Dead Men Tales Podcast

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 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. In this episode, Da...

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. To overcom...

The automatic air vent didn’t come easily to the heating industry. It took hard work and a lot of very inventive thinking. Hearing this story will help you sharpen your t...

In this episode, Dan Holohan time travels back to 1905 when Washington, D. C. was pondering the promise of a soon-to-be-installed district heating system.

We all had to start somewhere, right? In this episode, Dan Holohan recalls a lesson learned the hard way and a mentor who had a brutal brand of kindness. Episode Transcri...

In this episode, Dan Holohan shares a murder mystery involving a troubled heating system and a well-intentioned suspect. Episode Transcript Boilers fail, and whenever the...

In this episode, Dan Holohan tells us about the inventive tees used in early hot-water heating systems. Episode Transcript My teacher, the late, great Gil Carlson, used t...

Ignoring preventative maintenance can have disastrous consequences. Take this story, for instance. Episode Transcript Here’s to preventative maintenance, a practice that’...

From explosions to inventions, Dan Holohan shares a timeline of events that impacted the heating industry and the fascinating stories behind them. Episode Transcript Thes...