This section is your comprehensive guide on steam heating systems with articles about proper steam piping, boilers, pressure, venting, radiators, water quality, and more. We'll also walk you through troubleshooting steam system problems like noisy pipes.
A New York City contractor called me a last winter to tell me about a situation that he had gotten himself into. We’ll call him Augie because that’s close enough. "The ol...
I heard from an old friend the other day. This guy works in Brooklyn, NY, and usually on some very interesting stuff. He's not one to say fuggedaboutit when there's a pro...
Always ask, "What can cause this?" I once looked at a house in New Jersey where the first-floor ceiling had caved in due to a disagreement with the steam system. This was...
Old boiler rooms often are home to steam-heating boilers. Our older cities are loaded with these, and lots of people (knuckleheads included) have had decades to mess with...
This was going to be an easy job – one of those in-and-out deals where a guy can make a fast buck, but the truth was he didn't really care whether he got this one or not....
I once visited an engineer who worked for the City of New York. He worked at a pitted drafting table in a green room that occupied about an acre of New York City real est...
RULE #1: Step Back, Take It All In And Think In Basic Terms. Too many people look at components instead of systems. Manufacturers are often guilty of this. Many of them c...
So my buddy gets this large, prestigious job in Manhattan, which is going to make him even more money in the years to come because billionaires who build such city houses...