Welcome to the Tools Section. In this section you will find helpful tools that are not easily found in the heating industry. Here we have a Glossary of Terms, Helpful Links, and Calculators. The Glossary of Terms will show you the definition of many of the words and acronyms commonly used. The Helpful Links can bring you to more specific websites that deal directly with one subject. The Calculators will help the more experienced customers and servicemen to calculate specific numbers for estimating.

BTU

1. British Thermal Unit
2. The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water from 60° to 61°F at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.
3. A unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 Watts operating for one hour.

C.F.M

1. Cubic Feet per Minute
2. A standard measurement of airflow. A typical system requires 400 CFM per ton of air conditioning.

Capacity

1. The ability to receive, hold, or absorb.
2. The maximum amount that can be contained: a trunk filled to capacity.
3. Innate potential for growth, development, or accomplishment; faculty.

Duct

1. An often enclosed passage or channel for conveying a substance, especially a liquid or gas.
2. A tube or pipe for enclosing electrical cables or wires.

Ductwork

1. A group or system of ducts: installed new ductwork in the building.

Furnace

1. An enclosure in which energy in a non thermal form is converted to heat, especially such an enclosure in which heat is generated by the combustion of a suitable fuel.
2. An intensely hot place: the furnace of the sun; an attic room that is a furnace in the summer.
3. A severe test or trial: endured the furnace of his friends' blame after the accident.

Heater

1. One who, or that which, heats.
2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated.

Heat Exchanger

1. A device, such as an automobile radiator, used to transfer heat from a fluid or gas on one side of a barrier to a fluid or gas on the other side without bringing the fluids or gases into direct contact.

Thermostat

1. A device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes and activates switches controlling the equipment.

Ventilate

1. To admit fresh air into (a mine, for example) to replace stale or noxious air.
2. To circulate through and freshen: A sea breeze ventilated the rooms.
3. To provide with a vent, as for airing.
4. To expose (a substance) to the circulation of fresh air, as to retard spoilage.
5. To expose to public discussion or examination: The students ventilated their grievances.
6. To aerate or oxygenate (blood).

Ventilation

1. The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh air.
2. The mechanical system or equipment used to circulate air or to replace stale air with fresh air.

Watts

1. An International System unit of power equal to one joule per second.

Zoning

1. A method of dividing a home into different comfort zones so each zone can be independently controlled depending on use and need.