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The Teachings of Fremont
When I was much younger and had just become a magazine writer, a gentleman named Fremont Lobbestael called me on the phone.
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AHR 2017 in Review
This year’s AHR Expo was in Las Vegas, which means I got to meet Elvis in addition to learning more about new products.
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Nature of the New Steam Beast
Steam systems ain’t what they used to be, or at least so it would seem to some homeowners.
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The Finicky Soap Pump
The Lovely Marianne and I were visiting daughters in suburban Maryland, and this almost always involves a stop at some shopping mall or other.
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Top Ten Articles of 2016
These were the most popular articles on HeatingHelp.com in 2016.
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Original Glory: Restoring an Old Firehouse
Christian Garibaldi lives in a firehouse, but the only fire he’s ever encountered was during a test drive in a Ferrari F430.
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Doctor Bob's Radiator
Our family dentist, Doctor Bob, bought a retirement home out on the east end of Long Island a few years back and he’d tell me about it while he had...
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Old Buildings, New Steam
The call came in on a day when a merciless wind whipped out of the Northwest, as it so often does during a New York City winter.
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Seven Years, Tops
So the washing machine, which had sat like a sorry old man and served our family for at least 25 years, decided to spring more leaks that a litter of...
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Dangerous Dan and the Hole in the Ground
I’ll tell you a tale that will keep you spellbound,