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The man who first showed us how to burn oil
He took me into their lab and showed me this new burner that they were developing for a modulating/condensing boiler.
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Holohan’s New Memoir Delights and Inspires
In his 374-page memoir, What Hydronics Taught Holohan, Dan shares entertaining stories and knowledge he has gained throughout his career as a manufacturers' rep, writer, teacher, and founder of HeatingHelp.com.
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A Maryland Hydronic Retrofit
My husband, Andrew, and I purchased our home four years ago right before Thanksgiving. Like many young couples, we began our home search with a rather unrealistic list of criteria...
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For what it's worth
I was working for the rep at the time, so I knocked on the owner's office door that summer and asked if some day, somehow, I might be able...
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NYC's first (very large) hot-water-heating system?
It’s a small street, on the concrete bank of the East River. I was four years old and I remember this so well because John Jay Park is right across...
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Black Cloud
But my father wasn't a sportsman, and he never ate fish in his life, so I suppose that's why I never got to hold a rod and turn a reel...
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Is that cheating?
For instance, I met a contractor who would quote every job at least twenty percent higher than what any of his competitors put out there. “It’s because I like...
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The Engel Method
He said this after mentioning that if a shoe factory had been present in his vicinity at the time he invented PEX, we would perhaps today be walking around on...
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What Many Contractors Have in Common
I love these people (some more than others) and their tenacity. There's not much they won't take on (for better or worse).
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A Heated Exchange
The call came in when I was young, eager, and paying close attention to the grown-ups. I had been working for the manufacturers’ rep for a few years, where my...
