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Hot Water heater Repair Spring TX

Water heater problems can cause every one and their families to become more aware of their electricity and energy bills and carbon footprint as they are becoming more and more popular. At Water Heater Repair Spring TX, we provide expert installations and services for these times of need, to ensure they are in the best working condition and operating as efficiently as possible.

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Spring Water Heater Repair

Have you been having some heating problems that are affecting your many waters? If you’re unable to figure out the best way to get your tanks fixed up, call in Spring TX Water Heater Repair. We’ve got a ton of different solutions we employ to help you, so call us to find out more information

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[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from the Substack Distilled:

In the last few months, the Biden administration has quietly passed multiple federal policies that will transform the United States economy and wipe out billions of tons of future greenhouse gas emissions. 

The new policies have received little attention outside of wonky climate circles. And that is a problem.

Earlier this year, I wrote that Biden has done more to mitigate climate change than any President before him. For decades, environmentalists tried and failed to convince lawmakers to pass even the most marginal climate policies. It wasn’t until Biden took office that the logjam broke and the climate policies flowed. And yet few American voters are hearing this story in an election year of huge consequence.

It’s been two and a half months since I wrote that article. In that short time, the Biden administration has passed a handful of climate policies that will collectively cut more than 10 billion tons of planet-warming pollution over the next three decades, more than the annual emissions of India, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and the entire continent of Europe—combined.

One climate policy that flew under the radar recently was the administration's latest energy efficiency rule, unveiled at the beginning of May. The new rules will reduce the amount of energy that water heaters use by encouraging manufacturers to sell models with more efficient heat pump technology. The new regulation is expected to save more energy than any federal regulation in history. 

Most people give little thought to how the water in their homes is heated, but water heaters are the second-largest consumer of energy in the average American home and one of the largest sources of climate pollution in the country. 

A few days before the administration announced its water heater efficiency rules, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced another sweeping policy.

According to the new rules, existing coal power plants will need to either shut down or install carbon capture technology capable of removing 90% of their carbon pollution. The policy will also require any new natural gas power plants that provide baseload power—the ones that run throughout the day and night, as opposed to the peaker plants that only run for a small fraction of hours in the year—to install carbon capture technology. 

The new power sector rules are effectively a death blow to coal power in America, which has slowly faded over the last two decades but still emits more carbon emissions than almost every country in the world. 

The water heater rules and power plant regulations will help the country meet its goal of cutting emissions by 50% by 2030. But impactful as they will be, they weren’t the most important climate policy that the Biden administration passed in the last two months. 

That honor goes to the EPA’s tailpipe rules, which are set to transform the auto industry over the next decade.

Today the transportation sector is the largest source of climate pollution in the United States. Within the sector, passenger cars and trucks are the biggest contributors to emissions. While electric vehicle adoption has grown in recent years, America lags behind many other countries in decarbonizing its vehicle stock. 

The EPA’s new rules will force automakers to reduce the amount of pollution and carbon emissions that come from their vehicles. The federal policy doesn’t specifically mandate that automakers produce EVs or stop selling gas-powered cars but instead regulates the average carbon emissions per mile of a manufacturer's entire fleet over the next decade. That means automakers can still sell gas-guzzling, carbon-spewing trucks in 2035. They’ll just need to sell a lot more EVs or plug-in hybrids to bring their average fleet emissions down if they do.

Like the power plant rules, the EPA’s new auto regulations are designed to avoid being thrown out by a conservative and hostile Supreme Court. 

[gashotbox]

I was on a long, as in 5-6 hour days, car ride this weekend and only ate garbage from fast-food places and gasdtations the whole time the whole time. I had the whole backseat to myself and spent the whole ride stuffing my face with my leg cocked up, blasting the most rancid, hot farts into the car. they were so wet and bubbly, and the smell was enough to make my friends eyes water (not that they were entirely innocent, they had plenty of gas themselves). on the way home, we pulled into a drivethru, just to tie us over. naturally, I ordered the chilli cheese fries, a double bacon burger, and a large milkshake. about halfway through the meal, my stomach began to protest, loudly. I began to let out these hissing, silent farts the smelled like absolute death. It was too cold outside to roll down the windows, and the heat was on full blast, so the car was muggy to say the l

car hotboxing .. i’m fucking frothing at the mouth🥴 that meal ??? just thinking about how ruined your stomach mustve been is making me blush. and all three of you trapped in a car ripping ass together, heater on full blast? i know the windows were steaming ..

