Don't buy the first baseboard heater cover you see just because it's a good deal. If your baseboards are electric, making the wrong choice could be fatal.

It can be a self-contained electrical-powered unit that heats an internal reservoir of liquid (electric hydronic baseboard heater), or one integrated into a home’s central heating system boiler ...

One of our first DIY home projects: the baseboard heaters. The originals were intact with their yellowing paint and dust caked into tiny crevices. I thought I had only two options: Paint the ...