Faulty Consolidated attic furnaces, cited by firefighters as the cause of several home fires this month, continue to bedevil hundreds of Southern California homeowners. Residents from Lancaster to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A fire Monday damaged the attic and furnace room of a house at 238 East Side Drive. Fire Marshal Michael Lamy said there were no injuries as a result of the fire, which started about 9:40 a.m. He said ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...