[lt-kim-kitsuragi]

*leaves Rheem RTG-70XLN-3 High Efficiency Non-Condensing Outdoor Tankless Natural Gas Water Heater, 7.0 GPM, Gray at your back door.*

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Why? What is the purpose of leaving vaguely inconvenient items at the Precinct?

[argumate]

ah come on, if we had cheap clean limitless power we'd use it for all the stuff we already use electricity for! it'd be sweet! plus, it would change the incentives for using electricity vs other things--we would want more electric cars and fewer gas ones, more electric water heaters and fewer natural-gas-powered ones, etc. to my mind the idea isn't so much "we could do stuff we don't currently do", but rather "we could keep doing stuff we already do, while having less pollution"

yes we could dial in whatever atmospheric carbon level we wanted

[is-the-pigeon-ok]

Updates

Hoo, boy, it has been a HOT minute since I've posted anything here.

Welp!

Repairs on the new property have been painfully slow, due to paying mortgage there, rent where we still currently live, and both sets of utilities.

It's been a red light green light game of save up money, make a single repair, save up money for the next repair, rinse and repeat.

Roof and bathroom floors have been repaired, asbestos tiles in the wash room tiled over, mini split AC installed in the addition, dear hubby's office rewired to include ground wires, walls painted, central AC unit repaired, water heater converted from natural gas to electric, gas stove converted from natural gas to propane, hardwood floors professionally cleaned, and leaking faucets repaired.

It was built in the 60s, before ground wires were a thing, so almost the entire place still needs rewired to include grounding.

And the AC ducts under the house are fallen and torn, so those still need to be fixed.

Once that's done, we can *finally* start getting ourselves and our birds moved over.

What used to be a garage/kitchen on the property is going to be cleared of all debris and the new loft will be built there from the ground up.

After that project is completed, we will build a new quarantine building, also from the ground up.

Dear Hubby and I have been busting our collective asses, with the help of his family, on getting this done, and it's taken up pretty much all of our attention.

Spending time online has been a pretty low priority for me, but I have resumed posting updates on the flock and answering new asks on The Ramsey Loft blog, and as time and energy permit, may go through the posts here and answer.

I'm not going to promise any kind of schedule, but as I have updates to post there, I will endeavor to check here.

See y'all when I see you.

[lieutenant-hdb]

*leaves Rheem RTG-70XLN-3 High Efficiency Non-Condensing Outdoor Tankless Natural Gas Water Heater, 7.0 GPM, Gray at your back door* :3

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[spacetimewithstuartgary]

NASA scientists recreate Mars's spider-shaped geologic formations in lab for the first time

Tests on Earth appear to confirm how the red planet's spider-shaped geologic formations are carved by carbon dioxide.

Since discovering them in 2003 via images from orbiters, scientists have marveled at spider-like shapes sprawled across the southern hemisphere of Mars. No one is entirely sure how these geologic features are created. Each branched formation can stretch more than a half-mile (1 kilometer) from end to end and include hundreds of spindly "legs." Called araneiform terrain, these features are often found in clusters, giving the surface a wrinkled appearance.

The leading theory is that the spiders are created by processes involving carbon dioxide ice, which doesn't occur naturally on Earth. Thanks to experiments detailed in a new paper published in The Planetary Science Journal, scientists have, for the first time, re-created those formation processes in simulated Martian temperatures and air pressure.

"The spiders are strange, beautiful geologic features in their own right," said Lauren Mc Keown of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. "These experiments will help tune our models for how they form."

The study confirms several formation processes described by what's called the Kieffer model: Sunlight heats the soil when it shines through transparent slabs of carbon dioxide ice that built up on the Martian surface each winter.

Being darker than the ice above it, the soil absorbs the heat and causes the ice closest to it to turn directly into carbon dioxide gas—without turning to liquid first—in a process called sublimation (the same process that sends clouds of "smoke" billowing up from dry ice). As the gas builds in pressure, the Martian ice cracks, allowing the gas to escape. As it seeps upward, the gas takes with it a stream of dark dust and sand from the soil that lands on the surface of the ice.

