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I've learned that there are many imaginative contractors in the heating business, and many have a fine way with words, along with unusual ways of sizing equipment, explai...

I've been thinking about the tens of thousands of contractors I've met in my travels since 1970. I love these people (some more than others) and their tenacity. There's n...

My Generation-Y children prefer to do their shopping online. "Nobody goes to the store anymore." they argue. I wonder if this will be the future boiler purchasing model.

If you are like most designers or installers, I would wager that you never read the installation manual for the piece of equipment that you design or install. If you do n...

Sixteen years ago, I walked into a Danfoss factory in Denmark and got bear-hugged by a man named Knud Mölholm.“Magazine Man!” he shouted and then grabbed me by the should...

Our friend, Mark Eatherton, writes: There has been some discussion lately here on The Wall about how a homeowner knows whether the person and or company they are dealing ...

There is a restaurant on the ground floor of a large residential building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side that I’ve been servicing for about 15 years now. It’s a busy plac...

When I was young and working for the manufacturers’ rep on Long Island, I wanted to get some hands-on experience, so I went to the larger, family-owned fuel-oil dealers a...

A visitor to The Wall asked this question: I have a hydronic and radiant system that needs to be evaluated. I am finding that every plumbing-and-heating company will prov...

On July 20, 1998, Modern Library put out a call to readers, asking them to vote on what they thought were the 100 best novels written in the English language during the 2...