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Archive for January, 2020

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Keep It Simple

Once upon a time, when a manufacturers’ rep was foolish enough to hire me and teach me enough to be dangerous, I suggested to my boss that he would be very smart if he al...

Published on 01/28/2020 11:17 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Disassembly Required

It’s a good price and they’ll assemble it for us,” The Lovely Marianne looked up from her iPad and nodded. “This is a good deal. And you should definitely not be assembli...

Published on 01/13/2020 11:02 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Thieves

We had a warehouse break-in over the weekend when I was young and working inside-sales (read, order-taking) for a manufacturers’ rep on the Isle of Long. We had just move...

Published on 01/08/2020 10:57 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
Air Vents and Oversized Radiators

Years ago, my friend Frank Taverna (who happens to be one hell of a good heating man) and I looked at a steam problem in a small church in New York City. Five one-pipe st...

Published on 01/01/2020 3:57 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating