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.
If the water isn’t right, the steam won’t be dry. Dry steam is a technical term. It means that the steam leaving the boiler contains no more than two percent liquid water...
One of the things I love most about this business is the history of the heating systems in the old homes we work in. I enjoy poking around in the basements of old homes t...
My Sunday mornings are usually spent catching up on proposals, writing, design work and other tasks that have slipped through the cracks over the previous week and can be...
The phone rang on a cold morning this fall. “I need your help converting my steam system to hot water. I am tired of the banging, uneven heat and astronomical gas bills.
Dan Holohan speaks about the history and evolution of steam heating and its impact on New York City at The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.
Many big buildings in our older cities use vacuum pumps to create a negative pressure in their condensate-return lines. This below-atmospheric pressure, which averages ar...
Does Maintenance Save Money?There are many numbers thrown about estimating the savings by performing certain maintenance activities. I remember meeting with a potential c...
A debate has continued in the industry about whether boiler jacket loss should be factored into the calculation of boiler efficiency. Most of the old boiler rooms were ve...
John was a custodian for a local school district. We used to call him “20 Questions” because he would constantly ply us with questions about the boilers when we would per...
As we are entering the time that most commercial boiler projects are being planned and installed, I would like to share some common steam boiler oversights that I rarely ...