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The First Radiant Heating Jobs

Each morning, when I sit at my desk, I give a moment’s thought to the broken copper pipes that are buried in the concrete slab just below my feet. The guy who lived here ...

Published on 06/23/2014 10:16 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Types of PEX pipe

You have options when it comes to the tubing you bury or staple up on a radiant job. You may choose to go with a particular supplier and never question the type of tubing...

Published on 06/23/2014 10:03 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Levittown Radiant Heating Systems

I grew up in Hicksville, Long Island (don't laugh!) and I spent a good part of Junior and Senior High School sharing a classroom with Billy Joel, and that is my single br...

Published on 06/23/2014 9:46 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
The Human Body is a Radiator

This goes back a bunch of years but the horror remains as raw and smelly now as if did then, and I can’t blame the airlines. It was the alphabet’s fault. But before we ge...

Published on 01/13/2014 11:48 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating