Boiler Ratings Explained
When you look in a boiler manufacturer's catalog you'll see that there are several types of ratings for each boiler. There's the Input rating, the Gross Output rating (wh...
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How to Have a Boiler Replaced
"We haven't had decent heat since that heating contractor left our basement." She was about as angry as any homeowner who had ever called me. "We paid good money for that...
How That Steam Boiler Got To Be So Big
There was a time in America when people were afraid of the air that they found inside their homes, and with good reason. Many of these people lived in tenements, and they...
Boiler Sizing
When steam heating was new, back at the turn of the 19th century, coal was the fuel of choice. It burned hot, and it burned long. A good coal-fired boiler would stay lit ...