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Heating water accounts for up to 30 percent of the average home's energy budget. Some makers of gas-fired tankless water heaters claim their products can cut your energy costs up to half over regular storage heaters. So is it time to switch? Probably not. Gas tankless water heaters, which use high-powered burners to quickly heat water as it runs through a heat exchanger, were 22 percent more energy efficient on average than the gas-fired storage-tank models in our tests. Th

All garage door openers should have an automatic reverse that stops the door if there is an obstruction when moving downward and returns the door to the open position. This helps prevent injury to people, pets and vehicles. You should test this feature once a month. If the reverse feature takes too much pressure to stop and return to the open position or the feature does not work at all, take the door opener out of service until fixed. Normally on the housing of the opener, o