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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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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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The Right Tool for the Job
You know the feeling. You are in a tight crawlspace with a 20-foot crawl to the hatch.
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Fathers Be Good to Your Daughters
I can't hear that John Mayer song without thinking about our four daughters, and not just because they'll probably choose my nursing home.
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Flood Cleanup Safety Tips
The devastation caused by a flood is terrible. The effects last for months, if not years, and the toll on the flooded area is catastrophic.
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Running Down a Heating Mystery
"How could this happen?" That's what they asked.
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Old Houses, Old Systems
One of the things I love most about this business is the history of the heating systems in the old homes we work in.
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The Key to Troubleshooting Hydronic Systems
But which path? When I was first learning about hydronics, a guy I worked with, who was 15 years older than I was, told me to imagine myself as a...
