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What's Inside?
This one goes back a bunch of years. The contractor was a good steam man but he had run out of ideas with this job.
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Troubleshooting the Cuckoo’s Nest
The steam seminar was to be in North Carolina, which was strange enough, that being the state where most folks only know how to say, “Heat pump, please.” It was...
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The Two Sides of Hydronics
Steam-and hot-water heating joined hands a long time ago to make up what we today call “hydronics.” Both systems run on water, and they’ve been around for hundreds of years.
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My Favorite Radiator Stories
So I’m visiting a wholesaler in an old town on Long Island where my Uncle Tony worked when he was still on this side of the lawn.
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When Luck Fails You
Have you ever had one of those times when you’re trying to figure out some problem and then suddenly the solution comes to you as if by magic? Or is...
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Baseboard Adventures
So this fella comes up to me after a hot-water seminar and tells me about a problem he's having with this copper-fintube baseboard loop he installed in this big hall...
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Sludge, Scale and Bouncing Boilers
Clogging up heating surfaces is sort of like having all the traffic lights in your town turn red at the same time, and then stay red. Most movement just stops.
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Frugal Tools
Who doesn’t like to talk about tools? I asked a bunch of my friends about the tools that live on in sweet memory as frugal tools — tools that were...
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This Is What It Sounds Like When The Doves Cry
Someone new to HeatingHelp.com posted this question on The Wall.
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Learning From History
We’ve come a long way since the days of gravity-hot-water heating. The physics haven’t changed a bit, but the systems sure have.