When winter turns to spring and the remaining ice sublimates, according to the theory, the spiderlike scars from those small eruptions are what's left behind.

Recreating Mars in the lab

For Mc Keown and her co-authors, the hardest part of conducting these experiments was re-creating conditions found on the Martian polar surface: extremely low air pressure and temperatures as low as minus 301 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 185 degrees Celsius). To do that, Mc Keown used a liquid-nitrogen-cooled test chamber at JPL, the Dirty Under-vacuum Simulation Testbed for Icy Environments, or DUSTIE.

"I love DUSTIE. It's historic," Mc Keown said, noting that the wine barrel-size chamber was used to test a prototype of a rasping tool designed for NASA's Mars Phoenix lander. The tool was used to break water ice, which the spacecraft scooped up and analyzed near the planet's north pole.

For this experiment, the researchers chilled Martian soil simulant in a container submerged within a liquid nitrogen bath. They placed it in the DUSTIE chamber, where the air pressure was reduced to be similar to that of Mars's southern hemisphere. Carbon dioxide gas then flowed into the chamber and condensed from gas to ice over the course of three to five hours. It took many tries before Mc Keown found just the right conditions for the ice to become thick and translucent enough for the experiments to work.

Once they got ice with the right properties, they placed a heater inside the chamber below the simulant to warm it up and crack the ice. Mc Keown was ecstatic when she finally saw a plume of carbon dioxide gas erupting from within the powdery simulant.

"It was late on a Friday evening and the lab manager burst in after hearing me shrieking," said Mc Keown, who had been working to make a plume like this for five years. "She thought there had been an accident."

The dark plumes opened holes in the simulant as they streamed out, spewing simulant for as long as 10 minutes before all the pressurized gas was expelled.

The experiments included a surprise that wasn't reflected in the Kieffer model: Ice formed between the grains of the simulant, then cracked it open. This alternative process might explain why spiders have a more "cracked" appearance. Whether this happens or not seems dependent on the size of soil grains and how embedded water ice is underground.

"It's one of those details that show that nature is a little messier than the textbook image," said Serina Diniega of JPL, a co-author of the paper.

What's next for plume testing

Now that the conditions have been found for plumes to form, the next step is to try the same experiments with simulated sunlight from above, rather than using a heater below. That could help scientists narrow down the range of conditions under which the plumes and ejection of soil might occur.

There are still many questions about the spiders that can't be answered in a lab. Why have they formed in some places on Mars but not others? Since they appear to result from seasonal changes that are still occurring, why don't they seem to be growing in number or size over time? It's possible that they're left over from long ago, when the climate was different on Mars—and could therefore provide a unique window into the planet's past.

For the time being, lab experiments will be as close to the spiders as scientists can get. Both the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers are exploring the red planet far from the southern hemisphere, which is where these formations appear (and where no spacecraft has ever landed). The Phoenix mission, which landed in the northern hemisphere, lasted only a few months before succumbing to the intense polar cold and limited sunlight.

TOP IMAGE: Spider-shaped features called araneiform terrain are found in the southern hemisphere of Mars, carved into the landscape by carbon dioxide gas. This 2009 image taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows several of these distinctive formations within an area three-quarters of a mile (1.2 kilometers) wide. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona

CENTRE IMAGE: These formations similar to the Red Planet’s “spiders” appeared within Martian soil simulant during experiments in JPL’s DUSTIE chamber. Carbon dioxide ice frozen within the simulant was warmed by a heater below, turning it back into gas that eventually cracked through the frozen top layer and formed a plume. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech

LOWER IMAGE: Dark splotches seen in this example of araneiform terrain captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2018 are believed to be soil ejected from the surface by carbon dioxide gas plumes. A set of experiments at JPL has sought to re-create these spider-like formations in a lab. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona

BOTTOM IMAGE: Here’s a look inside of JPL’s DUSTIE, a wine barrel-size chamber used to simulate the temperatures and air pressure of other planets – in this case, the carbon dioxide ice found on Mars’ south pole. Experiments conducted in the chamber confirmed how Martian formations known as “spiders” are created. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech

[scolek]

apparently japan has the one of the highest percentages of natural gas usage so if youre an anime guy and you get stuck in a house during a blizzard with your crush and the power goes out you probably still have the stove and the hot water heater. so thats good. its less dramatic but its good.

