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Homart Gas-Fired Boilers

Thanks to Bob Kramer for scanning this hard-to-find installation/operating booklet from Sears about the Homart Gas-Fired Boiler.

Published on 06/10/2013 2:39 PM
Posted in Heating Museum
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Creative Solutions

Last January, I was at the big AHR show in Dallas, where I got to share the seminar stage with John Siegenthaler. John writes for many of the BNP Media magazines and he a...

Published on 05/15/2013 10:02 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Musings on Green Buildings

I was poking around the Internet and came across a report by Lux Research, an independent company that advises on emerging technologies. They had looked at 21 countries t...

Published on 10/18/2012 12:35 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Geothermal
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Gianni

Gianni is five years old and looks like he should be in a Prince spaghetti commercial. On some days, his mom will drive him to school. On other days, his dad takes the wh...

Published on 09/01/2012 11:07 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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How Not To Size Radiators

The guy was wearing clean Docker slacks, a wrinkle-free, red golf shirt and boat shoes. He didn’t fit in with the plumbers and heating contractors who were waiting their ...

Published on 08/09/2012 11:06 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating and Hot-Water Heating