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Archive for August, 2017

Wet Returns

Whenever I quote a replacement steam boiler on a system with wet returns, I always quote a price to replace the wet returns, or at a minimum flush them out. Why? Most ste...

Published on 08/23/2017 6:20 PM by Dan Foley
Posted in Steam Heating
Steam Heating System Renovation

The list of steam heating contractors who have installed a completely new steam heating system is not long. By complete, I mean boiler, piping, risers, valves and radiato...

Published on 08/23/2017 5:44 PM by Dan Foley
Posted in Steam Heating
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What We Can Learn From Soup

Back in the days when I was traveling and doing seminars with The Lovely Marianne, we faced the challenge of getting the meeting planners at various hotels to give us wha...

Published on 08/15/2017 6:16 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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A Timeline of HeatingHelp.com

To celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we thought it would be fun to break out our "baby pictures" and share how far we've come. Throughout the years, we've been committed to...

Published on 08/13/2017 12:30 PM
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Celebrating 20 Years of HeatingHelp.com

My parents Dan and Marianne Holohan founded HeatingHelp.com in 1997. My three sisters and I grew up right alongside the business. As kids we had no idea about the weight ...

Published on 08/12/2017 6:49 PM by Erin Holohan Haskell
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Where is the Water Line?

We service the steam system in an old apartment building in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Avondale Apartment Building was built in 1914, and has ...

Published on 08/02/2017 9:57 PM by Dan Foley
Posted in Steam Heating