[shri-homes]

Energy-Efficient Building Techniques in Tarneit

In reaction to the global movement towards sustainability, the construction industry in Tarneit, an emerging suburb of Victoria, has been integrated. In particular, house builders Tarneit can incorporate sustainable and efficient methods, materials, and technologies in building construction. 

These methods benefit the environment and are also financially sustainable for homeowners as they help cut down costs incurred in the provision of energy. This blog evaluates the various high-quality, energy-efficient building methods defining future housing in Tarneit.

Solar Power Integration

Integrating solar power systems is one of the most significant steps towards energy-efficient building. House builders in Tarneit increasingly embed solar panels and thermal systems in new constructions. Solar panels capture solar energy and directly convert it into electricity. 

Solar thermal structures harness sun energy to warm water, which reduces the use of steam on non-renewable power assets. This cuts carbon emissions and hence supports the environment while lowering utility expenses. 

Additionally, promoting incentives for solar power in Australia attracts new homeowners to embrace this power source.

Advanced Thermal Insulation

Proper insulation, therefore, plays a significant role in energy conservation, whereby temperatures within homes are well regulated, lowering the chances of using heaters or air conditioners frequently. House builders in Tarneit employ advanced insulation techniques, including foam insulation and high-quality batten insulation.

These materials are installed in the walls, roofs and floors as insulation and resist heat flow in cold and hot seasons. Insulation is crucial for making homes more comfortable by significantly reducing noise levels.

High-Efficiency Windows

Another strategy house builders in Tarneit use is installing energy-efficient windows to enhance home energy performance. Multiple-glazed or triple-glazed windows are made up of several glass panes separated by a gas with very low thermal conductivity. 

These windows also play a part in controlling indoor temperatures, preventing the formation of condense and giving better soundproofing. 

The frames employed in making these conservatories include fibreglass or composite frames, which are more energy-efficient and long-lasting.

Water-Saving Fixtures

Water performance in buildings is now considered one of the predominant additives of sustainable construction. In today's Tarneit homes, newer and more innovative houses feature energy and water-saving amenities such as low-flow toilets, showerheads, and faucets. 

Experienced house builders in Tarneit prefer these fixtures to minimise water usage in daily life while maintaining functionality without achieving high levels of water usage. 

By using significantly less water per minute compared to traditional fixtures, they help conserve a critical natural resource and lead to substantial savings on water bills. 

The deliberate incorporation of water-efficient technology in homes demonstrates a commitment to environmental stewardship and economic efficiency.

Use of Sustainable Materials

The desire for building materials plays a vital function in the environmental effect of a construction undertaking. House builders in Tarneit use recycled building materials that are not obtained directly from the source and have been recycled first. Some sustainable materials used in construction include recycled steel, glass, re-use wood and bamboo. 

Also, paints and adhesives are non-toxic, and sealants are used to reduce the emissions of VOCs, which harm the inhabitants of homes by providing them with good air quality.

Implementation of Smart Home Technology

Smart home technology is crucial today and significantly affects home energy management. Some of the features in houses in Tarneit include intelligent thermostats that control heating and cooling equipment depending on the number of people using the house and the climate. 

For instance, LED lighting consumes less energy than traditional lighting; programmable appliances and water heaters also help save energy. These technologies allow owners to screen their power consumption behaviour in detail and, for this reason, be in a function to make rational selections.

Green Roofs and Living Walls

Some innovative house builders in Tarneit are incorporating green roofs and living walls into new constructions. These characteristics provide good thermal performance, minimise the speed and impact of water on buildings, contribute to air quality, and diversify the avian fauna within cities. 

A green roof is a vegetative layer covered with vegetation and a growing medium or partially or fully developed plant layer on a waterproofing layer. 

Similarly, living walls are part of the building's exterior or interior walls, covered with plants. They enhance a building’s insulation and add aesthetic value to the property.

Optimal Orientation and Layout

This is a fact because the position of a building and its architecture determine how much energy it will consume. Climatically responsive architecture is apparent, where house builders in Melton strategically place numerous windows and doors to maximise natural light and air circulation within the buildings. 

