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During HeatingHelp.com’s Dead Men Tales podcast, industry expert and master storyteller Dan Holohan shares the stories behind the work and fun facts you may not know about heating history.

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• When It Comes to Boilers, How Old Is Too Old?

  Published 3/29/22 by Dan Holohan

  In this episode, Dan Holohan shares stories about a quest for the oldest boiler, a near-death experience, and century-old equipment that has nine lives.

• Voices From The Past

  Published 3/22/22 by Dan Holohan

  It’s amazing what old heating systems can tell us if we pay attention to the details left by the Dead Men who installed them.  Episode Transcript The basement was as musty...

• The Significance Of The Fire

  Published 3/15/22 by Dan Holohan

   The Irish made fires that never went out. The fire in the hearth was for cooking and for warmth, and it smoldered for hundreds of years in some cases.

• Quiet May

  Published 3/8/22 by Dan Holohan

   The May Oil Burner Company made an oil burner they called Quiet May during a time when just about everyone in America who had central heating was burning coal.

• Air Vents and American History

  Published 3/1/22 by Dan Holohan

   The automatic air vent didn’t come easily to the heating industry. It took hard work and a lot of very inventive thinking.