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Hands In Pockets, Please
Have you ever found yourself in some dank basement staring at (and totally appreciating!) the simple beauty of some old one-pipe, gravity-return steam heating system? You're down there in the...
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A Copper Mystery
We’ve lived in this little house in Bethpage, NY since 1977. Bethpage was once home to Grumman, which built fighter planes, canoes, campers, buses, and the Apollo Lunar Module.
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How Much Should I Charge?
That’s the title of a fine book by my dear friend, Ellen Rohr. Ellen wrote it years ago and she offers great advice to anyone in business who’s looking to...
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A Nagging Need to Know
I got a letter from a friend who is a relocated New Yorker. He now lives in a part of America where people with excess money build second homes that...
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A Good Time to Check a Vacuum Steam System
Why do we work on heating systems during the winter? Because we’re working on air-conditioning systems during the summer! Makes sense in a last-minute, panicky way, but it’s not the...
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Saving History
Step off of West 44th Street and into the lobby and look to your left. The artists (and we must call them that) who crafted that magnificent marble staircase were masters.
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Ernie's Estimates
Ernie had been building his business like a man laying bricks. He believed in being methodical, and he believed in doing things right. You advertise. You return calls promptly.
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Too Many Choices?
It was time to redo the kitchen. When we did the dormer 25 years ago, the plumber ran the copper tubing across the kitchen ceiling and over to new upstairs bathroom.
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Different Trade, Same Story
Carl’s nephew, Mark, had just graduated from high school and was working as Carl’s helper for the summer.
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The Right Tool for the Job
You know the feeling. You are in a tight crawlspace with a 20-foot crawl to the hatch.