Additionally, the structures are oriented in alignment with the direction of the winds and the sun. This approach minimises using artificial lights and mechanical air conditioners, thus saving power. 

Such thoughtful placement enhances energy savings and ensures that living spaces maintain a natural comfort throughout the seasons, creating healthier and more sustainable living environments.

Final Takeaway

Thus, the residents of Melton who choose to live in a house constructed with the following features can have a relatively environmentally friendly way of life meeting the ecological requirements of the contemporary world. Various dedicated house builders in Melton are adopting these building practices, paving the way for a future where all newly constructed homes will be as energy-efficient as possible, reflecting a commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability.

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Queer Couple's Home Flooded! Legal & Repair Fund on GoFundMe

Hey everyone, we could really use your help. It's taken me a long time to be able to write this and post this, not because I didn't want to, but because it's so difficult to think through everything that happened in this terrible situation to be able to explain it. No one in this house is very healthy after what happened. I will update with a photo and video when my husband ( @mysterious-dark-shadow ) is awake. I just really wanted to finally get this up. I am really worried for us. Please signal boost and please donate if you can. Text from the fundraiser that explains our situation is below the cut.

My husband and I, and our three cats, are being sued by a construction company after the company left our toilet on the balcony of our house and still claimed they'd completed all the remodeling work. We need a legal fund, and that's what this here is all about.

What happened? In early spring our house's plumbing flooded part of our house with sewage water, requiring us to move out for a few months and live in a hotel room with our three cats. After we moved back in around late May, we got very sick and found one thing after another wrong with the house that the contractors should have fixed, and sometimes didn't notify us were broken. Our house has no hot water because the hot water heater was left leaking so bad it's inoperable. The electric system was overloaded by the water heater arcing into it and we don't have working stoves. The washing machine and dryer were left unhooked by the contractors and until we have an electrician (which we have to be able to afford) look at them we don't want to risk what they'll do to the electric breaker box. So we've been having to rely on a laundromat to do laundry all this time as well. The house feels filthy and disgusting and everyone in it is depressed.

But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part is that since they left a big open sewer hole in our bathroom instead of installing the toilet, when we first moved in we got sick from the sewer gas coming out of it. The sewer gas contains methane (natural gas), which can't kill you, but it can make you very sick and give you hallucinations. I am still mentally recovering from this. I have not been able to write this fundraising description for a long time because I am still so messed up from everything that happened and all the things I saw that weren't real, the experiences I had that were awful and just felt like I was in the upside-down. My husband suffered similar effects and is still recovering as well. Because of this it's been really hard to talk to other people about what happened and to clearly ask for help.

Since we moved back in we've been fending off the construction company who was immediately demanding the rest of payment for a job they left incomplete, then suing us using a lien they'd placed on the property. If we lose the suit, our house could be foreclosed upon to pay off the amount of the lien. It has been a very difficult situation to defend legally because it took some time before we could find a lawyer willing to defend us in the suit because the amount the contractors are suing for (lowish five figure amount) is too low for most lawyers to find desireable, and also, it's just hard to find a lawyer if you're not rich. If we win the suit, then we can get the construction company to pay our legal fees... but we have to GET there, and the actual case hearing is all the way in February.

We could really use some help when it comes to this. I'm disabled and my husband's job is close to minimum wage. We were already struggling as a household before all this happened and we've been trying for almost an entire year to try and make things work. Our families have been extremely unsupportive of us as a gay trans couple and so we have very few people to ask for help. We've been trying to do what we can to make extra money, but it's been really hard to get the hustle out when neither of us have had a real shower or bath in over two months. Also, our insurance company, who suggested the contractor in the first place, has been of very little help and has been adding red tape in the way of getting proper reimbursement for everything that happened and everything that was lost.

I'll be honest, what I want most is to be able to buy my husband a Christmas present this holiday season, even a small one, because we really just don't have enough for that. We don't have enough for hardly anything and we're being forced to fight this battle that makes no sense. So please if you have it to spare this season, help us keep our house, our cats, our marriage, and our sanity.

Thank you and I hope you and yours stay warm, safe, clean and fed this season and into the new year.