Questions about heat

 As we adapt our modern furnishings to fit our home, there’s evidence of previous heating methods. There is a lovely fireplace in the front sitting room. It has a brick chimney, but has probably not been used for years. There are also outdated gas hookups in all the rooms. 

I wonder if they connected to those accordion style heating pipe things?  We typically set chairs over them so we don’t break our toes on the protuberances. Surely we could remove those? In the basement, I use the pipes (not connected) to hang clothes on. I’m hoping the pipes no longer connect to gas sources. We do have modern central heat and air conditioning. 

      The house is not airtight. It’s always the same humidity inside as outside, according to our electronic sensors. We use Google Nest so we can start up heat or AC from miles away if a cold front or heat waves rolls in while we travel. 

     Our house is not an air bnb, but we let friends and family stay here, usually with us. Someone is always home. With the wifi connected controls, we can ensure that things are off or on as needed. 

      Also we use camera to keep an eye on the elements. A couple of times, water level started to rise with rain and the tide. We leapt out of bed to move the cars to higher ground after seeing the streets on the camera

      Street flooding has lessened with added French drains plus the road work done by the city.