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Archive for February, 2017

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PEX for Hydronic Distribution Piping

If you were to ask someone with knowledge of the hydronics industry, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words ‘PEX tubing and hydronics’?” chanc...

Published on 02/22/2017 10:01 AM by Jerry Leyte , P.Eng. and MASc.
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Rebirth

The Boyertown Foundry is the big guy on the stool over there who is sometimes quiet, but who rises with pinpoint violence when needed. There is a fury about him that you ...

Published on 02/15/2017 2:38 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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The Power of Re-piping with PEX

For aging buildings — or newer structures with piping-performance issues — the decision to continue repairing the existing plumbing and heating systems versus doing a tot...

Published on 02/10/2017 4:34 PM by Kim Bliss
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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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. The fact of the matter is that many retrofit steam boilers – under certain cond...

Published on 02/03/2017 11:44 AM by Dan Vastyan
Posted in Steam Heating