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Before I retired in 2016, I’d get a lot of calls from lawyers who wanted to hire me to be an expert witness at a trial. They were almost always representing a building ow...

Gil Carlson, who was the first person to come up with many of the hydronic concepts we take for granted today, was also my teacher. He would often say, “For a difference ...

It’s that time of the year when we’re supposed to get ready to make a resolution or two that will last a few weeks until we slouch back into our usual routines. You know ...

When you do something stupid, you will always receive an award, which will lead you to do things of greater stupidity. This is the first rule of stupidity, and I learned ...

Our daughter Erin, concerned about the heavy rains Maryland had been having, wanted to have some window wells on her basement checked out. She called a company she found ...

We have so many names for common things and tools that we use in this business; and because I have way too much time on my hands, I started wondering how those names came...

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Heating Help presents The Dead Men's Steam School and Classic ...

Last night I was exchanging texts with a friend in WA who is a plumber. The entire family is, actually. Not to linger too long, but they are just great people.

It’s four years ago, and 8th-grader Paige Knowles is walking down new corridors and thinking about her future. She’s able to get a glimpse of the different labs, but the ...

Twenty-five years ago, I wrote a story for this fine magazine I titled it, "Only Gus Touch." Over the years, many people have told me they still remember that tale and as...