Hot-Water Heating Help Topics

First things first. Before the 1920s, most steam contractors used cast-iron, column-type radiators. Those are the free-standing ones with the real wide sections.

Q: Is it possible for me to use the condensate in a steam boiler to make a hot water zone? A: Sure! Heating professionals have been doing this for years in areas such as ...

Packaged boilers have been popular for a very long time and they sure do make a contractor’s life easier. These days, most packaged boilers come with a circulator in the ...

It all started when a friend called to tell me about this old gravity hot-water system that had him baffled. “There’s no expansion tank anywhere on this job,” he said. “Y...

This helpful chart will show you the maximum delivery capacity of cubic feet of gas per hour of IPS pipe carrying natural gas of 0.60 specific gravity based on a pressure...

Vacuum Gauges Paint a Picture for You By painting a picture I simply mean that when you use this instrument it will reveal some much needed information when diagnosing a ...

When I was still young and very wet behind the ears I worked for a manufacturers representative in New York City and we sold Bell & Gossett pumps to wholesalers. It was m...

In 1994, I wrote a book called, Pumping Away, which I began by remembering the late, great Gil Carlson. Here's what I wrote: When I knew Gil Carlson, he was never far fro...

If you're watching the news you probably realize that, these days, Americans are becoming more conscious of green things, as well as rising fuel prices. I think that's go...

When servicing old hot-water heating systems that originally circulated by gravity, but now use circulating pumps, I began to notice a lot of oversized circulators. In so...