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Good Help Is Hard To Find

My neighbor, Tony, loves his house. We live in a low-crime neighborhood on Long Island but Tony is always on guard against miscreants. He has a Ring camera on every side ...

Published on 05/05/2022 1:10 PM
Posted in The HVAC Business
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I Can See Clearly Now

Five years ago, I had cataract surgery. I had no idea that I needed cataract surgery because I thought what I was seeing was normal. But then one day I drove into the tun...

Published on 04/12/2022 9:32 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
Frozen Steam Coils

Frozen steam coils always seem to happen at the worst of times, don’t they? You’re busy because it’s cold enough to freeze coils. The place with the frozen coil contains ...

Published on 03/08/2022 3:35 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
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So Easy To Blame The Boiler

A homeowner posted a question on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com about a drumroll sound that was coming from his brand-new steam boiler. What could it be? He included a video...

Published on 02/22/2022 1:14 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Noise or Music?

In 1992, I self-published a thick book I called, "The Lost Art of Steam Heating." I did this because I could not get a publisher interested in something that few, if any,...

Published on 01/10/2022 2:39 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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If I Knew Then

I didn’t know then that you’re not supposed to hold a baby over your head and bounce her around. Especially after she’s just sucked down six ounces of Similac and several...

Published on 01/10/2022 1:45 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
Utica Radiator Corporation (1963)

This 1963 booklet from Utica Radiator Corporation contains information about Utica's Donobilt gas and oil boilers, Utica Series 8 boilers, Utica Starfire boilers, Utica C...

Published on 01/10/2022 9:04 AM
Posted in Heating Museum